This topic describes feature enhancements, resolved issues, and important information for Composer 24.2. To purchase this product, contact insightsoftware Sales. See also Important Notices, Deprecated Features, and Composer Version 24 Summary of Changes. Composer is offered on a quarterly release schedule, and our version numbering system reflects this. The current major release of Composer is v24.4.
Important: Composer v7, a passive support release, is supported with service packs that address only critical patches and security updates. Composer v7 is in passive support as of September 1, 2023. Security updates are not applicable to third-party dependencies. Changes to existing functionality, bug fixes, and workarounds are described in the Release Notes. Composer v7 is at end of life as of September 1, 2024. See Composer Release Vehicles.

Feature Enhancements

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24.2.12 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.11 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.10 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.9 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.8 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.7 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.6 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.5 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.4 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.3 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.2 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2.1 Feature Enhancements:
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24.2 Feature Enhancements:
Source Creation Enhancements

We’ve enhanced the user experience for source creation by introducing visualization of data relationships for schemas.

  • Navigate to the Relationship: tab for a specific connection, then select a schema from the available schemas to view or edit the relationships for each.

  • Select a schema and view the relationships in read only mode for your data sources in the Entity Details work area for that data source.

  • When you’re working with joins, view available joins and create new joins as needed. Recommended joins and joins you add are visible in the join relationship visualization; from there you can draw new joins according to your specific needs.

  • Visualization is available for multiple connection types. For Postgres connections, Composer provides tables and default database relationship data from the connection.

For more information, see Visualize Schemas and Joins, Source Creation Tab, and Visualize Joins.

Export Numeric Fields and DatesExporting raw or visual data from visuals created Composer to XLSX format now outputs numeric and date fields in number and date format.
Breaking Changes Management

We’ve expanded change management for breaking changes by adding your warning tags to sources or other objects, even if there are no other top level dependencies to that object.

See Import or Export Sources.

Import Matching Strategy Improvements

When you migrate and import objects into your environment, you can define a matching strategy that uses multiple approaches to reviewing objects to determine how to handle them in conjunction with your selected insertion strategy.

Matching strategies are processed in order, proceeding to the next and the next if a strategy fails.

If all strategies fail, the object is imported and tagged with your selected tags to help you find affected objects and manage any issues.

These attributes are used to define the matching strategy and warning tags to use for import.

See Import Dashboards, Import Visual Gallery Visuals, and Import or Export Sources.

Improved Line Chart Performance

The data display of line charts in Composer now supports rendering of large data sets more quickly by halting the calculation of values and percentages for data lengths over 130,000.

When this threshold is reached, the Display as stacked: option is disabled. Work with Support if you need to change the setting of data-threshold from the default of 130,000.

API Updates

API documentation is provided with your Composer installation at this link: https://<composer-URL>/composer/swagger-ui.html.
EndpointMethodDescription
24.2.12 API Updates:
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24.2.11 API Updates:
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24.2.10 API Updates:
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24.2.9 API Updates:
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24.2.8 API Updates:
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24.2.7 API Updates:
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24.2.6 API Updates:
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24.2.5 API Updates:
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24.2.4 API Updates:
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24.2.3 API Updates:
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24.2.2 API Updates:
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24.2.1 API Updates:
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24.2 API Updates:
/api/group-membership/{id}PATCHManage group membership for users by updating a group: define usersToAdd and usersToRemove to include a single user or an array of users.

/api/inventory/{type}/

and

/api/inventory/{type}/{id}

GETIf you created dashboards and visuals that include your own originID, calling this endpoint returns each item and their associated originID, if applicable.
/api/sourcesGET/PUTUse to return and define information for a source.
/api/sources/{sourceId}/clonePOSTUse to create a copy of a source.

Resolved Issues

TitleDescription
24.2.12 Resolved Issues:
Scheduled Dashboard Reports Corrected a browser issue that prevented scheduled dashboard reports (XLXS and PDF) from being generated due to memory leak under heavy load.
Cross-Source LinkingWhen you import dashboards and visuals into your instance, all cross-source links are now appropriately imported and linked.
24.2.11 Resolved Issues:
Scheduled Dashboard ReportsCorrected a browser driver issue that prevented scheduled dashboard reports from being generated due to memory leak under heavy load.
Filter SnippetsCorrected an issue that prevented the use of some filter snippets that filter hierarchical data.
24.2.10 Resolved Issues:
None.
24.2.9 Resolved Issues:
Converting Custom SQL to Stored ProcedureWhen you convert custom SQL statements in a data to a stored procedure for visuals that also rely on custom metrics, Composer appropriately updates the underlying connector capabilities to support AGGREGATION, FILTERING, JOINING, PAGING_AND_SORTING, and PROJECTION.
First and Last Weeks of the YearData used in environments that use Australian time zones now appropriately reflect the correct weeks as the last and first weeks of the year.
Bar ChartsChanging the time zone on a user’s device no longer affects the appearance and behavior of date values used in some bar chart granularities.
24.2.8 Resolved Issues:
Time Ranges Corrected an issue that caused the time bars to display and render an incorrect start year for bar charts that used year ranges and granularity set to week.
Time BarCorrected an issue in the time bar that used and displayed UTC time in place of the configured time zone.
24.2.7 Resolved Issues:
Embedded DashboardsCorrected an issue that prevented selected dashboards from displaying properly in embedded environments.
24.2.6 Resolved Issues:
None.
24.2.5 Resolved Issues:
Line Trend: Attributes Visual UpdateWhen you create a line trend visual that includes the option to include blank data, data with no value is displayed along with data that includes values.
24.2.4 Resolved Issues:
Content SecurityAdded the value http.response.header.content-security-policy to zoomdata.properties. Use to add appropriate content security values to support your implementation. See zoomdata.properties Properties.
24.2.3 Resolved Issues:
Derived Fields

Corrected an issue that prevented attributes from being converted from text to time (creating a derived field) within a fused data source.

24.2.2 Resolved Issues:
Scheduled ReportsCorrected an issue that prevented simultaneous scheduled report generation in a multi-tenant environment.
24.2.1 Resolved Issues:
None.
24.2 Resolved Issues:
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Deprecated Features

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24.2.12 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.11 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.10 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.9 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.8 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.7 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.6 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.5 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.4 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.3 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.2 Deprecated Features:
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24.2.1 Deprecated Features:
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24.2 Deprecated Features:
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Removed Features

TitleDescription
24.2.13 Removed Features:
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24.2.11 Removed Features:
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24.2.10 Removed Features:
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24.2.9 Removed Features:
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24.2.8 Removed Features:
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24.2.7 Removed Features:
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24.2.6 Removed Features:
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24.2.5 Removed Features:
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24.2.4 Removed Features:
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24.2.3 Removed Features:
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24.2.2 Removed Features:
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24.2.1 Removed Features:
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24.2 Removed Features:
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Known Issues

Affected ReleasesDescription
Composer 24.2: and laterNone.