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EMDA 8.1 Product Release

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We are pleased to announce that a new version of Enterprise Management Data and Analytics is now available. 

This new version (EMDA 8.1) added many new functionality that improves the Sage EM datasource, solution and various areas of the data management or analytics features of the application:

New Sage Enterprise Management-specific features

  • Added support for Enterprise Management v12
  • Updated Sage EM datasource, and ability to extract non-LDAP Syracuse users (from the SData/API1 service)
  • Dynamic security support not only based on Function profiles but also Trade profiles 

New Generic Analytics features

  • Drill-across / drill-through enhancements -  adds slicers in target resources for an improved data exploration/navigation experience between analytics
  • New and updated color palettes
  • Updated Home page that includes more Self-Service Training assets

New Generic Data Management features

  •  History Step
    • that adds the ability to track changes in values and store versions of records in the data warehouse, for dimensions or transaction tables
    • Examples: creating a snapshot of stock on-hand or stock valuation on a daily basis for historical reporting; or recording any change made in sales orders over time
  • SQL Preview, allowing to use custom SQL statements for previewing datasource or pipeline's data 
  • New datasources for connecting to: Marketo, Google Analytics, Magento, Xml, Json, Excel Online, 
  • Reporting calculations, for storing aggregated calculations in the Cube
  • New Attribute Order By property, for sorting attribute values using another column
  • Data warehouse security improvements
  • Improved error messages

For a more detailed list of all new features, please visit the applicable release notes: here and here.

Enterprise Management Data management and Analytics is a licensed product, if you have a valid product license, you can download this new version from this direct link: Download EMDA 8.1. To know more about EMDA, please contact your local Sage representative.

Regards

The EMDA Team