Astrato Roadmap Update: July 2023

Welcome to the July edition of the Astrato Monthly Roadmap Update!

Our monthly roundup showcases the exciting new and improved capabilities of our solution – so you can continue to build world-class dashboards and Data Apps that drive better decision-making and make an impact, fast.

Here, you’ll find recent releases, info about our most exciting new features, and all the latest news straight from our team of product experts 🚀

Here’s what we’re talking about this month…

AI-Generated Titles, View Join Suggestions, and a new Style Sidebar in the Data View Editor!

AI-Generated Titles

Automatically Generated Titles for Chart and Graphs

The new AI-Generated Titles feature uses an integration with OpenAI’s GPT-3.5, which powers ChatGPT, to produce automated titles quickly and easily. This adds value in the form of time efficiency and more accurate, consistent titles for charts and graphs. 

The title is one of the most important parts of a visualization. As the first piece of text the viewer reads, it provides invaluable guidance and context. Despite this, it’s an often overlooked aspect of data visualization design. 

Find out more, here. 

Data View Editor: Control when to View Join Suggestions

Click View Join Suggestions to see Suggestions from the Astrato Data Engine 

Astrato users can now use the View Join Suggestions button to view the Astrato Data Engine’s suggested joins. The View Join Suggestions button is located in the top right of the interface and is always visible, allowing users to run a request at any time.

All join suggestions are available to view, which can be done simultaneously or by reviewing each one individually. Being able to view alternative joins is valuable for data exploration in that it presents new ways of exploring the relationship between tables.

By joining relevant tables, users can create a unified view of the data, which facilitates more comprehensive and meaningful analyses.

Find out more, here.

Support for “OR” in Measures Filters

Use “AND” or “OR” as the Operator Between Any Two Filters

The addition of “OR” as an operator in the Measures filters allows the user to answer a wider range of business questions by using more complex filtering expressions. Combining “AND” and  “OR” allows the user to select the right combination of filters to interrogate the data with more precision.

‘AND’ allows you to require multiple conditions to be met simultaneously, narrowing down the data to a subset that meets all specified criteria. ‘OR,’ on the other hand, broadens the selection, including data that meets any of the given conditions.

Find out more, here. 

New Style Sidebar in the Data View Editor

Navigate Items Quickly and Easily with the New Style Sidebar

The Data View Editor allows users to create, modify, and manage data views. A data view is a customized representation of data from one or more data sources that are tailored to meet specific reporting or analysis requirements. 

It provides a way to organize, filter, and present data in a manner that makes it easier for business users to interpret and work with the information. The new Style Sidebar allows users to access all items they have created quickly and easily. The content of the data remains visible whilst users create new items and make adjustments to existing ones.

This makes building the data layer easier and quicker.

Find out more, here. 

Lobby: View your Workbooks as a List or as Tiles

A New Option for Browsing Workbooks

Workbooks can now either be browsed in the default tile format (a thumbnail of the workbook with the title) or in a list view. Users can select their preferred view by selecting the corresponding option underneath the ‘New Workbook’ button in the top right of the interface. A list view allows users to browse workbooks more quickly and efficiently.

Find out more, here. 

Workbook Editor: Controls – Text Area element

Add Comments, Context, and Procedural Steps to the Workbook  

Text Area control allows the user to add comments, context, and procedural steps they’ve created as string Variables in the workbook. The user can enter plain text or a SQL query and combine the Text area element with Actions to create interactive dashboards and data apps. This is valuable in facilitating clarity and collaboration on a dashboard project. 

Find out more, here. 

Workbook: Duplicating measures

Duplicate Measures to Apply Different Filters to Each 

Users can now effortlessly replicate and modify measures, allowing for more intricate analysis. You can have identical measures and apply distinct filters to each of them, allowing users to generate more precise insights depending on their interests.

The images below illustrate a comparison between the average horsepower of Porsche and the average horsepower of all cars in our records. This comparison is also depicted in the SQL query.

Select the ‘Duplicate’ option to create a copy of the data you want to apply different filters too.

The output is visualized in a horizontal bar chart above. The corresponding SQL query is pictured below.

Find out more, here. 

Workbook: Result Filters

Automatically Filter Results Following a Calculation 

The results of a calculation are filtered using the ‘HAVING’ clause in SQL. By applying filters, analysts can tailor their analysis to specific dimensions, time frames, or other criteria, reducing noise and enhancing data clarity. Automating this process is valuable in reducing manual data analysis and ensuring all members of a team are viewing the same metrics.

And that’s only the start of what we delivered this month! For a complete list of feature releases and product updates from July – including Layer Management improvements, a new Bucketing dimension, and updating time-limited PATs quickly for Dremio data connections – visit our Release Notes page, here.

Keep an eye out for next month’s roadmap update for all your product news, visit our roadmap page, and connect with other ASTRATOnauts in Astrato’s online community, Astrato Galaxy, in the meantime.