ADWISE Advanced Column – ChangeLog

Version 2.0

NOT YET RELEASED! But the visual is now certified and in Microsoft publishing process. Expected availability early August 2025.
Focus more on analytical features.

Features and Highlights

• Chart types – stacked, clustered and nested/chimney charts in one visual with multiple formatting options at your disposal
• Difference lines – lines to clearly show difference above compared columns with values in specific shapes, all configurable (percentage/absolute difference, colors, borders, rounded corners, lines share starts/ends …)
• Top N selection Built in – easily display key data by selecting the Top N columns or Top N segments within each column + the „rest“ part of the data
• Total Column – you don’t need to display separate KPIs to show totals — the Total column is fully integrated in the chart
• User controls – enable/disable viewer change of Top selections (how many to show, highest/lowest) and Total Column calculation
• Enable and Add Icons – icons make charts easier to read by visually representing column categories, you can add icons directly in the visual using the built-in icon picker
• And other formatting – axis Y break, thousand and decimal separator, interaction with other visuals, empty data screen, animations, gradient background, shadows, transparency, …

Bug fixing

• Numbers formatting

New web pages

• We are creating new web pages with a lot of new content (tutorials, etc.) for you. The new web is due in September 2025. Stay tuned!

Version 1.1

RELEASED and CERTIFIED! General availability January 2025.
Focus on a few useful features and couple things for making your column charts nicer 🙂

Features

• Chart types – stacked, clustered and nested types of charts at your disposal
• Difference types – ability to compare either column totals or specific data values when legend is applied
• Totals for clustered chart – you can use both data values for individual columns and totals for all columns in one cluster

Look & Feel

• Icons – you can choose from multiple icons to illustrate your data in columns with formatting options like background shape, size, color, … *)
• Column corners rounding – select from 3 sizes of rounding and full cirle rounding
• Animations – slow or fast animations and completely without animations
• Column gradient background + shadows and transparency
• Other – columns spacing for cluster chart, difference line start/end indentation (distance) from column

Bug fixing

• Better handling of values with specific formatting (currency, etc.)
• Visual now interacts (filters) with others on the page per default

*) We are using Phosphor Icons set, which is a free project. Thus, you can use the icons not only in our Column chart, but elsewhere in your reports to achieve unified look.

Version 1.0

RELEASED! Certified by Microsoft. General availability October 2024.

New features

• Difference lines – configurable lines to clearly show compared columns
• Values – show difference in percentage or absolute values or both
• Shapes – you can choose from rectangle, circle or ellipse with configurable positioning
• Positive/negative difference – distinguish differences with colors and symbols to be readily idetifiable by users
• Series labels – use changing labels for Axis X, e.g. when you use calendar months for column names
• Series formatting – format data and total labels per category (legend)
• And other formatting – thousand and decimal separator, interaction with other visuals, empty data screen, …

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