Month: September 2018

NEW

• Introducing the Variable Relationship View!  This new view (available at all calculation levels in the variable details) allows users to see variable dependencies and data flow in a user-friendly diagram with full drag & drop and zooming capabilities.
  
• There is now an icon that appears at the top of each model showing the current validation error count if the model contains errors.  This icon can then be clicked to take the user to the model validation summary page.
  
• Users can now replace a data table or mortality table using a file import via a new icon/button on the table details screens.
  
• A model point file template can now be downloaded from the Model Point File Definition screen within each product.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Several improvements have been made to the table editor, including auto scrolling when using keyboard navigation and improvements to single-cell copy/paste functionality, allowing users to copy a cell into multiple selected cells in one action.
• Projections now only require data tables be set for those input tables that are referenced from the projection’s calculations.  This can greatly reduce the number of data tables that need to be set for smaller projections.
• Missing data tables and model point files on projections and templates are now indicated with an icon to allow users to more quickly identify missing tables/files.
• Projection validation now only checks the pieces of the model that it uses, so pointing to an invalid model is OK as long as the invalid pieces are not used in the projection.  This also improves performance of projection validation.
• Innermost error variable is now displayed in the error message on the Error Summary report in the Model Results area of the site.
• When users no longer have an active session, we’ve improved the experience when attempting to perform certain actions on the site, redirecting them to the Login page appropriately.
• Assumption sets are now included on projection templates during model export, import, and copy.
• Input Tables, Data Tables, and Mortality Tables must now have unique names, for reporting purposes.
• Memory efficiency and performance has been improved in the calculation engine.
• Minor validation performance improvements for all concurrent background validation.
• Projection deletion performance has been improved.

FIXES

• Fixed validation of the Data Type field when creating an Input Table column.
• Fixed extra whitespace issue appearing in IE Edge in various dropdowns on the site.
• Fixed a bug causing the start time of a projection to be incorrect when running multiple scenarios in parallel.  This did not affect runtime usage costs, but caused the total run time to be incorrect on the projection.

NEW

• Introducing the Change Management module!  The first feature available in this module is the model comparison feature, which allows users to select two models and see the differences between them.  Look out for more features in this area of the application soon!
  
• A scenario file template can now be downloaded from the Economic Scenarios area of model development, or the Scenario Tables area of assumption management.
  
• A new projection run summary dashboard is available in the Model Results area that gives general information about the run itself.  This is now the default dashboard that appears when viewing projection results.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Significant performance improvements have been made towards the start of each calculation engine run, particularly if multiple scenarios are run at once.
• Calculation engine performance has been improved towards the end of each time index.
• Model point files and scenario files are now downloadable directly from projections and templates.
• The “View Run Logs” button at the top of projection details in the Model Execution area is now always available at the completion of a projection run.
• We’ve made performance improvements around validation of changes to model point file definitions.
• Product, Portfolio, and Company Variables must now have unique names, for reporting purposes.
• Formula builder group interface has been improved for greater readability, particularly around taller formula groups.

FIXES

• Post projection calculations no longer throw off the display of the completion percentage of the projection during execution.
• Fixed an issue where in certain situations, some items on the formula builder operand menu were not clickable due to overlapping elements.
• Legal entities can now be removed even if they are used by a snapshot.  They still cannot be removed if attached to any active models.