26.3.0.cl Release Notes

These release notes include information about new and enhanced features.

For information about previous releases, see Release history.

For information about features deprecated or removed in this and future releases see Deprecated and removed features.

ThoughtSpot also provides weekly updates containing bug fixes and enhancements which are automatically deployed on customer instances. For details, see Weekly release notes.

New features and functionality

The latest release of ThoughtSpot Cloud contains several new and enhanced features.

For the Business User

KPI chart settings Early Access

ThoughtSpot introduces more granular controls for KPI charts. You can now:

  • Decide how missing dates are displayed (as gaps, ignored, or treated as 0).

  • Specify whether to show or hide the current date, previous date, and previous value.

  • Abbreviate previous month (PM) or previous quarter (PQ).

  • Specify whether the measure’s increase or decrease is positive or negative.

To enable this feature, contact your administrator. For more information, see KPI charts.

Improved experience for Liveboard downloads and schedules Early Access

ThoughtSpot introduces an improved experience for Liveboard downloads and schedules:

  • When you select Download, you can now select CSV and XLSX in addition to PDF. When you select CSV or XLSX, you can choose which visualizations to download and a bulk download of the Liveboard data is triggered instead of a static image.

  • When you select Schedule, you can now select specific visualizations to include in the scheduled email attachment as CSV or XLSX files.

    To enable this feature, contact your administrator. For more information, see Download a Liveboard and Schedule a Liveboard job.

Enhanced dynamic parameters in charts

Enhanced dynamic parameters are now generally available (GA) and on by default. You can use any parameter from an axis or column name of a chart in the title or description of the Answer which contains that chart. A parameter used in the title or description always displays the value of the same parameter used in the chart itself.

For more information, see Parameters in axis and column names of charts and tables.

Improved chart recommendations

Improved chart recommendations are now generally available (GA) and on by default. When you search, ThoughtSpot can automatically suggest a chart type based on your search query. The following capabilities are improved:

  • When you submit a query for the first time, ThoughtSpot analyzes the data and automatically selects the most appropriate chart.

  • If you modify an existing query by adding or removing fields, ThoughtSpot retains the existing chart type unless it is forced to change.

  • When you drill down into data, ThoughtSpot maintains the current chart type whenever possible.

    For more information, see Improved chart recommendations.

For the Analyst

Add user-defined ID (object ID) in TML

You can now manage content across multiple Orgs without having to manually change the GUID of an object each time you move it between Orgs. You can directly add or edit an object ID in the TML of an Answer, table, Model, Liveboard, or View.

For more information, see Object ID in TML files.

For the Data Engineer

Admin settings

ThoughtSpot introduces a new and improved user experience for Administration. Administration is now part of the left navigation panel.

Rename Spotter privilege

We have renamed the privilege that grants users access to Spotter to Can use Spotter. For more information, see Enabling Spotter.

Spotter coaching access

You can now grant coaching access to users or groups from the Spotter-enabled Model you want them to coach. Users with Spotter coaching access on a data model can import or export associated coaching TML, as well as grant Spotter coaching access to other users or groups. Sharing Spotter coaching access is no longer restricted to data model editors. You can also grant Spotter coaching access to system-level Models like the Query Stats Model, and on published data models. Spotter coaching access does not require users to have edit access to the Model.

For more information, see Grant Spotter coaching access.

Object Tracking Beta

ThoughtSpot now has a new data model, Object Tracking, to capture creation date, creator, last modification date, and last modifier for any supported Liveboard, Model, and Answer. Administrators can leverage this data model to build custom monitoring Liveboards, offering visibility into who created or modified objects and when these actions occurred.

Suggestion settings column

Suggestion settings are now generally available (GA). We have added the Suggestion Settings column to Models to allow you to control data that shows in typeahead suggestions and column knowledge cards. Previously, on Models with row-level security defined, you would see suggested names of data that you could not access in typeahead suggestions or in column knowledge cards.

For example, if you only had access to data in California, you could see that data for Texas existed, although you could not access the data. Set the Suggestion Settings column as Secure Suggestions to ensure users never see references to data they shouldn’t be able to access. To enable this feature, contact ThoughtSpot Support.

For more information, see Suggestion settings.

Column-level property for strict indexing and disabling typeahead

Column-level properties for strict indexing and disabling typeahead are now generally available (GA). To enable this feature, contact ThoughtSpot Support.

Publishing coaching to Orgs

ThoughtSpot now supports publishing Spotter coaching to Orgs. In addition to Org admins, now non-admin users with Spotter coaching management access on published data models in secondary Orgs can provide coaching access permissions to other users. You can import and export coaching TML and share the data model with other users. Previously, coaching was Org-specific. Coaching changes made in the primary Org are synced with the secondary Orgs where the Model is published. to enable the publishing feature, contact your administrator. For more information, see Publishing objects between Orgs.

Delete subobjects in Collections

To reduce the risk of accidental data loss while deleting objects from a Collection, ThoughtSpot now has an additional step to the deletion process. If you choose to delete the objects along with or without the Collection, you must explicitly type the word DELETE (in all caps) to confirm the action. If you do not type DELETE exactly as required, the deletion will not proceed.

Support for formula variables in query generation

The use of formula variables in query generation is now generally available (GA) and on by default. Formula variables can be of any data type that ThoughtSpot supports, and can be associated with a single value or list of values. Formula variables created in the primary Org can be shared with other Orgs. A formula variable created in a non-primary Org is only visible in that Org.

For more information, see Formula variables.

For the Developer

ThoughtSpot Embedded

For information about the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, refer to ThoughtSpot Developer Documentation.

For Analyst Studio users

Analyst Studio

For information about the new features and enhancements introduced in the latest release, refer to Analyst Studio release notes.

For Mobile users

ThoughtSpot Mobile

For information about the new features and enhancements introduced in the latest release, refer to ThoughtSpot Mobile Documentation.

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