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We’re excited to announce DataLion 2025.1.183, bringing continued improvements to chart functionality and system stability.

🎨 Chart Improvements

Visualization Refinements

• Stacked Chart Settings: Resolved issues with chart settings not applying correctly to stacked chart types
• Cleaner Legends: Removed unnecessary <br> tags from pie chart legends for improved readability
• Better Display: Charts now render more consistently across different configurations

🔧 Technical Optimizations

Formula & SQL Handling

• Whitespace Tolerance: SQL formulas and filters now handle whitespace before curly brackets correctly (e.g., {{= sum(var_a) }} no longer causes errors)
• More Robust Parsing: Improved formula processing reduces syntax-related errors

Backend Improvements

• Codebook Category View: Textboxes are now hidden in the category view for a cleaner interface
• Textbox Previews: When textboxes lack labels or titles, a content preview is displayed for easier identification
• Admin Timeline: Added usage timeline functionality to the admin start page for better oversight

📥 Export Experience

Excel Export Notifications

• Consistent Popup Display: Fixed inconsistent popup behavior when Excel exports are completed with notifications enabled
• Smoother Workflow: Export notifications now appear reliably across all scenarios

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📝 For Administrators

• The admin start page now includes usage timeline features for improved project and activity tracking
• Codebook backend organization has been streamlined with better textbox handling
• SQL formula processing is more forgiving of formatting variations

Thank you for your continued trust in DataLion.

We’re excited to announce DataLion 2025.1.182, delivering powerful statistical export capabilities, refined dashboard management, and several performance optimizations that make your data visualization workflow smoother than ever.

📊 Major Feature Addition

Statistical Significance in Excel Exports

• Complete T-Test Export: Bar and column charts with t-test (repeated measures) now export significance information directly to Excel, including asterisks, letters, and column identifiers
• Multi-Group Support: Works seamlessly with both 2-group and 3+ group comparisons, preserving all statistical annotations in your exported reports

🎨 Dashboard & Visualization Improvements

Enhanced Chart Controls

• Timeline Chart Categories: New option to display categories instead of values in timeline charts for clearer categorical data representation
• Polarity Chart Labels: Fixed multi-line item label display issues for better readability in polarity charts
• Rounded Legend Values: Case numbers in weighted timeline charts now display with appropriate rounding (n=xx cases)

User Interface Refinements

• Dashboard Title Editing: Non-admin users can now properly save dashboard and chart titles – a crucial fix for collaborative environments
• Chart Menu Reliability: Resolved widget menu visibility issues that required page reloads
• Special Character Handling: Label updates now correctly preserve special characters like „&“ without HTML encoding artifacts

🔧 System Optimizations

Filter & Target Group Enhancements

• Redesigned Filter Editor: Major reliability improvements to the filter/target group editor, including proper deletion of custom filters
• Empty State UX: Target group creation button now displays even on empty screens for better discoverability
• Smart Report Display: MyReports section now mirrors the exact reports shown in user dropdown menus for consistency

Backend Improvements

• Project Search Optimization: Backend project filtering now searches across all displayed columns for more comprehensive results
• Performance Updates

📝 Additional Enhancements

• Release Log Caching: Start page now caches release logs and highlights new entries for better visibility of updates
• Codebook Validation: Improved codebook checking for missing question IDs
• Timeline Chart Optimization: General performance improvements for timeline chart rendering

For Administrators

• Backend search functionality provides more intuitive filtering across all project attributes
• Non-admin permission issues have been resolved for common editing tasks

This release strengthens DataLion’s statistical analysis capabilities while addressing key usability concerns raised by our community. The ability to export complete significance information to Excel represents a major workflow improvement for teams conducting repeated measures analyses.

Thank you for your continued partnership in making DataLion better!

We’re pleased to announce DataLion 2025.1.181, which focuses on improving system reliability, user interface refinements, and better access controls across the platform.

🎯 Core Improvements

Chart & Display Enhancements

• Improved Chart Sorting: Fixed sort priority logic to ensure charts display in the correct order based on your defined preferences
• Cleaner Data Tables: Eliminated duplicate loading indicators for a smoother visual experience
• Timeline Chart Colors: Color picker functionality restored for timeline charts, giving you full control over visualization aesthetics
• Mean Value Calculations: Optimized calculation display for pie and donut charts

User Interface Refinements

• Chart Title Editing: Spaces now display correctly in chart titles without URL encoding artifacts (%20)
• Edit Permissions: Chart title editing now restricted to users with editor privileges for better content control
• Custom Filter Editing: Enhanced ability to modify existing custom filters without recreating them
• Modern Dialogs: Replaced legacy popup systems with native solutions for improved performance and consistency

🔐 Access & Security Updates

Guest User Support

• Public Project Exports: Guest users can now export data from public projects, expanding accessibility for shared dashboards
• Smart Notification Handling: System correctly identifies guest users and excludes them from internal notification workflows

User Management API

• API-Based Deletion: User deletion now uses standardized API endpoints with proper safeguards against accidental self-deletion
• Improved Backend Tables: Administrative tables now display all fields with horizontal scrolling for better data visibility

🔧 Technical Optimizations

Code Quality & Maintenance

• Legacy Code Removal: Removed deprecated Google Analytics auto-importer to streamline codebase
• Tree Labels Fix: Resolved JavaScript errors when rendering data tables with tree labels enabled
• Codebook Script Precision: Fixed variable matching in codebook unions to prevent incorrect variable inclusion

📝 For Administrators

• Guest exports are handled gracefully without generating unnecessary system notifications
• User deletion operations now include confirmation steps and redirect properly after completion
• All backend tables maintain full field visibility with scrollable interfaces when needed

This release continues our commitment to platform stability and usability improvements. These updates ensure DataLion operates more smoothly while providing better control over user permissions and data access. Thank you for your continued trust in DataLion.

We’re pleased to announce DataLion 2025.1.180, which brings important user management features and strengthens export functionality across the platform.

👥 User Account Management

New Activation Controls

• Account Activation/Deactivation: Administrators can now temporarily deactivate user accounts while preserving all settings and permissions for easy reactivation
• Automated Notifications: Users receive email notifications when their account status changes
• License Optimization: Deactivated accounts don’t count toward license limits, helping you manage resources efficiently
• Safety Controls: Built-in protections ensure at least one administrator remains active

📊 Enhanced Statistical & Export Features

Expanded Testing Capabilities

• t-Test (Repeated Measures): Now supports pairwise comparisons for more than two groups with matched cases
• PPTX Export with Significance: Statistical significance indicators from bar and column charts now export to PowerPoint presentations
• Complete Export Coverage: All significance information transfers seamlessly to both Excel and PowerPoint

Customization Options

• Low Case Number Warnings: Customize warning messages for low sample sizes at the project level
• Flexible Warning Text: Define your own messaging in Settings → Source and Case Numbers

🎨 Visual Improvements

Chart Modernization

• Pie & Donut Charts: Upgraded to AmCharts4 framework for improved performance and visual quality
• Better Rendering: Smoother animations and enhanced interactivity

🔧 Fixes & Optimizations

• Export Capabilities: PDF and PNG exports working reliably across all instances
• Codebook Settings: Settings column in online codebook view can be edited without character escaping issues
• Chart Titles: Spaces in chart titles display correctly without URL encoding
• Access Profiles: Buttons and controls now properly hide according to access profile settings

Improved Organization

• Excel Codebook Export: Entries now sorted by question_id then unique_id for better readability
• Grouped Questions: Related entries stay together for easier navigation

📝 Technical Notes

For administrators:

• Deactivated users cannot log in and receive clear messaging about their account status
• The „My Reports“ button can now be hidden via access profiles by disabling the „Reports“ element
• Warning messages support both English and German with automatic language detection

This release focuses on giving administrators better control over user access while ensuring all export and visualization features work seamlessly. Thank you for your continued partnership as we enhance DataLion together.

We’re excited to announce DataLion 2025.1.179, which introduces powerful new statistical testing capabilities and significant performance improvements to the platform.

📊 New Significance Metrics Suite

Enhanced Analysis Capabilities

• t-Test (Independent Samples): Compare means between independent groups with pairwise comparisons, now available in tables, bar charts, and column charts
• t-Test (Repeated Measures): Analyze dependent samples and compare means between variables from the same participants
• Chi-Squared Tests in Charts: Both complement and pairwise comparison tests now display significance information directly in bar and column charts
• Z-Test in Charts: Proportion comparisons can now be visualized with significance indicators in bar and column charts
• Yates Correction: Added support for Yates continuity correction in Chi-squared tests for improved accuracy with small sample sizes

Excel Export Enhancements

• Complete Significance Export: All significance information (asterisks, letters, p-values) from both tables and charts now exports to Excel
• Preserved Formatting: Significance indicators and legends maintain their formatting in Excel exports

🚀 Performance & Functionality Improvements

Codebook Management

• 5x Faster Upload: Codebook upload process optimized for significantly improved performance
• Enhanced Codebook Generation Script Options: New exclude_variables, exclude_values, and question_label parameters for more flexible data combination
• Multistack Ordering: Questions now sort by values in ascending order rather than alphabetically

Dashboard Features

• Complete Report PDFs: PDF exports now consistently include all dashboards within a report, not just the current view
• Default Dropdown by Text: Set default dropdown filters in the codebook settings using text values instead of unique IDs with default_dropdown_text
• Formula Textboxes: Fixed saving of textboxes containing SQL formulas like {{=AVG(variable)}}

🔧 Bug Fixes & Reliability

Optimized Functionality

• Target Groups: Creation and editing of target groups optimized
• Dashboard Filters: Dropdown filter functionality optimized
• User Registration: New tenant registrations optimized
• Stacked Charts: Excel codebook uploads maintain proper chart structure

Technical Improvements

• Label Updates: Optimized performance for faster processing
• Unique IDs: New questions created in online codebook view receive proper unique identifiers

This release strengthens DataLion’s analytical capabilities while improving overall system performance and reliability. We appreciate your continued feedback as you explore these new features.