Overview
This article covers a list of release notes for each release of Cosmos. If you are looking for more descriptive details of features that have been added to the product you can refer to our section on "What's New".
May 3, 2023
New Features
- Released new Cosmos Excel Add-In
- Added ability for users to drilldown into report transactions
- Added ability for users to schedule reports to run and email automatically
- Added an OpenAI powered chatbot into the Cosmos Excel Add-In to assist users
Improved Features
- Improved the UX for the way that BC companies are enabled in Data Management
- Key field is now required if all fields in a source table have incremental loading enabled
- Improved the way that staging tables are shown when adding source tables in the Data Model tab
- Improved handling of API data schema so changes made to the data model should now be shown within 5 minutes via the ODATA endpoint
- Users can rename Data Management extensions
- BC fields that have been marked as obsolete can no longer be checked in the Staging tab of Data Management
- Improved messaging around the use of lookup fields in Data Management
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where contextual tabs were not showing in Excel Desktop
- Fixed an issue where BC companies with an apostrophe in the name would have issues with data extraction
- Fixed an issue where dates were not always being converted to timestamps
- Fixed an issue where Range Lists would return case insensitive results
- Fixed an issue where data model relationships could be modified without an extension being checked out
- Fixed an issue where a validation error caused by an empty lookup mapping would not go away if the empty mapping was deleted
April 6, 2023
Improved Features
- Improved data model validation within Data Management
- Users can discard changes made to a data model
- Run Pipeline and Purge Pipeline Are Disabled When Publish Pipeline is Running
- Publish Pipeline Will Show Error if Process Did Not Complete Successfully
- Users Are Shown Confirmation Dialogs When Removing Transformations or Source Tables from Reporting Tables
- Users Are Prevented from Removing Tables or Fields from the Staging Area When Used in the Data Model
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where arrow window sizes cause calculated field transformation details to disappear
- Fixed an issue where some areas within Data Management were not sorting lists correctly in the UI
- FIxed an issue where previewing a report could cause multiple copies to open in Excel Online if previous preview runs were still open in the browser
- Fixed an issue where reports would still show as running after they had already finished in the Portal.
January 16, 2023
Improved Features
- Improved Report Run Speed for Larger Reports (6x - 12x Faster)
- Users Can Check Out or Edit Reports Directly in Excel Desktop
- Added Filename Constraints to Match SharePoint Requirements
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where Data Model tables with no mappings would generate bad ADF Data Flows
- Fixed an issue in the Excel add-in where some buttons would not change color when the user hovered over them
- Fixed an issue where date fields created with a SQL Script data source would create a different field type than those added using a Business Central data source
- Fixed an issue where the Purge Pipeline button would not purge ADF objects for some tenants
- Fixed an issue that would cause invalid Data Flows to be created when using date fields in a case statement transformation
December 21, 2022
Improved Features
- Updated Branding in Cosmos Portal
- Improved Process for Canceling Report Runs
- Contextual Awareness Added to Cosmos Report Editor
December 5, 2022
Improved Features
- Archived Report Runs are Now Shareable with Other Users
- Improved Process for Cleaning Up Existing Report Runs
- Miscellaneous Improvements
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where case transformations with multiple data sources would only show for one data source
- Fixed an issue where copying a report would not assign the correct Report ID which could cause Report Previews to fail
October 31, 2022
Improved Features
- Infrastructure Updates to Enhance Cosmos
- Improved Workflows When Deleting Objects in Data Management
- Improved the readability and layout of some user interface areas
- Made improvements to optimize the performance of nightly data refreshes for Data Management
- Made improvements to the onboarding process for new customers
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue some users could not edit the SharePoint URL in File Storage
- Fixed an issue where the user list would not load if the user was not an Administrator
October 10, 2022
New Features
- Power BI integration has been formally released as a major new feature
- Added the ability for users to rename tables and fields in the data model
- Added the ability for users to rename relationships in the data model
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where a report would not run if a sheets list is used that returns a blank value
- Fixed an issue where the "Add New Table" button in the Data Model section of Data Management would not always show at the top
- Fixed an issue where clicking Run before pressing Enter or Tab on a report filter will run the report with no filter
- Fixed an issue where a checked-out extension would still look possible to check out for other users
- Fixed an issue where sheets in a finished report were not always listed out in the same order that they were shown when designing the report in Excel
September 23, 2022
New Features
- Added notifications for report run failures in the Portal and report Preview mode
- Improved user interface for when reports are deleted or imported from the Gallery
- Admins can force a report to be checked back in from a user
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where some reports would not be finalized if they took longer than 5 minutes to run
- Fixed an issue where the copied version of a report would inherit the version number of the original report
- Fixed an issue where reports that were checked out by a user that was deleted would still be checked out (they will now be checked in automatically with any changes discarded)
- Fixed an issue where some reports imported from the Report Gallery would run in the Cosmos Portal but not in a Report Preview
August 24, 2022
New Features
- Added a search bar to the Reports page so users can easily search for reports
- Implemented several improvements to the Cosmos infrastructure to ensure that we are using the latest versions of Microsoft components
Improved Features
- Improved how lists are sorted for users
- Tables and fields in the Report Editor are now always sorted alphabetically
- Reports in the Reports section of the Cosmos Portal are sorted alphabetically, instead of the order they were added
- Reports in the Report Gallery are sorted alphabetically, instead of the order they were added
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where some Report Editors were not able to import reports from the Report Gallery unless they were also an Administrator
- Fixed an issue where multiple columns lists in a report with spaces between them could cause an error
August 11, 2022
Improved Features
- Added the Ability for Report Editors to Set a Default Operator for Report Options
- Improved Interface to Know When Pipelines Have Completed Publishing and Running
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where filters a text fields on True or False could return an error
- Fixed an issue where some standalone aggregate functions would not be calculated when the report was run
- Fixed an issue where aggregate functions with no equals filters could fail to calculate
- Fixed an issue where Business Central tables with no records that were set to incrementally load could cause an error
- Fixed an issue where the operators "Contains" and "Does Not Contain" would not show up when running a report
July 27, 2022
New Features
- Added the ability for users to configure report security for added control over who can see which reports in the Cosmos Portal
July 6, 2022
Improved Features
- Added the ability to add hard-coded values for lookup joins in the data model
- Improved how Cosmos auto-fits columns when a report is run
Fixed Issues
- Images in Report Gallery are not visible to customers/partners
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