Wiiisdom for Tableau Desktop - 2024.3

Release date: August 1st, 2024

Happy Summer ☀️ everyone!

Thank you for your continued support and here's to another great year of innovation and growth together!

Full Documentation: https://support.wiiisdom.com/documentation
Download Site: https://support.wiiisdom.com/downloads

Of course, do get in touch if you need help with updating.

New Features

Dynamic Data Source Certification Message with Merge Tags

We're enhancing the functionality of our Data Source Certification process by introducing the ability to use merge tags in certification and decertification messages.

This new feature is designed for users who leverage "Data Source Certification" Post-Process Actions (PPAs) in their Tableau Extract and Functional Tests, offering a more dynamic and informative approach to handling data source status updates.

Benefits:

- Dynamic Values: Incorporate merge tags into your certification and decertification messages, allowing for the inclusion of dynamic information directly within your message content.
- Customized Messaging: Tailor your messages to include specific details about each test run, providing clearer insights and context for recipients.
- Efficient Communication: Automatically translate merge tags into relevant data upon test execution, streamlining the process of communicating data source statuses.

PostgreSQL Integration Update: Visibility of Extra URL Parameters Enhanced

Building on the enhancements introduced in version 2024.2, where Extra URL Parameters were made visible in test reports, we are excited to announce a further update to our PostgreSQL Integration feature.

Now, not only can you view these parameters within your test reports, but they are also seamlessly integrated into your PostgreSQL database. This development is aimed at providing Wiiisdom users with an even more comprehensive and detailed analysis capability.

With Extra URL Parameters now accessible in both test reports and the PostgreSQL database, users gain a fuller understanding of the data context, enhancing accuracy and insight for dashboard development and data interpretation.

Introducing Partial Snapshots for Enhanced Efficiency

We've upgraded our snapshot feature for Regression and Functional Tests to tackle the frustration of halted processes due to canvas errors.

Now, in the Designer and CLI, you can take partial snapshots even when encountering errors during design phases or filter tests.

This feature is enabled by default and can be disabled in the Settings menu.

This update boosts your workflow efficiency by allowing error bypassing without manually deactivating snapshot content.

Change Logs

✅ Tableau 2024.2 Compatibility

🍎 macOS Build Update: Transition to ARM-Based Chip Support

In our latest update for macOS users, we are excited to announce a significant shift in our application's architecture. To harness the enhanced performance capabilities of newer hardware, our macOS build will now exclusively support ARM-based chips. This change is aimed at optimizing the application's efficiency and responsiveness, ensuring a smoother user experience.

Intel-Based Chip Support: Users with Intel-based macOS devices who require access to our application can still obtain a compatible version by reaching out to our support team.

Resolved Issues

▪ WOFT-2076 (Impact: Medium)
Summary: Unable to run an Assert Extract Refresh task with a context using a Tableau with a self-signed certificate.
Description: When running a Tableau Extract test on a Tableau Server using a self-signed certificate, the run finishes in error with this message: unable to find valid certification path to requested target.

▪ WOFT-1877 (Impact: Medium)
Summary: Unable to use "Set Filter - Date Range" task.
Description: The application doesn’t support Date Range filter types and the error message returned is technical.

▪ WOFT-2132 (Impact: Low)
Summary: Unable to download CSV of full data on Tableau 2024.2.
Description: Assert CSV Equals tasks configured with the “Full data” export type will fail on Tableau 2024.2 if the “Tableau Version” field in the active context is set to “Tableau 2024.1” or lower.

▪ WOFT-2063 (Impact: Low)
Summary: Unable to open a Viz because the View name is lowercased when running a test.
Description: In a specific case, the URL of the Viz opened in the “Open Viz” task was lowercased. This ends up with the impossibility of interacting with it because Tableau can’t open it.

▪ WOFT-1944 (Impact: Low)
Summary: Editing a shared Drive Browser Task within a Regression Test causes the Designer to crash.
Description: Editing a Shared Drive Browser task in Regression Tests makes the Designer crash with a blank screen.

▪ WOFT-1941 (Impact: Low)
Summary: Unwanted stack trace logs for the 'Navigate To' command for Drive Browser Tasks.
Description: A technical error was displayed when the Navigate-to command was misconfigured in the Drive Browser task.

▪ WOFT-1856 (Impact: Low)
Summary: Unable to run a failed Regression test when special characters in the name.
Description: Run a Regression Test using a Viz with special characters in its name results in an error indicating the impossibility of finding the snapshot generated.

▪ WOFT-1497 (Impact: Low)
Summary: Wrong skip count in test logs with disabled tasks.
Description: Skipped tasks were not counted in the count result table at the end of a test run.

▪ WOFT-1495 (Impact: Low)
Summary: A test disabled in the execution of a project stops the workflow when the "--continue-on-failure" argument is removed.
Description: Run a project with a disabled test and the “--continue-on-failure” arguments finish in error when the disabled test is run.

▪ WOFT-66 (Impact: Low)
Summary: File upload/confirmation popups can lose focus.
Description: On Windows, the system dialogue boxes were moved behind the designer window when you clicked inside it.