App Studio

This release includes the following key features for App Studio. These innovations simplify development, thereby allowing you to concentrate on interface design, business logic, and data manipulation. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Maps: HTML5 Viewer and Developer UIs (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Responsive Design and Templates (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Precision Reports (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Maintain Data (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Microsoft Team Foundation Services (TFS) Source Control (8.2.01M). Watch the video.

Data Management and Preparation

This release includes the following key features for Data Management and Preparation. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Business View Plus (BV+) Candidate for Release* (8.2.01M)
• Optimize Load Option to Support MERGE (8.2.01M)
• Data Preparation* (8.2.01)
• Metadata-Driven Esri Integration (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Managed Geographic Roles (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• New Upload Wizard* (8.2.01). Watch the video.

*Also available in the Business User Edition.

Reporting, Navigation, and Analytics

This release includes the following key features for Reporting, Navigation, and Analytics. In addition, visualization mode and a new library of chart extensions are available. Together these comprehensive features enable you to create reports quickly and easily from real-time transactional systems, relational data warehouses, cubes, and any ERP or legacy source. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Esri On Premise (Offline) Mapping Capabilities in InfoAssist+* (8.2.01M). Watch the video.
• Overriding Date, Currency, and Decimal Defaults (8.2.01M)
• Enhanced Numeric Functionality (8.2.01M)
• Assignments Between Date Time and Date Formats (8.2.01M)
• Dynamic Navigation: Auto Drill and Auto Linking* (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Responsive Autoprompt* (8.2.01)
• Mapping: Esri Online (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Parameter-driven Charts and Reports* (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Data Enrichment and Esri Tapestry Segmentation (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• Aggregation Prefix Operators (8.2.01)
• Rolling Calculations Over Groups of Lines (8.2.01)
• Screening of Aggregated Lines Prior to Calculations (8.2.01)

*Also available in the Business User Edition.

Business Intelligence Portal

This release includes the following key features for Business Intelligence Portal. These enhancements support your creation of applications that deliver simplified end-user reporting capabilities in a secured, business-oriented environment that can easily be maintained and customized. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Collaborative Portal (8.2.01M). Watch the video.
• WebFOCUS Embedded Business Intelligence (8.2.01M)
• User Experience Improvements* (8.2.01)
• Samples Generator* (8.2.01)
• Responsive Design Enhancements (8.2.01). Watch the video.
• External CSS Theme Support (8.2.01). Watch the video.

*Also available in the Business User Edition.

Data Adapters

This release includes these new Data Adapters. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Adapter for Cloudera Impala* (8.2.01M)
• Adapter for Google BigQuery* (8.2.01M)
• Adapter for Jethro* (8.2.01M)
• Social Media Demonstration Application* (8.2.01M)
• Adapter for Amazon Redshift (8.2.01M)
• Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online (8.2.01M)
• Adapter for Esri ArcGIS (8.2.01)
• Adapter for RStat Predicative Analytics (8.2.01)
• Adapter for Apache Drill* (8.2.01)
• Adapter for Apache Phoenix for HBase* (8.2.01)
• Adapter for EXASol ODBC (8.2.01)
• Adapter for MariaDB (8.2.01)
• Adapter for SQL Server ODBC: Linux Red Hat 6 Intel 64 Support (8.2.01)
• Adapter for Apache Phoenix JDBC Access to HBase (8.2.01)

*Also available in the Business User Edition.

Data Adapter Enhancements

This release includes these key features for Data Adapters. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Extended Bulk load for: EXASOL ODBC, MariaDB, and Oracle via Direct Path API (8.2.01M)
• Change Data Capture for: MariaDB (8.2.01M) and MySQL (8.2.01)
• Optimization Enhancements
• Analytic Expression Optimization (8.2.01)
• Simplified Numeric Functions Optimization (8.2.01)
• MERGE Option for HOLD Performs In-database Operations (8.2.01M)
• New Data Type Support
• Adapter for Oracle: XMLType Support via DB_EXPR() (8.2.01)
• Adapter for SAP HANA: NCLOB/TEXT Data Types Support (8.2.01)
• Spatial Data Types for SQL Server/Oracle/MySQL/TD (8.2.01)
• New SQL Dialects: SQL Server JDBC/ODBC Version 2016, DB2 12 on z/OS, IBM i JDBC, and Teradata TTU 16 (8.2.01)
• General Enhancements
• JOIN Support for SSAS/Excel/Fix Files Combinations (8.2.01M)
• Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Integration (8.2.01M)
• Apps to Schema Access Control for Hyperstage (8.2.01M)

DataMigrator

This release includes these key features for DataMigrator. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• LOG/STAT as Standalone CSV Files (8.2.01M)
• Assigning SCD Columns on a Synonym (8.2.01)
• DataMigrator Update Values in Target Transformations (8.2.01)

Server Access Control

This release includes these key features for Server Access Control. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Access Control for PDS Datasets on the zOS USS Server (8.2.01M)
• Kerberos Support for: JDBC Explicit Adapter Connection, Single Sign-on on Linux, and Hive/Cloudera Server-wide (8.2.01)

Server Web Console

This release includes these key features for Server Web Console. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Search Option on Web Console Pages (8.2.01)

Server Metadata

This release includes these key features for Server Metadata. For more information, see WebFOCUS New Features.

• Preparing Metadata for Translation (8.2.01M)
• CREATE FILE With FOREIGNKEYS (8.2.01)
• Data Lineage for Reports (8.2.01)
• Data Assist (8.2.01)
• Dialogs: Binning, Grouping, Phonetic Grouping, Merge, Pivot, and Join
• Custom Copy
• Data Grid Heading Menu and Icon
• Data Preview
• Data Profiling
• Monitoring of Load Process
• Templates for Repeated Transformations
• Multi-sheet Support for Excel
• Geographic Roles and Encoding
• Undo/Redo
• Find