Changelog

• Added Zebra BI Tables to Zebra AI
  • From now on, Zebra BI Tables are used by default to represent structural data breakdowns.
  • Tables bring in a lot of new functionality to Zebra AI:
    • Top N + Others
    • Sorting by any chosen column
    • Quick column calculations
    • Row formulas
    • And much more!
  • Current limitations:
    • Up to 2 measures may be added to Values field
    • Up to 1 measure may be added to Previous Year / Plan / Forecast fields respectively
    • Row and column hierarchies (groups) are not yet supported
    • Some formatting settings, found in Zebra BI Tables for Power BI, are not yet supported in Zebra AI
  • The visual may be switched from Zebra BI Tables to Zebra BI Charts at any time via the visual settings.

• Added AI Data Cleaning Agent
  • For file data uploads, AI will now automatically detect & resolve issues related to data format requirements for Zebra AI.

• Miscellaneous:
  • Improved PPT export slides to include headers, margins & filter context
  • Added AI suggestion button to Power BI connection screen (XMLA)
  • Minor UX/UI improvements across the application
  • Many bugfixes of edge cases & improvements related to stability and data operations

• Introduced MTD/YTD switch on dashboard

• Visual data field configuration added
  • The dimensions and measures displayed on a chart can be edited by clicking on the wheel icon
  • The scenarios (Actuals / Previous Year/ Forecast / Plan) can also be altered

• Story exports to PowerPoint now support dynamic Zebra BI for Office visuals:

• Many minor bug fixes & stability improvements.

• Introduced new ways of customizing charts on your dashboard:
  • Change chart settings through the on-hover menu or remove charts from your dashboard
  • Add new charts to an existing dashboard

• Story exports to Excel now display dynamic Zebra BI for Office visuals

• An AI agent automatically recommends columns to use when connecting a Power BI dataset.
• Bug fixes & miscellaneous:
  • Fix a bug where measures were not available when connecting to Power BI datasets with visual connector.
  • Various minor improvements to drawn visualizations.
  • Improved stability & fixed numerous edge cases in data model.

• Introduced Data preview & AI instructions. When connecting your data, you’ll see a new screen where you’ll be able to:
  • Give Zebra AI insights about the data model structure and dashboarding specifics.
  • Review the semantic classificaiton of columns predicted by Zebra AI automatically.
  • Describe your data columns with more details for Zebra AI to understand how to use them better.
  • Rename your data columns.

• Improved understanding & plotting of different measure scenarios:
  • Forecasts & Plans now use IBCS-compliant markers & colors.
  • Zebra AI can now visualize and compare multiple scenarios at once, and even display segmented charts when part of data is unavailable!

• Zebra AI can now draw combo charts to display multiple different measures on the same chart.

• Multiple minor bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements.

• Introduced Power BI XMLA Connector:
  • Allows for simpler connection to datasets with nicer UI and no DAX required.
  • Works only for semantic models in Power BI Premium workspaces.
  • Opens automatically when connecting to a qualified Power BI semantic model.

• Added more tooltips to interactive chart actions.
• Added data sorting ability to AI agent’s analysis toolkit.
• Zebra AI now shows the user a message when their session would end due to inactivity and prompts them to reconnect.
• Multiple bug fixes.
  • Fixed edge case where server could crash due to bad data.
  • Fixed edge case where columns would not be found in the data due to unusual naming convention.

• Improved aggregations: Zebra AI now supports automated multi-step grouping and aggregations to better answer your more complex data queries.
• Added product onboarding: Follow the pop-up instructions to learn about how to use Zebra AI.
• Added dataset connection sharing: You may now share the Power BI dataset connection metadata independently from any particular story.
• Improved language recognition: Simply start speaking to Zebra AI in the language of your choice, and all texts (including chart titles) will use the recognized language.
• Upgraded the data analysis toolkit used by the AI to support filters.
• Improved story headline generation.
• Added tooltips for various actions.
• Improved story & dataset renaming UI.
• Improved chat box UI and UX.
• Improved responsiveness on mobile.
• Bug fixes & miscellaneous:
  • Better handling of error with Google Sign In.
  • Fix bug with Excel exports showing wrong field name in data.
  • Improved handling of edge cases when filtering a dashboard through the filter bar.
  • Fixed multiple errors caused by edge cases and unexpected Excel formats.
  • Improved server stability.

• Introduced option to Sign In with Google
• AI agent has been improved to be more reliable and aware of context history when generating code, dashboards, analyses & answers.
• Bug fixes & miscellaneous:
  • Stories which run into errors during dashboard generation no longer get saved to your story history.
  • Improved auto-scrolling behavior when generating answers.
  • Improved formatting of AI explanations.
  • Added additional error messages for errors during Sign In.
  • Fixed many filtering related bugs.
  • Switched to single-select for values in filter bar by default.
  • Fixed issue where custom fonts would apply to chart menu items.

• Introduced Filtering:
  • Above each dashboard, you will see a filter bar, displaying the filter context of all charts.
  • You may click on any value in any chart to automatically filter the other charts by that value.
  • You may manually add or remove additional dimensions and filter values through the menu.
  • Clicking on the blue checkmark automatically regenerates the titles and texts to take into account the new filter context.

• Improved stability of applicaiton, squashed some bugs.
• Improved relevance of results by output by AI.
• Minor UI/UX imrovements
• Added more demo files to try Zebra AI with.

• Introduced Custom Styling:
  • The new story styling functionality can be accessed from the story menu in the sidebar
  • You may choose from a predefined list of styles to color the charts, or
  • Define your own custom style. Importing a JSON style file (e.g. from Power BI) is also supported.

• Improved stability and squashed some bugs

• Improved UI responsiveness:
  • Charts are now resizable, movable and respond to the size of a dynamic grid based on the available screen size.
  • Responsive chart layout: some charts may display additional visuals based on the available space.
  • Improved mobile experience with collapsible sidebar.
• Added story headline element and improved default story name in story archive.
• Added automatic default currency filters when currency column is found.
• Improved detection and parsing of yearmonth & monthyear fields.
• Added licensing logic and migrate all testers to free tier.
• Bugs & miscellaneous:
  • Fixed application crashes in many edge cases and improved stability.
  • Improved error messaging at data upload stage.
  • Various charting bug fixes.