Why your organization should upgrade to VividCharts 1.9.0
Summary
The Orb 1.9.0 release of VividCharts was centered around getting reports to those people who need them, when they need them, in the most frictionless way possible.
The biggest change you will see using the application is the completely redesigned and reengineered home screen, however it's not the only updates that provide big value for the user who only wants to consume critical reports.
Improved downloading features, scheduled email notifications and enhanced loop capabilities will enable your reporting practices to continue to deliver impact and value.
Learning about the Orb 1.9.0 release
Here is a list of steps we recommend you take to help learn about the latest version.
Read the release notes.
Watch the video on why you should upgrade to the Orb 1.9.0 release.
Watch the video that walks through the home screen updates and how to navigate the interface.
Watch the video that describes how the new scheduled email notification feature works, and how to schedule those reminders.
Watch the video to learn about how the new advanced search interface works, and learn who has access to the search.
Additional materials that support changes in the release can be found within the release notes. We recommend that you review materials which discuss changes that could impact your reports.
If you have any questions, reach out to VividCharts.
Upgrading to the Orb 1.9.0 release.
Here is a list of steps we recommend you take to help you plan for and upgrade to the Orb 1.9.0 version.
Identifying what environments you will test the upgrade to Orb 1.9.0.
Verify that previous slide decks, dashboards, summaries and VividCharts reports have been backed up as is consistent with your development processes.
Identify who is responsible for testing and verifying each of your Scale reports, Slide Decks and Dashboards has transitioned as expected, within your chosen test environment.
Identify who is responsible for the upgrade of VividCharts to the Orb 1.9.0 release, once it has been verified that the upgrade was successful in test environments.
Additional Notes.
If you are upgrading from older versions than the 1.8.1 release, there are fix scripts included in the release that help update the application and records to be compatible with the 1.9.0 release. As a general practice, we do recommend keeping the application up-to-date and not skipping versions, as often as possible.
In this release we do highlight these two fix scripts:
BlueprintWorkflowUpdate
PublishViews
We recommend running these scripts after your upgrade to verify they have been properly applied. The order the scripts are run will not impact their results.