Sneak Peek at Bold BI On-Premises and Embedded Release v5.1

We are excited to announce that we will be soon rolling out our latest product update, Bold BI v5.1, which includes releases on Windows, Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, and Azure. It’s a huge release since it delivers many much-awaited features, enhancements, and improvements. These significant changes provide you with a great experience creating elegant dashboards with Bold BI. In this blog post, we’ll take a sneak peek at what you can expect from our upcoming release.

New features and improvements

There are various new features and improvements in our latest update. You can find the complete details in the release notes page published after the rollout.

Data source enhancements

• Using new, built-in connectors, you can connect to Decision Lens, Zuora, Avochato, QuickBase, and Yelp with Bold BI.

Data source list — Decision Lens, Zuora, Avochato, QuickBase, and Yelp

• You can create Web API-based data sources using our custom connector.

Creating Web API-based data sources using our custom connector

• We intend to provide the following support:
• Custom query extract mode support for SQL data sources.

Custom query extract mode support for SQL data sources

• Option to connect specific data sets in Google BigQuery.

Connect specific data sets in Google BigQuery

• Median function support in widget aggregation.

Median function support in widget aggregation

• Firebird ODBC connector support.

Firebird ODBC connector

• Relative date minutes support.

Relative date minutes

Server enhancements

On the server-side, you can expect the following support in our upcoming release:

• Support to publish data sources between sites.

Publishing data sources between sites

• Support to unlist dashboards from the dashboard listing page.

Unlist dashboards from the dashboard listing page

• Support to track email delivery status.

Track email delivery status

• Option to turn on or off the email notification.

Turning on or off the email notification

• Additional date format support in the settings page.

Additional date format support

• Support to show a dependent dashboard of a particular data source.

Designer enhancements

In the designer, you can look forward to the following support in our upcoming release:

• Tab widget support.

Adding tab widget

• Custom date format support for grid and chart widgets.

Adding custom date format in grid and chart widgets

• Date field auto hierarchy and custom hierarchy support.

Adding date field auto hierarchy and custom hierarchy support

• Support for encrypting query parameters while linking a dashboard.
• Customization support for no data container.

No data container⁠ — customization support

• Lakhs and crores support in measure formatting.

Lakhs and crores support in measure formatting

Widget enhancements

In the widgets, you can expect the following support:

• Bubble scatter chart widget.
• Text filter widget.
• Relative date support for list boxes and combo boxes.
• Support to show chart legend items as a dropdown.
• Legend support for map markers.
• Index-based color customization for charts.

Embedded

Embed a dashboard for external providers in Iframe-based embedding.

Embed a dashboard for external providers in Iframe-based embedding

Conclusion

We hope you’re excited about the features and improvements that are going to be rolled out in the Bold BI v5.1 release. Get started with Bold BI by signing up for a free 15-day trial and create more interactive business intelligence dashboards. You can contact us by submitting your questions through the Bold BI website, or if you already have an account, you can log in.