August 2020: Product Output Grouping Changes, Mortality Table Versioning + More

NEW

Product Output Groupings Have Moved

Product output groupings have been moved to make configuration faster & easier. Now, instead of configuring output groupings on each product, users can configure a single output grouping at the product level, and use it across all of the products on the model. Less setup = less wasted time! Existing output groupings have been migrated to this new area, which may cause duplicates if there were duplicate groupings across products, which can be removed if desired to reduce maintenance.

Ahh… much better. Configuration is the same, except now all product variables are available.

Mortality Table Versioning

Mortality tables are now automatically versioned, and previous versions can be selected on projections and templates, and viewed via the ‘Inputs Used’ section in the Analyze module.

Other New Features

  • Data table versions are now available when comparing tables, so older versions can be compared.
  • Percentile metrics are now available when building dashboards for Company and Portfolio results.

IMPROVEMENTS

Model Copy Improvements

  • Copying a model has been moved to a background process so users do not have to keep the window open while the model is copying. Models being created from a copy show up as “Creating…” in the model list until they have completed copying.
  • For users with access to multiple workspaces, models can now be copied across workspaces.
  • The copy model page now uses alternating row background colors to make it easier to make selections.
  • Model copy performance has been improved.

Other Improvements

  • When only one filter option is available on a dashboard, that option is now automatically selected.
  • A message icon now appears in the debug view when the value of a time-indexed variable cannot be resolved.
  • Model point results are now available even when the error limit is reached for a dynamic model point, allowing for easier troubleshooting.
  • Users can now use the browser ‘Back’ button on browser windows/tabs that have been logged out once logged back in, to pick back up where they left off.
  • A more useful error message now appears when attempting to calculate a present value calculation with an empty Currency parameter.
  • File only data tables are no longer copied when copying a model, to improve performance and prevent unnecessary duplicates of files.
  • Data/Mortality table merge performance has been improved.
  • Calculation engine performance and memory usage improvements.
  • Minor performance improvements around validation of projections before queueing.

FIXES

  • Assumption sets are now appropriately re-applied when changing a product set on a projection portfolio.
  • Excel date cells that use a custom format can now be imported without parsing errors.
  • Mortality table select period frequency is now persisted when copying a model.
  • Non-numeric mortality table cells are now properly validated.
  • IF condition clause order is now maintained when copying a model.
  • Data tables for deleted table structures no longer appear in the compare/merge views.

OPERATIONS

We continue to upgrade backend technologies, libraries, and packages to stay up to date with the latest technologies for performance and security reasons. We will discontinue including these messages in future release notes, but know that we are continuously upgrading and updating technologies under the hood for you! In the future, we will only include notes about backend technology changes if they have a significant impact on user functionality (such as increased performance).