January 2023: High Performance Mode (Coming Soon), Global Company Variables and Adding Datasets to Workbooks

Coming Soon

Results 2-10x Faster for Valuation & Pricing Projections

In March 2023, Slope will offer clients a High Performance mode for running valuation and pricing projections which can reduce runtime by up to 90%. High Performance mode is recommended for static projections that currently take an hour or longer to run.

While there is no additional cost to access High Performance mode, these projections are measured in compute units (vs core hours) and therefore require review and acceptance of the updated terms of service. To learn more and request access to high performance mode, visit here.

Enhancements

Global Setting for Company Variables

A new ‘Global’ setting has been added to company variables so that users can pre-calculate values that are shared by multiple products or need to be pre-processed (e.g. Run Settings variable in the Slope Life Library). Enabling this setting will ensure that these variables are calculated first and their results are available for all other variables including lower levels (product and portfolio).

When the Global setting is enabled, the Always Calculated setting is automatically enabled and the Post Projection setting is automatically disabled.

Add Datasets to Workbooks

Users can now add additional datasets to their workbooks. A step by step explanation of how to add datasets can be found on our support site.

Changes

Account Switching for Multi-Account Users

Users with access to multiple accounts will now be brought to the last active account upon login and will be able to switch to another account using the account name drop down in the top right of the application.

Fixes

  • Model Point File validation performance has been improved.
  • Users will now be notified when a data table does not match the column order on the table structure.
  • The Slope logo is once again displaying in the password reset emails.
  • Duplicate variables with blank products that were previously deleted will no longer show on the table structure delete confirmation screen.
  • The import screen for decrement tables now says “Improvement Base Year” instead of “Improvement Start Year” for consistency with the label used on other screens.
  • Products run dynamically are again showing results for all time periods for force recalc results.