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Holistics adds period-over-period comparison to dashboards and turns viz aggregations into metrics.

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◆Current state
Holistics is shipping weekly changes on both the modeling and consumption sides of its BI product. Viewers can now compare periods from a dashboard chart's Analyze menu, next to trend and reference lines. On the modeling side, aggregating a dimension on a viz now creates a reusable metric, after recent additions of Data Lineage, Apache Ossie conversion and branches.
◆Where it's heading
Analysis that used to need a modeler keeps moving into the dashboard viewer's hands, while ad-hoc work in vizzes feeds back into the semantic layer as reusable definitions. Both directions strengthen the semantic model as the center of the product.
◆Prediction
More Analyze-menu options for viewers look likely, since period comparison is the third such tool added in a month after trend and reference lines.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    📅 Compare periods directly in dashboards

    Period-over-period comparison joins trend and reference lines in the dashboard Analyze menu, the third viewer-side analysis tool in a month. Viewers can check change against a prior period without asking a modeler.

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  2. 5d ago

    🧩 Aggregating a dimension on a viz now creates a metric

    An aggregation made on a viz now becomes a metric that can be reused, instead of a one-off calculation. It feeds ad-hoc work back into the semantic layer.

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  3. 8d ago

    Holistics AI chat notifies you when a long task needs input

    Holistics AI now sends a notification when a chat needs attention, so users can leave long-running AI tasks in the background. It treats the AI assistant as a tool for multi-step work rather than quick one-off questions.

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  4. 14d ago

    Pick your own color for the "Others" chart group

    Charts now let you set the color of the "Others" group, so the long tail can be muted or highlighted. A small option that fits the month's run of dashboard presentation controls.

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  5. 15d ago

    Custom homepage: put key dashboards where everyone lands

    Admins can now set Home for the whole organization: show one dashboard in full view, pin others as buttons and choose which sections appear. It continues the push to put key numbers in front of viewers without them having to look for them.

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  6. 21d ago

    Dashboard viewers see field descriptions on column hover

    Hovering a column header now shows the field's viewer-facing description, on embeds and shareable links too. It pushes semantic-layer documentation out to dashboard readers, a small but direct payoff from the modeling work of the past weeks.

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