Release Notes Incorta 2024.1.8

Release Highlights

The 2024.1.8 maintenance pack introduces key fixes and enhancements, including:

• Early Post-load calculation – A new load plan option to accelerate load job processing
• Enhanced caching controls – Improved management of cached query size and resource allocation for better performance
• Improved experience for sharing dashboards with Mobile users

Upgrade Considerations

Upgrade to 2024.7 releases

Upgrades from 2024.1.8 to any 2024.7 release are temporarily unavailable until further notice.

Caching updates

• The default value of the Maximum Cached Entries has been increased from 2,000 to 20,000. This change will not impact values manually set before the upgrade.
• A new option is available to control the maximum size of insight query results to be cached. The default is 30 MB.

For more details, see Caching enhancements.

Data Agent supported version

The 2024.1.8 release uses the Data Agent version 8.4.1. Please upgrade to this version.

What’s New

• Caching enhancements
  • Updates to the caching CMC options
  • Control the size of query results cached in memory
• Early Post-load calculations
• Dashboard link sharing with Mobile users

Caching enhancements

Updates to the caching CMC options

Incorta has applied the following updates to the caching options in the CMC > Tenant Configurations > Tuning:

• Maximum Cached Entries: Increased the default from 2,000 to 20,000. This change will not impact tenants where this value is manually updated before the upgrade.
• Maximum Cached Memory (%): Increased the maximum allowed percentage from 10% to 20%.
• Export to CSV/XLSX caching limit: Increased the maximum allowed size from 100 MB to 400 MB.

Control the size of query results cached in memory

The Query caching entry size limit for new tenant configurations is now available on the Tuning tab. It specifies the maximum size of insight query results that the Analytics Service caches in memory. The Analytics Service checks for a cached version before executing the insight query to enhance performance and minimize the resources required. You can select a value between 0 and 50 inclusive. The default is 30 MB.
The Analytics Service won’t cache insights in the following cases:

• Insights with a query result size that exceeds the Query caching entry size limit
• Disabling caching by setting the value of Query caching entry size limit or Maximum Cached Entries to 0
• Reaching the limit of the Maximum Cached Entries configuration

Early Post-load calculations

• A new load group setting, Early post-load calculations, is now available to enable the Loader Service to initiate Post-load calculations immediately after each schema object completes Extraction, Enrichment, and PK-Index—without waiting for all tables or materialized views (MVs) in the group to finish.
  • Benefits
    • Reduce the overall load job duration
    • Improve system performance by distributing calculations throughout the load job, minimizing memory and storage access bottlenecks
  • Known limitation: The DAG Viewer currently displays Locking as a sequential phase (following Extraction, Enrichment, and PK-Index) rather than reflecting its parallel execution with Extraction.
• The Post-load calculation phase is no longer a separate stage in job execution; it now runs as part of the job’s Running phase.

Dashboard link sharing with Mobile users

This release improves the experience of sharing dashboard links with authorized Mobile users, providing a seamless and user-friendly approach.

• The link is in text format and a QR code for easy sharing.
• Clicking the link or scanning the QR code automatically launches the Incorta Mobile App for quick access.
• The link includes all necessary details to open the dashboard, such as the tenant name and dashboard GUID.

For more details, check the Enhanced Mobile Dashboard Sharing Community article.

Enhancements