By Brenda Millar

Fall Release Available

The fall release of both PBI V4 and the PresentationCenter are now available. Release 4.7.9010 as well as version 5.0.20093 contain both new features as well as bug fixes. Some of the noteworthy new features are: selective subtotals in analysis objects, linked group maximum dimension now raised to 25, and streamlined processing of linked group queries. Please contact customer.care@precisionbi.com for details or to schedule your upgrade.

New Additions to the PBI Team

This quarter we welcomed one new addition to the PBI Team.

Jennifer Reber joined the PBI team in December as our new part time Communications Coordinator. Jennifer will be working out of the Wyomissing Office several days a week. She will be assisting with various tasks such as the quarterly PBI Newsletter and training scheduling/administration. Jennifer will also be providing general office assistance and facilitate both internal and external communications.

Code Name Idaho
By Dan Reber

What is “'Idaho”' you ask?
Idaho is the “code name” (ok, a geeky term for project name) for the conversion of PBI's ad hoc and administrative modules.

Why “Idaho”' you ask?
Because there are two main goals for the conversion:

1. Conceptually, PBI is going to be all about data “mash-ups.”

1 - Taking data from one or more Metalayer Trees from one or more PBI ready databases and joining the data together in a single result set.
2 - Allowing defined Worksheets & Analysis to be used as sources for other objects, along with joining them to other Metalayer Trees fields.
3 - Combining data from different fields from the same Metalayer Tree, different Metalayer Tree or a defined source, into one or more fields.
4 - Turning rows of data into separate columns.

Imagine…the users will be able to select data and "mash" it with data from any Metalayer Tree in any PBI ready database for any Worksheet or Analysis - limited only by the user’s security access.

2. The User Experience will be greatly enhanced with consistency and ease of use being the main focus.

With this combination of data “mash-ups” and a clean user interface, the natural choice for a code name was “Idaho” (mashed potatoes, get it?). And I think Idaho is a state of uncontaminated natural beauty. So stay tuned for more information and updates on “Idaho” in future newsletters.