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MicroStrategy Readme CONTENTS MicroStrategy 2020 Readme 1 What's New in MicroStrategy 2020 2 Resolved Defects and Enhancements 18 Platform Certifications 20 System Requirements 22 Compatibility and Interoperability 59 Installing and Upgrading 65 Product Development Methodology 68 MicroStrategy Security Assurance Program 76 MicroStrategy Intelligence Server 80 Installing MicroStrategy Intelligence Server 82 Upgrading MicroStrategy Intelligence Server 84 Uninstalling MicroStrategy Intelligence Server 85 Resolved Issues 85 Troubleshooting 85 Clients 87 MicroStrategy Web 88 MicroStrategy Desktop 117 MicroStrategy Workstation 121 MicroStrategy HyperIntelligence 123 MicroStrategy Library 125 MicroStrategy Identity 129 MicroStrategy Mobile 131 Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved MicroStrategy Readme MicroStrategy for Office 136 MicroStrategy Developer 138 Tools 142 MicroStrategy Command Manager 143 MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager 148 MicroStrategy Platform Analytics 152 MicroStrategy System Manager 154 MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 157 MicroStrategy Object Manager 162 MicroStrategy Analytics Modules 170 MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server 175 MicroStrategy SDK 182 Compatibility and Interoperability 184 Installing MicroStrategy SDK 184 Upgrading MicroStrategy SDK 184 Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved MicroStrategy Readme MicroStrategy 2020 Readme Platform Release: December 2019 Release Candidate: September 2019 Early Adopter Release: June 2019 For additional information, see the following sources: l Resolved Defects and Enhancements l Contact Technical Support l Product Documentation l Data Source Connectors To access the Readme in your preferred language, select the link below. English Español Italiano 中 文 (简 体 ) Français Deutsch 日 本 語 한국어 Português Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved 1 MicroStrategy Readme What's New in MicroStrategy 2020 For a smooth upgrade, be sure to review the important version-specific information regarding changes in the release that could impact functionality and performance. As a new platform release, MicroStrategy 2020 introduces new features that provide better performance and scalability to enhance the overall user experience. In addition, this release introduces new features across the analytics, mobility, and security platform - making it easier for users to build applications faster. Below are the new features exclusive to MicroStrategy 2020. For customers with an upgrade gap of more than one version, the Readme for all intermediate versions can be found in the Learning Center. For a list of all the resolved issues in this MicroStrategy release, see Defects and Enhancements Addressed in MicroStrategy 2020. Additionally, check out the Platform Certifications page to view a new dossier that contains a list of what is certified and/or supported in MicroStrategy 2020. MicroStrategy Repository To help reduce deployment complexity MicroStrategy now includes an embedded repository that can support the following MicroStrategy products: l Metadata Repository l Collaboration Server l Platform Analytics You are not required to leverage the embedded repository for any of these products, but the infrastructure is installed and ready for use should this be the right fit for your deployment. Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved 2 MicroStrategy Readme Learn more about MicroStrategy Repository. MicroStrategy Workstation l Introduction of document creation in Workstation. l Enhanced local discovery of .mstr files on Workstation for Windows. l English (UK) has been added as a supported language for Workstation. l Dossier authoring enchantments, including: l New Graph Matrix charts now support trendlines and forecasting. l Use free-form layout in dossiers to organize and overlap visualizations and other containers. You can independently position, size, and layer them on a page. l Users can quickly arrange visualizations in a dossier. l Ability to embed SurveyMonkey or SurveyGizmo surveys in a dossier. l Link between prompted dossiers and apply the same prompt answers in each dossier. l Link from one dossier to another while passing the filter panel selections. l Use a visualization in a dossier to filter data in a different dossier. l Create standalone metrics for an application. Use these metrics in any of your dossiers, documents, and reports within the same application. l Create attribute or metric visualization selectors. l Optimize the performance of derived objects: Skip the evaluation of unused derived attributes and derived elements in a dossier to improve performance during execution. Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved 3 MicroStrategy Readme l Support for custom shapes in Mapbox visualizations. l Object descriptions display as tooltips in grid visualizations. l Hierarchy Reporting enhancements: l Filter target visualizations by a specific branch or element. l Exclude specific branches or elements from a hierarchy. l On the Filter panel, an indicator appears in the branch selection checkbox when any of the branch's children are selected. This indicator eliminates the need to expand the branch to see if children are selected. l MDX drivers support importing SAP HANA hierarchies as hierarchical attributes. l Ability to add and edit descriptions in derived metrics from a Data Import cube containing hierarchical attributes. l Increased administrative capabilities, including: l Ability for customers to select the data engine version used to execute queries. l View, edit, and export Intelligence Server governing settings. l View, edit, and export Application settings. l Create and manage security roles. l View and edit Intelligence Server and auxiliary cache settings. l View and edit Intelligent Cube settings. l Import Users and Groups from an LDAP directory. l Set memory allocation and governance settings for jobs at the User or User Group level. Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved 4 MicroStrategy Readme l Change names and security access of schema objects and application objects. MicroStrategy Web l Dossier authoring enchantments, including: l Use free-form layout in dossiers to organize and overlap visualizations and other containers. You can independently position, size, and layer them on a page. l Support for custom shapes in Mapbox visualizations. l Users can quickly arrange visualizations in a dossier. l Ability to embed SurveyMonkey