Microstrategy 9.3 Whats New

8/9/2019 Microstrategy 9.3 Whats New

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MicroStrategy 9: Breakthrough Technology

that Supports the Full Range of Business Intelligenc

Applications from a Single, Integrated Platform

INTRODUCING MICROSTRATEGY 9.3

Visual Data Discovery | Administration Automation | Business Analytics | Big Data | Report and Dashboard


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Visual Insight

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 System Manager

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Web Search

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Distribution Services

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Data Import

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Advanced Analytics

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Report Services

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Big Data

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Intelligence Server

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Health Center and the Platform

Installation Process

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Transaction Services

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Visual Insight:

NEW VISUALIZATIONS

MicroStrategy Visual Insight includes new visualizations

that quickly and easily let business people of all skill levels

to easily spot outliers, discover patterns, and uncover

problem areas that otherwise may be difficult to find.

Density Maps

Image Layouts

Network Diagram

BUILD YOUR OWN DASHBOARDS IN MINUTES

MicroStrategy 9.3 enhances MicroStrategy Visual Insight

to let business people create great looking dashboards in

under 10 minutes with no help from IT.

Multiple visualizations on a single page

Multiple sets of data on a dashboard

Visualization-to-visualization targeting

ENHANCED VISUAL INSIGHT CAPABILITIES

MicroStrategy 9.3 includes many new features in MicroStrategy Visual Insight, allowing business people to visually explore

and understand their data is a way that is fast, simple, and fun.

Improved Usability

Enhanced analytical interactivity

Access to data across the enterprise

Enriched imported data


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 System Manager:

AUTOMATE BI ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES

MicroStrategy System Manager connects MicroStrategy

and non-MicroStrategy operations together in a single

workflow in any desired sequence. Using connectors

and programmatic elements, an organization can

easily convert even its most complex processes into an

automated workflow.

NO CODING REQUIRED

MicroStrategy System Manager’s graphical interface lets BI

administrators build multi-step, administrative processes

with absolutely no coding knowledge required. Anyone

can build a workflow by simply dragging and dropping

processes, arranging them in the desired sequence, and joining them with connectors.

REDUCED COST OF OWNERSHIP

Organizations can drastically reduce the effort involved in maintaining their BI ecosystems as MicroStrategy System

Manager workflows.

Automatically execute each step of the process precisely following the sequence of the workflow.

Join both MicroStrategy and non-MicroStrategy operations of a process with connectors.

Standardize BI administrative processes saving 1,000s of hours of manual effort.

Bring reliability and consistency to BI ecosystem administration.

Automate MicroStrategy

Administrative Processes

Command Manager

Object Manager

Integrity Manager

Project Merge

Project Duplicate

Project Mover

Server Status

Installation

Connectivity Wizard

Include Non-MicroStrategy

Launch/Terminate Amazon Cloud

Instances

Manage VMWare VMs and VApps

Copy/Delete/Move Files

Find/Replace File Content

Download With FTP

Execute Application

Execute SQL

Send E-mail

Programmatic Elements

Decisions to control true/false

process status

Parameters

Update Parameters

Loops to Process Multiple

iterations

Name Nodes and Add Comments

Split/Merge Execution

Pause


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Web Search:

NEW “GOOGLE-LIKE” METADATA SEARCH ENGINE

MicroStrategy 9.3 introduces a new deep metadata search in MicroStrategy Web.

Through auto-complete, suggested matched, and instant search results, business

users will locate objects faster and interact with them in a more efficient way.

Speeds up dashboard and report discovery

Full access to right-mouse-click menu

Accessible from various locations

NEW MICROSTRATEGY WEB INTERFACE

The new deep metadata search is part of an overall

MicroStrategy Web interface redesign. The Search page is

now the default home page when accessing MicroStrategy

Web, and it is also available through a quick search box

and in the report design mode page. The new interface is

implemented as a plug-in and it is easy to revert back to

the MicroStrategy 9 Web interface.


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Distribution Services:

DYNAMIC RECIPIENT LIST

MicroStrategy 9.3 introduces the ability to subscribe to

individual report recipients stored in sources other than

the metadata. Dynamic Recipient Lists can be subscribed

to multiple personalized reports and in combination with

Users, Contacts, and Contact Groups. Dynamic Recipient

Lists consist of a Source Report and a mapping between

Attribute Forms and Subscription Properties, both required

and optional.

BURSTING

The new Distribution Services features introduced in

MicroStrategy 9.3, provides an efficient way of generating

page-by slices to separate files to be stored in a file

location. These generated files may be named by the

specific page slices, as well as other supported macros in

the subscriptions. Simply choose a page-by attribute to

slice and a convention for the file names.


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Data Import:

ENHANCED FILE IMPORT

MicroStrategy 9.3 provides enhanced importing capabilities as well as new data

sources for import. Users will be able to import their Salesforce.com reports

directly into MicroStrategy Web without an ODBC driver. Also, users will now

able to import Excel data in crosstab format and perform enhanced URL import

to support UNC Paths…a great complement to scheduled cube updates!

DATA ENRICHMENT

New in MicroStrategy 9.3, users will have the chance to

automatically enrich the imported data during import.

MicroStrategy Data Import can add hierarchical levels

to time columns, add hierarchical levels to geographic

columns, and add geo-coding to geographic levels.

All of this, translating into a tighter integration with

MicroStrategy’s mapping offering.

IMPORT RESULTS OF MULTI-PASS SQL QUERIES

With MicroStrategy 9.3, users can execute multi-pass SQL statements in the ‘Database Import’ feature. Users can also

execute selected portions of the SQL to verify individual passes. Furthermore, a preview/mapping information can be

displayed for verification purposes before actually importing the data.


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Advanced Analytics:

“R” ANALYTICS INTEGRATION

MicroStrategy expands its library of over 300 analytical

functions with the 5300+ computations available within the

“R” open source project, the most widely used statist ical

computing language.

Incorporate ‘R’ Analytics for better decisions

Apply advanced analytics to Hadoop and other corporate data

Deploy advanced analytics to everyone

FULL ANALYTICS FUNCTIONALITY IN VISUAL INSIGHT

In MicroStrategy 9.3, all derived metric capabilities have been exposed within

Visual Insight. Some of the new functionalities include:

More shortcut metric options

Full function wizard: user-friendly way to create complicated metrics

without knowing the formula

Freeform text-based metric editor that allows the creation of any derived

metric that can be calculated by the MicroStrategy Analytical Engine

A user can now edit as well as delete derived metrics in Visual Insight


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Report Services:

SYNCHRONIZED DRILLING

ACROSS TEMPLATES

MicroStrategy 9.3 allows the different grids and/or

graphs on a Report Services Document to remain in

synch when the user drills on one of them. For example,

when a user drills from a parent to child attribute on the

grid, that selection will apply to other grids and graphs

on the same dashboard.

EXPORT A SINGLE GRID/GRAPH

New in MicroStrategy 9.3, instead of exporting the entire

dashboard to PDF or Microsoft Excel, the user can choose

to export individual grids and graphs on the dashboard

to PDF, Excel, its source data, or as an image. This gives

additional flexibility with sharing and printing of data.

SAVE PERSONAL VIEW

After personalizing a dashboard by changing the sorting,

selector elements, prompt answers, filtering, or pivoting

orientation, users can save a personal view of the

dashboard. The complete definition of the dashboard is

not saved; only the current selections are saved. When

the Personal View of the dashboard is run from My

Subscriptions, the saved view is initially displayed. Personal

Views also apply to Visual Insight analyses and standard

grid/graph reports.


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Big Data:

UNLOCK BUSINESS INSIGHTS STORED IN APACHE™ HADOOP™

MicroStrategy 9.3 includes a native Thrift connector to Apache Hadoop and lets

business people retrieve data without needing any Hadoop expertise. Combining

big data with the power of MicroStrategy MultiSource Option and In-memory

technology, organizations can easily merge Hadoop data with other data sources

resulting in high-performance comprehensive data analysis.

ADDITIONAL DATA SOURCES SUPPORT

Besides the support for Hadoop, MicroStrategy continues to certify new data

sources and new versions of data sources. Highlights include:

Teradata V14

IBM DB2 10

Microsoft SQL Server 2012

ParAccel 3.5

For a full list, see the MicroStrategy 9.3 Readme file.

SAP HANA

Actian Vectorwise

Composite 6.1


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Intelligence Server:

PARALLEL SQL EXECUTION (PSE)

In the current architecture, multiple passes of Report SQL

are sequentially executed to return one result set. PSE is

the ability to run independent passes of a multi-pass SQL

in parallel with the idea of improving overall reporting

execution time. This new option is particularly useful for

reports that source data from multiple sources, including

reports that source data from relational and MDX sources.

INTELLIGENT IN-MEMORY ‘TOTAL’

CALCULATIONS

In MicroStrategy 9.3, subtotals and totals for Count Distinct

derived metrics are dynamically aggregated from base

level data stored in in-memory data, eliminating double-

counting when calculating totals. Note that these totals areonly applied to new Count Derived Metrics created from

attributes available in memory.

NEW INCREMENTAL DATA TRANSFER VLDB SETTING

This new setting, under “Query Optimization,” at the report and project levels is expected to help reduce peak memory

footprint of reports that move large amounts of data between sources such as datamarts, bulk export, and multi-source reports.


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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Health Center and the Plat-form Installation Process:

NEW HEALTH CENTER CONFIGURATION

New in MicroStrategy 9.3 , the configuration of Health

Center’s Health Agent and Master Health Agent will be

fully integrated in the platform Configuration Wizard. This

enhancement will improve the configuration process for

Health Center by making it much more convenient and

significantly simpler.

SINGLE .CAB FILE REPLACED BY SEVERAL .ZIP FILES

Starting with MicroStrategy 9.3, the packaging of platform

installation and configurations files has changed to a much more

efficient approach. Some of the most significant changes are:

Each .zip file contains files related to specific areas of the plat-

form (e.g. Document.zip, Desktop.zip, etc.)

In custom installations, the .zip files can be downloaded individually

Customers and users can create custom installations with smaller

footprints by picking only relevant pieces

NEW INSTALLATION ROUTINE FOR UNIX/LINUX

Some of the changes in MicroStrategy 9.3 for the Unix/Linux installation include:

Support for multiple instances of MicroStrategy on the same machine

Graphical, Command Line and Silent installation modes Fresh, Upgrade, Repair, and Modify Installation modes

Improved Hotfix management

Install-on-Demand option available

Set up of Health Center Agent as part of the installation process

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What’s New in MicroStrategy 9.3 Transaction Services:

ENHANCED DATA VALIDATION

Starting with MicroStrategy 9.3, MicroStrategy Transaction

Services introduces a new set of data validation capabilities

when business users write data back to the source.

New validation types:

î Phone Number

î US Zip Code

î E-mail address

î SSN

Support of regular expressions

Set fields as required

PASS PROMPT ANSWERS BETWEEN

DASHBOARDS

In MicroStrategy 9.3, additional link drilling functionality

has been introduced for MicroStrategy Transaction Services,

in which users will be able to pass prompt answers from

one dashboard to another. This feature will greatly enhance

the end-user interaction with the transaction-enableddocuments and allow a smoother workflow when writing

back to the data source.


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