Metabase 0.13.1 (patch release)

#1637 - sending a test pulse as a non-admin user results in a 403 message
#1641 - sorting on breakout fields not working properly

Metabase 0.13.0

Features / Enhancements

• Pulses (email & Slack)
• SQL Server Driver
• SQLite Driver
• Redshift Driver
• Support ssl connections using Mongo
• Relative date GUI now available w/ Mongo driver
• Support for different schemas in Postgres (and other databases that support them)
• Lots of new HTTP security headers
• Ability to use MySQL as the application database
• Allow ssl termination at the Metabase Jetty instance through environment variables
• Loosen the row limits on queries, especially on CSV downloads
• Ability to sign-up for Metabase newsletter during setup
• Provide a way to reset password on Mac App (without email)
• UX improvements to database management
• Better Email settings management + ability to send test email
• Heroku will automatically use SMTP addons
• Groupings by time extracts and other time groupings provide human readable names instead of numbers
• Dashboards now show tooltips on all cards
• Object details view (single record) now disambiguates relationships which use the same FK column name
• Improved FieldValues sorting

Bug Fixes

• QB bug where empty breakouts could be left in the query and cause errors
• Improved handling of timezone setting for all drivers
• Fix skinny rendering issues with bar charts
• Don't return db passwords in api responses
• Avoid Heroku boot timeouts
• MySQL query error when timezone was set
• Activity feed duplicate "joined" messages
• Errors when cloning certain cards
• Mongo date fields not showing up in query results
• Prevent FieldValues from growing larger than reasonable
• Don't use FieldValues for date/time columns

Full list of issues

Metabase 0.12.1 (patch release)

Quick patches for a couple things in v0.12.0

• #1304 - failing to add ssl based database connections from setup
• #1301 - It's not possible to unset the reporting timezone
• #1293 - "No pg_hba.conf entry" when adding Heroku databases from Mac app

Metabase 0.12.0

Features / Enhancements

• redesigned homepage centered around an activity feed
• add basic view tracking capabilities and feed that into a Recently Viewed sidebar on homepage
• move saved questions listing to its own page and fully update styling + adding new filtering options
• new filtering widgets for all field types
• ability to filter dates using relative date definitions
• ability to group dates by either date intervals like weekly or by date parts such as hour-of-day
• release a Mac app which has the JRE bundled together with Metabase
• enable dashboard rendering in mobile
• allow password resetting without having email capabilities
• use sensible numerical rounding on query results
• extend the expiration length for invites and password resets
• add a favicon
• extend the set of fields shown in breakout listing
• allow opt-out of anonymous tracking
• better error messages on QB
• update and streamline more of the setup flow, including the ability to skip adding a database
• new design for administrating users
• command line ability to trigger migration locks clearing
• add "About Metabase" information to the app
• ability to re-add the sample dataset after it has been deleted
• tons of improvements to documentation, including lots of fancy screenshots

Bug Fixes

• tidy up the api endpoints and make them more consistent
• lots of fixes on Table visualization rendering
• fix pin map rendering
• fix pivot table view
• fix bug with setup process losing install token
• allow sample dataset to be permanently removed
• several improvements to rendering on IE and Safari
• fix reverting of Dashboard titles and descriptions

Metabase 0.11.0

New Features / Enhancements

• Intercom integration added an enabled
• MySQL driver created
• Sample Dataset now included with the application
• QB layout is updated to be more space efficient and easier to read
• Metadata editing has a fresh set of updates and now allow marking tables as "hidden"
• Table listings are now filtered by new "hidden" state which allows unneeded tables to be out of view
• QB now supports using columns from multiple tables in queries (joins!)
• Dashboard css updated to improve readability and provide a more consistent rendering experience
• QL now allows a filter clause on "=" and "!=" to supply multiple values
• QL filter clauses can be nested to any depth
• Settings page got a facelift and now provides clear sections of fields using our normal form stylings
• Multi-breakout queries using 'table' visualization will now show a pivot table (again).
• New semantics around saving cards & dashboards (introduced the "you are editing" bar)
• Full re-implementation of dashboard code, including new grid code, new repositioning logic, etc.
• Cards and dashboards now track historical changes and allow for reversions to previous states.
• Unauthorized page has a decent layout now

Bug Fixes

• sql cards no longer fail due to missing timezone setting
• unauthorized page got some styling
• sql based drivers will now find SQL views and include them in the set of tables for a database
• postgres driver now supports UUID type columns
• dashboards are now public by default and public means world editable so users can collaborate on dashboards again
• columns marked with :preview_display true will show up on Object Detail view again
• dashboard repositioning didn't work properly if you have multiple of the same card on the dashboard
• /api/dash not setting the description on creation

Metabase 0.10.0

• updated navigation elements to streamline access to common actions
• new process for making all Table and Field names more human readable
• new data model reference pane is part of the QB
• streamlined QB interface which takes up less space and reads much more easily for users
• support for joining tables in QB
• QB now maintains history of queries directly in the URL, thus supporting normal browser back/forward actions
• QL supports joining of tables in relational databases
• QL supports accessing nested dictionaries of data on Mongo databases
• redesigned Object Details page with a much nicer layout
• column names are now maintained for all QL operations (previously some casting operations clobbered the original column name)
• new onboarding flow w/ new emails and 2 onboarding screens
• password reset now allows you to login right away without putting in credentials again
• dashboards now render properly on mobile devices
• GA tracking on a lot more events
• admin settings page has been restyled to act like a normal form that saves all values as one form
• js assets now have cache buster in url
• new 404 page
• old Reserve and Operator custom pages have been removed
• several bug fixes
• multiple security fixes

Hotfix release for z-indexing issue on Dashboard listing and filter widget issue with int timestamps

• fix z-indexing on dashboard dropdown so it doesn't go under the ace editor
• fix filter widget on query builder so we don't clobber dates entered in via integer timestamp fields

Hotfix for multiple dashboard bugs plus another filter value casting fix

• fix bug preventing dashboard cards from being resized or repositioned
• add left padding back onto scalar type cards
• add support for casting SmallIntegerField

Hotfix for unix timestamp handling & bigint value casting

• filter widget needs to handle value casting for BigIntegerField type fields
• unix timestamp support was failing in annotation building on generic sql driver

Metabase 0.9

• several charting improvements (tooltips, better axis calculations, bug fixes)
• unix timestamps can now be used as if they are normal DateTime fields
• ability to order queries on aggregated columns
• fields can be marked as "sensitive" and won't be returned in query results
• new layout for the entire application
• single tenant model throughout the codebase
• simplified permission model which only supports Public & Private options
• new database schema metadata editing interface
• new installation flow that is shorter and simpler