Metric Insights 7.1.0 introduces several major enhancements including a new Analytics Marketplace for improved discovery and search across tools like data catalogs (Atlan, Alation, Collibra, Databricks Unity Catalog, and more), our in-product Concierge AI assistant, and significant improvements to the MI GUI. Key highlights include:

Concierge AI Assistant

After over a year of development and iteration, with a front-end implemented as an App (formerly called Portal Pages), Concierge is now fully integrated into the core Metric Insights platform UI.

• Improved search accuracy with multi-pass searching and intention mapping
• Extended search capabilities to include lineage columns and content
• New reindexing capabilities through the UI and API
• Enhanced formula readability for LaTeX content

Analytics Marketplace

Serve your analyst community with discovery and search across tools like data catalogs (Atlan, Alation, Collibra, Databricks Unity Catalog, and more), data science assets, and data products.

• Enhanced discovery and search capabilities across multiple data catalog platforms
• Updated integration with Atlan including glossary terms, dataset columns, and lineage information—ready to be integrated in an Analytics Marketplace use-case
• Revamped Global Search UI with improved results, including more advanced filtering

Portal Pages are now Apps

To better communicate that nearly anything is possible with custom apps, we've renamed Portal Pages to Apps and made several improvements.

• External Reports shared with our sharing API can now be linked back to an App (instead of going directly into the External Report Viewer within the core application). This was a final missing piece to the "keeping users in a custom experience (app)" puzzle.
• Refreshed Apps list with new columns like "Shared" to help easily identify how large the audience is for a specific App.

Bursts: Introducing PDF Report Packs & Advanced Parameters

A powerful new set of features are available for Bursts. PDF Report Packs enable distribution of large PDF files (think hundreds of pages of reports), useful for some enterprise reporting use-cases that are otherwise very clunky to implement in reporting tools, or require manual creation or scripting to fully implement. We've also introduced parameters into Burst subject, header and footer text.

• Enhanced Burst capabilities with parameterized subjects and header/footer text
• New PDF Report Pack option for report distribution of large "report packs" that can contain up to hundreds of views in a single PDF file

App Builder: Alpha Preview

An alpha preview of our drag-and-drop App Builder is available for conceptual review. Improvements to UI/UX will come in subsequent versions.

• Drag-and-drop interface for creating custom applications
• Component library including menus, embedded elements, and list components—this is limited for now, but will be dramatically expanded in the future
• Support for file uploads and asset management
• Customizable styling and theming options
• Variable storage for app settings and configurations
• Visibility controls for components and containers

Additional Improvements

• Publishing workflows with conditional custom field display logic
• Enhanced theming options for homepage navigation and tile customization
• Updated security permissions for Power BI tenant access
• Introduced support for BigQuery Virtual Datasets

MySQL 8.4.3

As previously announced, Metric Insights 7.1.0 will now default to MySQL 8.4.3 for new installations, although prior versions like 8.0.40 will also be supported.

Infrastructure and Security Improvements

• Read-only file system configuration for Docker containers
• Improved database user permissions management and security controls
• Optimized cleanup procedures for temporary files during upgrades
• Enhanced backup management and system maintenance workflows
• Streamlined data analyzer container configurations
• Improved handling of help documentation indexing These infrastructure improvements enhance system reliability, security, and maintainability while reducing operational overhead.

Plugin and Integration Enhancements

• New Databricks Unity Catalog plugin with client ID/secret authentication
• Enhanced Power BI plugin with improved lineage capabilities and dataset capabilities
• Updated Tableau plugin supporting BI Optimization Actions
• New IBM Cognos plugin with REST API connectivity
• Improved Atlan integration with enhanced glossary term handling and asset management
• We now ship a Google BigQuery JDBC driver
• Spotfire Analytics now supports OAuth2
• SAP Business Objects improvements for handling non-numeric data provider IDs These plugin enhancements expand Metric Insights' integration capabilities while improving security, performance and data governance across the supported platforms.