Product Feature Releases
We're constantly working to improve Chartio. Here are some highlights from our recent releases. Have a feature request you'd like to see here? Write to us at support@chartio.com.
Latest: 2019 Feature Releases
November 2019
Charts
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Bubble Map improvements: new bubble scaling, added new series tab to adjust bubble size and bubble outline
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Improve Map scaling and aspect ratio
Data sources
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New Data Source: Spark SQL
Spark is a full-stack solution for scalable and efficient data processing. Spark SQL takes advantage of Spark’s stack to analyze structured data using SQL.
October 2019
Charts
- Cache table preview data
- New chart type: Sparkline
Data sources
- Token error bugfix for Google Sheets
- Querylog database: add query reason for legend click from dashboard
- Automatically import column descriptions from database tables into Chartio schema (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Organization
- Billing system improvements
September 2019
Charts
- Resolve issue with sorting a stacked bar chart
- Fix issue with Scatterplot dot size setting
- Allow smaller minimum chart size for Single Value and Single Value Indicator charts
- Resolve UI bug with Single Value Indicator color selection
Dashboards
- Embedding watermark style fix
- Digisign demo dashboard thumbnail bugfix
Dashboard variables
- Fix Snowflake syntax error when using Date Bucket variable
Data sources
- Bugfix for CSVs sometimes downloading as empty files
- Add help text to schema name field for multiple schemas
- Add Asia Pacific (Mumbai) to Athena regions
Organization
- Add activity log entry for schema refresh
- HIPAA compliance updates
- Billing description field fix
August 2019
Charts
- Allow charts to have a transparent background (Settings > Colors > Background Color)
- Improve chart link modal (auto-copy to clipboard, resize input)
- Add color range (2 color gradient) to map charts and heat maps
Dashboards
- Allow custom filenames for scheduled reports
- Embedding bug fixes
- Cloned dashboards should be categorized as Sandbox > Your Name
- Bugfix for Snapshot downloads
Dashboard Variables
- Fix range input bug
- Allow smaller minimum width for dropdown variable
Data sources
- Support multiple schemas for Snowflake and AWS Athena
- Improve messaging for disabled data sources
- Fix Snowflake syntax bug
- Bugfix for Athena regex syntax
Organization
- Add activity log entries for chart updates, exports, and renames
July 2019
Charts
- Improve hover style for selected charts
- Improve text highlight behavior
- Improved color picker: now saves more colors from theme and custom colors
Dashboards
- Include date and timestamp in filenames of exported charts/dashboards
- Resolve issue with dashboard link in Outlook
Dashboard Variables
- Add “Update” button to calendar filter
This will result in fewer queries being sent to the database, which should improve performance.
Data Sources
- Add schema refreshes to activity log
Organization
- Prevent adding users directly to “Added from Dashboard” team
- Add explicit “Manage Team” link to make it easier to edit Teams
- Add support for limiting session length
June 2019
Y-axis step size setting. Click to expand image.
Charts
- Add chart setting to display all x-axis labels
- Add chart setting to set the number of steps in the y-axis (Chart Settings > Axis > Y-Axis > Range override)
Dashboards
- Untoggle single series view by double clicking on legend item
- New Dashboard Refresh option: Smart Refresh
- Expand character set to support some missing Chinese characters
- Display chart title for unloaded manual mode charts
Data sources
- Improve Debug tab
- Improve Foreign Key Detection
- Resolve display issue with new custom tables
- Resolve performance issue with Google Sheets connection
May 2019
Charts
- Ensure text elements that depend on dashboard variables are synced accordingly
- Show chart titles on chart loading state
- Share charts to Slack
Dashboards
- Allow adding images to dashboards (Dashboard sidebar > Add Image)
- Show cached chart for dashboards set to Manual Refresh whenever available
- Ensure custom dashboard variables are preserved in url when redirected
- Support a cache duration of up to 7 days (previous maximum was 24 hours)
- Dashboard loading improvements: send queries for in-view charts first, improve performance of chart rendering
Data Pipeline
- Add Extract Text formula to Add and Edit Column pipeline steps
Data sources
- Resolve Google Sheets date filtering issue when using relative dates
- Resolve issue preventing foreign keys from being detected after initial schema reflection
Organization
- Enable “chartio.com/org/login” url to better support SAML login
April 2019
Charts
- Add background color as a chart and control setting (Chart Settings > Color tab)
- Ensure markdown text wraps
- Resolve issue changing data source in Interactive Mode on saved charts
Dashboards
- Preserve dashboard variable settings when navigating between chart editor and dashboard
Data sources
- Resolve error editing a Data Store table in Advanced Mode
- Improve performance of customer columns and tables
- Progressive validation for new data source connections (improved connection debugging and guidance)
- Fix syntax issue with Snowflake day of week
- Improve performance for custom table updates
- Add Snowflake Azure regions
- Fix issue causing Athena connection failure in some cases
- Redshift performance improvement: improve date filtering to allow sort key to be used
Organization
- Add activity log entry for CSV file update
March 2019
Charts
- Improve line interpolation performance
- Resolve issue with color picker
- Ensure joinable tables are shown immediately when foreign keys are added
Dashboards
- Use variable names (not ids) in urls
- Resolve display issue with drilldowns on charts with a Row Total
Data Pipeline
- Add Date Difference formula option to Add Column step
- Fix bug preventing dropdown interactions in Advanced Mode using Firefox
Data sources
- Add LIKE filter operator for BigQuery Standard SQL
- SSH key validation for tunnel connections
- Bugfix for SQL Server week grouping in Interactive Mode
- Support additional date formats in Google Sheets connection
- Resolve issue with Athena date filtering and boolean syntax
Organization
- Improvements to self-checkout
- Improve “Invite Administrator” dialog
- Add filtering capabilities to Teams API
February 2019
Charts
- Bugfix for round tooltip values setting
- Bugfix for Markdown support
- Add Outer Join setting to include NULLs
- Detect when a pivot is likely needed and show notification and shortcut
- Improve Pipeline error message
Dashboards
- Clean up urls when using default dashboard variables
Data sources
- Add support for PostgreSQL to Google Cloud SQL connector
- Bugfix for sort order on Snowflake date bucketing
- Autofill default ports for additional data sources
- Add support for SQL Server 2017
Embedding
- Update Python example code
Organization
- Allow searching by email address on Users page
- Unify email formatting across mail clients
- Fix report inline image display issue on iPhone Mail app
- Improve checkout and plan selection pages
January 2019
Charts
- Ensure unsaved charts can be downloaded as CSVs
- Handle errors with invalid values in aggregation row
Dashboards
- Prevent form error when invalid cache duration is set
- Resolve display issue in Outlook reports
Data Sources
- Resolve issue opening modals in Data Source Stats tab
- Improve Auto Foreign Key modal when multiple options
- Update Marketo Stitch integration