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Sugar Discover Release Notes

Overview

This document describes any new features, enhancements to existing features, fixed issues, and known issues for the latest release of Sugar Discover.

August 21, 2020

Feature Enhancements

The following Sugar Discover features have been deployed as of August 21, 2020:

  • Centralized Administration with SugarIdentity : Discover leverages SugarIdentity to provide central administration of users and single-sign-on with other Sugar products.
  • Discover Dashlet package v2.1 : Sugar Discover now comes with a module loadable package that can be installed to your Sugar instance for viewing Discover reports on dashboards. Refer to the Sugar Discover User Guide for steps to download and install the package.

Fixed Issues

The following issue is fixed in this release of Sugar Discover:

  • Users cannot create Sugar Discover Dashlets in Safari or Google Chrome browser version 84 or higher.

Known Issues

The following known issues are currently present in Sugar Discover:

  • It is possible to save a report with a name that has already been used.
  • The PivotTable Grand Total may not work if the Sort Ordinal Field does not exist.
  • When events display on the Insight Feed comparing percentages, percentage formatting is not displayed.
  • Safari: Logout does not work when SugarIdentity is configured as the security provider.

The following known issues are present in the Discover Dashlet v2.0 package:

  • When viewing dashboards on a mobile device, Discover dashlets show the mobile layout, limiting screen real estate for visualization.
  • When Discover Dashlet query times out, it may show a message that the MLP is out of date.

July 13, 2020

Feature Enhancements

The following Sugar Discover features have been deployed as of July 13, 2020:

  • Centralized Administration with SugarIdentity : Discover leverages SugarIdentity to provide central administration of users and single-sign-on with other Sugar products.
  • Discover Dashlet package v2.0 : A new version of the Discover Dashlet package has been released that is supported for use with Sugar 10.1.0 (Q3 2020). Refer to the Sugar Discover User Guide for steps to download and install the package.
Fixed Issues

The following issue is fixed in this release of Sugar Discover:

  • Sugar Discover may not work in the Microsoft Edge browser.

The following issue is fixed in this release of Discover Dashlet package:

  • Sugar Discover may not work in the Microsoft Edge browser.

June 10, 2020

Feature Enhancements

The following Sugar Discover features have been deployed as of June 10, 2020:

  • Discover Dashlet package v1.2 : A new version of the Discover Dashlet package has been released to address existing issues. Refer to the Sugar Discover User Guide for steps to download and install the package.
Fixed Issues

The following issues have been resolved in this release of Sugar Discover:

  • Drill linking incorrectly shifts date values based on time zone.

The following issues have been resolved in v1.2 of the Discover Dashlet package:

  • Better error messaging for troubleshooting when content fails to display in the Discover dashlet.
  • Improved handling of re-authentication after long periods of inactivity.
  • Drill linking to a Discover report in the Discover dashlet may not work as expected.

April 24, 2020

Feature Enhancements

The following Sugar Discover features have been deployed as of April 24, 2020:

  • Discover Dashlet package v1.1 : A new version of the Discover Dashlet package has been released to address existing issues. Refer to the Sugar Discover User Guide for steps to download and install the package.
Fixed Issues

The following issues have been resolved in this release of Sugar Discover:

  • Improved responsiveness during initial loading of application.
  • Tooltips in the Filter area are not displayed.
  • Users who access their profile setup (e.g. change password) from an invite without completing it will still be listed as an active user in the current user list.

The following issues have been resolved in v1.1 of the Discover Dashlet package:

  • Discover dashlet titles cannot be changed.

April 1, 2020

Feature Enhancements

The following Sugar Discover features have been deployed as of April 1, 2020:

  • Discover reports embedded in SugarCRM dashboards : Discover Reports can be embedded into SugarCRM dashboards using the Discover Dashlet module loadable package.
  • Discover Dashlet package v1.0 : Sugar Discover now comes with a module loadable package that can be installed to your Sugar instance for viewing Discover reports on dashboards. Refer to the Sugar Discover User Guide for steps to download and install the package.

October 18, 2019

Feature Enhancements

The following Sugar Discover features have been deployed as of October 18, 2019:

  • Immediate insight into sales performance : Sugar Discover is a purpose-built analytics solution for SugarCRM providing immediate insight into sales performance, without the need for complicated setup and integration. It comes with an extensive, out-of-the-box set of high-value metrics and analytics to track trends in sales velocity, conversion rates, pipeline generation, and much more.
  • Automated analytics : Sugar Discover continuously tracks and analyzes your key sales metrics, automatically surfacing what is important now so you are always in the know when key metrics trend significantly above or below target or break from historical patterns.
  • Root cause identification : Unlike general-purpose business intelligence tools, Sugar Discover provides an augmented analytics experience through Discovery Insights. This panel shows you related facts and patterns that are dynamically generated as you explore data, helping you quickly identify root causes and take action.
  • Historical context without spreadsheets : Powered by a high-performance analytics engine that automatically tracks changes in opportunities over time, Sugar Discover makes it simple to visualize historical trends of performance metrics, compare current and past performance, perform cohort analysis and many other use cases that typically involve copying and pasting snapshots of data into spreadsheets.
  • Analytics made easy : Sugar Discover empowers all users, regardless of technical skill level, to make data-driven decisions with the following features:
    • Intuitive drag-and-drop report design
    • Simple, yet powerful, filtering capabilities
    • Further exploration guided by Discovery Insights
    • Ability to create custom metrics with calculated fields

Last modified: 2020-08-21 13:18:13