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Looker 2.4 2014-07-14
LookML / Projects
Explore
- Totals working in all dialects, implemented as a separate SQL query
Data Visualization
- New element parameter
show_applied_filters: false
to turn off dynamic filters in title of a dashboard element
- New dashboard parameter
refresh: N minutes
to refresh data every N minutes if the page is open
- LDAP authentication
- Two-factor authentication
Bug Fixes and Tweaks
- Add/delete projects moved to admin panel
Looker 2.2 2014-06-09
Data Visualization
- Custom map visualizations
- Dimensional scatter plot
- Automatic x_axis_scale detection
- x_padding_left and x_padding_right option for charts
- Specify colors, series_colors, series_labels, reference lines, and more in looker_type charts
- Plot geo coordinates (lat/long) on world map
LookML / Projects
- Redesigned Projects experience
- LookML project search with regular expressions & find and replace
- JGit bundled with Looker (replaces server-based git)
- Liquid templating (replaces ERB)
- More flexible join syntax
- Top nav menus update upon LookML file save (instead of after page reload)
- Declare a base_view as hidden: true
- Table Calculations: type: running_total
- Line-by-line git diffs in LookML editor (yellow for modified, green for added, red for deleted)
Explore
- Jump to LookML error link from Explore page
- Improved and more flexible number filter syntax (e.g. >, <, != operators)
- SQL Runner moved to Explore menu
- SQL tab updates live as query is constructed in UI (with EXPLAIN)
- Improved admin audit and Looker usage panels
- Embeddable iframe code added to public URL box
Bug Fixes and Tweaks
- Lots of looker_ (area, column, etc.) and reference line bug fixes. Thanks to the beta testers!
- Improved login and auto logout flow
- Convert "yyyymmdd" format to valid time field
- Year filters now use date syntax (instead of integer)
- Dozens of other bug fixes and tweaks!
Looker 2.0 2014-04-28
Data Visualization (Beta)
- Maps (US & World) chart types: Coordinates Plot, Choropleth
- New Cartesian chart types: Single Record, Donut, Donut Multiples
- Updated Cartesian chart types: looker_column, looker_line, looker_area, looker_pie
- Reference Lines: static, median, mean, min, max, ranges, standard deviation, variance
- Additional formatting parameters (interpolation, colors, hide_points, hide_legend)
- Automatically detect and format date axes
LookML
- Developer vs. Production Mode SQL option in PDTs
- Field name validation before query run
- Generate files as .model.lookml, .view.lookml, .dashboard.lookml
- When on, user access filters block filter suggestions
- select_filter aliased to suggest_filter in dashboard filters
Enterprise and Security
- Auto user log out (with warning) unless trusted computer
SQL Dialects
- Support for Teradata Aster 6.0
- (Beta) Support for Oracle Database 11g
Bug Fixes and Tweaks
- Persistent derived table fixes
- Drilling into a dashboard chart keeps filters applied
- Timezone conversion in Redshift
- Warn when changing timezone that it affects all users
- Show conditional filters in dashboard URL
- Return 401 error as JSON API responses when authentication fails
- Add link to SQL Runner from connections page
- MS SQL Server suggest fix
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