GeoDash 1.6.1 Now Generally Available
May 6th, 2011
This latest edition certifies GeoDash on MicroStrategy 9.2 release and adds a few interesting enhancements. We weren’t joking when we said release early, release often.
Thresholds
Rather than adding complexity to the MicroStrategy reporting interface, we always try to make the user experience simple. MicroStrategy offers the Threshold feature in both GRID reporting and in Report Services (Documents). For a given metric (e.g., Revenue), the whole cell will become a certain color based on a “rule”. For example, if Revenue exceeds $1M, the whole cell will be GREEN. However, if Revenue falls below $500K, then the cell is RED. These same colors will be seamlessly retained in GeoDash by simply enabling the new option. With this addition you now have access to unlimited color classes for your analysis.
Performance Improvements
With every release we try to make performance improvements and this release was no exception. On average, area boundary tiles now render 50-70% faster. This means the already fast heat map rendering engine is even faster now. You’ll notice that higher administrative levels, such as US States, render much faster. Being the only provider of dynamic area heat maps rendering, it’s critical for us to continue to push the limits of our technology.
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