Das Datalion Blog

We’re excited to announce the new DataLion release, packed with features and improvements to help you create more insightful and effective data visualizations.

🎯 New Features

New Chart Type

• Price Sensitivity Chart (Westendorp Method): We’ve added a powerful new visualization type that helps you understand optimal pricing points based on the Westendorp methodology. Perfect for product teams looking to make data-driven pricing decisions.
• „Back to Start Page“ Button: When a project is under maintenance, users can now easily navigate back to the start page with a single click, improving the overall user experience during updates.

🛠️ Improvements & Fixes

Enhanced Table Functionality

• Tables with merged questions and top boxes now display the question title for better context
• Crosstab functionalities have been extended to work seamlessly with tables containing subheadings
• Improved readability and usability across all table types

Technical Improvements

• Statistical Accuracy: Grand totals in crosstabs for row and cell percentages now correctly show 100%
• Filter Consistency: Tables with Top2 filters now display accurate values for the base column
• Backend Management: It’s now possible to delete individual items in the project backend
• Codebook Generator: The system now correctly identifies nominal variables, ensuring proper data classification

New Features

• DD-4612 Project-specific maintenance mode implemented (editors and/or viewers see a maintenance notification instead of accessing the project)
• DD-4788 It is now possible to generate synthetic data with AI (in the project backend under codebook)
• DD-4789 Themes and color schemes can be created with AI (in the project backend under content)
• DD-4790 Color schemes can be defined on project level (in the project backend under content)

Bugfixes and Improvements

• DD-4784 Sharing report links on app instance works reliably
• DD-4787 Report editor: design improvement of checkbox and button placement
• DD-4791 PDF exports work for all server types
• DD-4793 Sorting in polarity charts now also works with hidden categories
• DD-4794 Textbox content is not cached
• DD-4795 Edit symbol in the navbar works reliably again

New Feature

• DD-4758 Deleting a target group also deletes the corresponding weights in the weights table
• DD-4762 Subheadings added to tables with merged questions

Improvement

• DD-4785 Dropdown filter editor: include_all implemented as option

Bug

• DD-4610 It is possible again to create and apply new themes
• DD-4783 Excel/PPTX Export – Charts without grid definition are sorted correctly now

New Feature

• DD-4755 Target groups are matched by SQL formula

Improvement

• DD-4351 Update to Bootstrap 5
• DD-4766 It is possible to export a switched axes table with subfilters to PPTX
• DD-4780 Mouseover shows a customized text for casenumbers, e.g. „cases“
• DD-4781 User navbar in admin backend optimized

New Feature

• DD-4754 Update management of custom filters; custom filters are flagged now depending on their status

Improvement

• DD-4779 Excel export: allows using media files

Bug

• DD-4774 Mouseover in timeline charts are fixed

Improvement

• DD-3970 PPTX export: axis scale ranges are exported as defined in chart settings
• DD-4752 PPTX export: when axis or axis labels are deactivated in the chartsettings, they are not exported to ppt
• DD-4775 Open text charts can be sorted by a different variable

Bug

• DD-4726 Default value for axes display in chart settings is „value axis“
• DD-4750 PPT export definition (JSON): „valueAxis“:false overrides the chart settings
• DD-4765 Exporting a switched axes table with subfilters to Excel works
• DD-4768 It is now possible to turn to the next page in the charttype „open text“ in Exasol

New Feature

• DD-4735 MaxDiff (count + aggregate logit) implemented
• DD-4692 Machine readable Excel exports can be defined in the report settings

Improvement

• DD-4745 Chart type „Driver analysis“ renamed to „Advanced statistics“

Bug

• DD-4506 Data export from Exasol does not create additional row numbers anymore
• DD-4713 Entering a servicelink does not change the URL anymore
• DD-4725 Database columns can be renamed in Exasol
• DD-4734 Cache improvement: individual filters / stacks of a question are cached

New Feature

• DD-4584 Available licenses are shown in backend
• DD-4728 New significance test implemented: Chi-square (test of independence)

Improvement

• DD-4727 Significance tests renamed and implemented in PHP
• DD-4731 Mean variables are only shown if mean values are to be displayed
• DD-4732 Cache optimization
• DD-4733 SQL queries with apostrophes are escaped

Improvement

• DD-4704 The style of dropdown filters and their labels can be defined in the content backend centrally
• DD-4718 Export of regression/driver analysis chart: pie and excel export show the percent values of the predictors
• DD-4719 Export of regression/driver analysis chart: pie shows the pie chart as in the dashboard
• DD-4720 Export of regression/driver analysis chart: column shows the column chart as in the dashboard
• DD-4724 Regression / driver analysis: relative importance is limited to 20 predictors

Bug

• DD-2301 Report editor tab does not have a border anymore
• DD-4656 At the end of the preview columns in datasources, the navigation arrow is disabled
• DD-4658 PPTX export: axes are exported in the same way as defined in the chart settings (all, one, or none)
• DD-4712 Changing chart titles is possible with caching activated
• DD-4721 Archived reports can be unarchived

New Feature

• DD-4711 Native PowerPoint export of polarity charts implemented

Improvement

• DD-4710 Pie chart of relative importance regressions display the absolute individual contribution of each predictor (not scaled to 100%)

Bug

• DD-4697 Defining two time variables does not create a „column not found“ error in timeline charts anymore
• DD-4693 PPT export of open text charts now works consistently
• DD-4706 Data export error fixed
• DD-4707 Timelines do not show syntax error anymore
• DD-4714 Merged tables with subfilters show all rows
• DD-4715 Label update also works with suffix tables in Exasol