The LANSA BI installation package includes a sample of the Visual LANSA web file. This sample helps you quickly integrate LANSA BI dashboards and reports with your application in Visual LANSA.

Expanded REST API functionality

The expanded range of REST API allows you to create your own applications in Visual LANSA, having multiple seamless integrations with LANSA BI’s reports, dashboards and content.

The REST API provides important functionality to help you automate key processes, such as automating the onboarding of new clients in a multi-tenant environment, building custom embedded applications using LANSA BI in Visual LANSA, and integrating LANSA BI content (users, stories, signals, reports, etc) inside a LANSA application. 

Some of the REST API functionalities are:

• Content endpoint: returns a list of all content accessible to a user, including Views, Reports, Dashboards, Stories, and more. It allows further ability to build custom content browsing solution in an embedded BI scenario.
  
• Dashboards, presentations, and themes endpoints: retrieves a list of items or detailed information for a specific content item.
  
• Health endpoint: returns the overall health of a Yellowfin deployment, including clustered deployments. There are two forms:
  • Ping endpoint: returns limited information, and it does not require authentication.
  • Full health endpoint: returns comprehensive information about the deployment.
    
• Users and import-export endpoints: updates the user profile information, such as timezone, language preference, and lists the dependencies of a Content Item from within an Import File.
  
• Cached filter refreshes: the REST endpoints trigger cached filter refreshes for Dashboards and Views.
  
• API integration: allows external developers to get information about the user and organization in a user-friendly interface. It eliminates the need to reference internal Yellowfin methods to get the current user, role or client organization when developing custom headers, JSPs, and internal plugins like formatters and analytic functions.

For detailed technical information, see the REST API documentation here.

Enhancements

Report Builder

The report builder allows you to:

• Re-order columns: columns can be re-ordered from the Column Formatting page by dragging and dropping the column to a new location. This is especially useful for Reports with a large number of columns.
• Calculated totals in charts: calculated totals are supported across most chart types. Calculated totals are an extremely useful feature when using Calculated Fields in a report. It provides the option to re-execute the calculation at the total or sub-total level for a report, rather than using traditional aggregation types such as Sum, Average, etc. This is useful when you use a calculation such as a ratio (e.g., return on equity).
• Chart customization: apply micro-configurations, such as changing the color of label lines.

User Interface

Our user interface allows you to:

• Create and edit folders.
• Share reports and stories.
• View summaries.
• Resize table columns.
• Filter your information.

Attachments

• Reporting capabilities, such as export, share, and broadcast reports as attachments (using Export and Broadcast features).
• Separated role functions for TXT and CSV.
• Fine-grained attachment control for Reports and Dashboards, including the ability to modify the default attachment type for broadcasts.

Image

The Image Manager is enhanced to allow you to:

• Upload images from the browser clipboard, making it easier when adding images to stories, dashboards, or presentations. To search for an image, right-click to copy it and paste it directly into the Image Manager popup.
• If you do not have a profile image, the user avatars display your initials, similar to many modern messaging applications.
• Customize the displayed initials.
• Choose a custom background color for your avatar. You can use the standard color picker that allows you to choose between standard or fully custom colors, including the ability to enter the hexadecimal code of your favorite color.