Summer 2024 Release Notes

Discover the new features, improvements, and bug fixes for the latest release.

Check out the What's New videos for an overview of the new features and don't forget to visit the Visier Portal to request and vote on new features.

Platform

This section covers the changes to Alpine, the open innovation platform for workforce data.

Patch updates

Sept 18 - Optionally Clone Files During Source Cloning

When cloning a source, it is now optional to clone the source's files. Previously, it was mandatory to clone a source's files during cloning, causing long request times. For more information, see Clone an existing source.

Sept 4 - Power BI Updates

We added the Direct Username-Password login method. This enables credential caching so users don't have to re-authenticate for automated data refresh when using the Power BI Service. For more information, see Use Visier Data in Power BI.

What's new

Unsubscribe from Analysis Email Schedules

Recipients can now unsubscribe from specific analysis emails they are no longer interested in. Schedulers will have access to unsubscribed rates to help them understand how healthy their recipient list is and whether they need to change their analysis content. For more information, see Manage Email Push Schedules in the Analyses Room and Analysis Email Push Engagement Rates.

Color Consistency in an Analysis

Color is a powerful mechanism in data storytelling so we are giving analysis authors the ability to assign a specific color to visual items. This allows for a simple, consistent viewing experience as metrics and groups that appear in multiple visuals across an analysis can be represented by the same color. For more information, see "Change the color of visual items" in Create an Analysis and Change Colors.

More Bars on Breakdown Medium Cards

In an analysis, the number of bars in Breakdown chart cards will now reflect the number of data items you select in the Maximum number of data items setting. Previously, the maximum number of bars displayed was five. This helps you see the full scope of the chart at a glance without having to click into the chart to view it in full screen. For more information, see Set the Number of Data Items in a Chart.

Show Traffic Light Legend on Metric Cards

In an analysis, you can now choose to show a traffic light legend on metric summary cards. This helps you understand why the number in the metric summary might be red, yellow, or green at a glance. For more information, see "Show traffic light legend on metric summary cards" in Create an Analysis.

Text Formatting in an Analysis

In an analysis, you now have more formatting options when adding Header and Text cards including style, color, font size, and justification. For more information, see "Header" and "Text" in Create an Analysis.

Info Panel Default View

When opening a visualization in full screen, the Info Panel will now default to the Insights tab instead of the About tab. This change will allow viewers to quickly see a high level summary of the data.

Power BI Connector

Announcing the general availability of our Power BI connector, which allows you to create reports in Power BI by fetching data from Visier. For more information, see Use Visier Data in Power BI.

SAP SuccessFactors Connector Attribute Filtering

You can now add filters to attributes to retrieve specific data from SAP SuccessFactors. For example, filter by the Location attribute to only load North American data into Visier. For more information, see "Configure tables" in Set Up Data Connectors.

Lookup Mapping Workflow Enhancements

We improved the lookup mapping workflow to make it easier and faster for you to create lookup mappings and business rules for properties. For more information, see "Connect property to lookup" in Add a Mapping.

Bug fixes

121670 - Search Panel Enhancements

We've improved the performance and refreshed the Search panel user interface. You can also use the Tab key to quickly navigate the results.

APIs

What's new

Data Upload API

You can now send data files to Visier with an API. Data files must be in ZIP, CSV, XLS, and XLSX format, in plain text or PGP-encrypted, with a maximum file size of 500 MB. For more information, see Data Upload API.

Data Version Export API

You can use this API to export data versions from Visier in CSV format. The exported data versions contain data produced by Visier's data processing job and represents the state of your data in the exported data version. For more information, see Data Version Export API.

Note: Alpha This API is in alpha. While in alpha, APIs may change in a breaking way without notice; functionality may be removed, and no deprecation notices will be issued. If you are interested in using this API, please contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM).

OAuth 2.0 for APIs

API users can now use OAuth 2.0 with OIDC to authenticate with Visier APIs. For more information, see API Authentication.

Projects API

You can now use APIs to create projects, make changes in a project, and publish projects to production. For more information, see Projects API.

Note: Alpha This API is in alpha. While in alpha, APIs may change in a breaking way without notice; functionality may be removed, and no deprecation notices will be issued. If you are interested in using this API, please contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM).

System Status API

You can now use an API to monitor the health of Visier's systems, such as whether all systems are operational or if there is an outage. For more information, see System Status API.

Users API

You can now create new user groups and manage your user groups more efficiently with the User Groups V2 API. For more information, see Users API.

Note: Beta This API is in beta. While in beta, APIs are interface-stable and implementation may change without notice. Rarely, interface changes may occur that are not backwards-compatible and require advance communication. If you are interested in using this API, please contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM).

Vee

This section covers the changes to Visier's conversational AI tool. Check out the Vee Release Notes for bi-weekly Vee release information.

What's new

Vee throughout Visier People

You can now access Vee in analyses, the Explore room, and full screen by simply clicking on the Vee icon. For more information, see Get Started with Vee.

Vee UI Improvements

We’ve made the following improvements to the Vee user interface:

  • Vee landing page now includes more sample questions, which are dynamically selected from the sample questions library.
  • Questions now automatically scroll and anchor to the top of the screen and profile icons are no longer shown.
  • Compact iconized controls now include the ability to download details as an XLS file and links to related content such as analyses and reports are surfaced for further exploration.
  • List responses now appear in a table format. For example, if you ask Vee “Show me the list of employees”.
  • Top three suggested follow-up questions are now presented after asking a question.

Visier People

This section covers the changes to the content of the Visier People solution.

Note: The names of the applications in this section have changed to align with the FY25 packaging. For more information, see Visier Data Dictionaries.

All

What's new

Persona-Based Content

You now have access to a new guidebook titled “Persona-Based Templates.” This guidebook includes analyses tailored for specific roles, such as Hiring Managers, Business Managers, and Talent Acquisition Leaders.

Visier People Guidebook Update

We have removed the "What's New in Release" analysis from the Visier People Guidebook. All detailed release notes are available on the Visier Documentation site.

Updated Metric Suggestions

We've improved the metric suggestions based on usage data to suggest better metrics for your analyses.

API Usage Metrics

We've added new objects to track API requests that allow you to better understand user patterns and adoption regarding APIs:

  • API Request Count
  • Average API Request Duration
  • API Request Ratio

Check out the How many API Requests have been made? analysis to learn more.

Intern Conversion Concept

We've created a new concept that shows how many people were converted from an intern position into a permanent position. Use this concept as a filter to calculate intern-to-permanent conversion rates.

VP: Essentials

Organization Core

Bug fixes

122616 - Employee Starts Counts with Attribute Metric Description

We've updated the short description of the metric Employee Starts Count with Attribute to better reflect that includes a member filter parameter for choosing a combination of attributes.

VP: Standardized Occupations

Visier Data Enrichment

Deprecation notice

We’ve deprecated the Visier Job Function dimension as we are working on a replacement with improved accuracy. For a full list of the metrics we will no longer support, see Deprecation notice: Blueprint Design Objects.

VP: Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Expert

What's new

Applicant Ratio Metrics

We've added the following new metrics with an attribute parameter that allows you to filter through different applicant demographics:

  • Applicant Active in Period with Attribute
  • Applicant Count with Attribute
  • Current Applicants with Attribute

Bug fixes

120919 - At or Past Stage Dimensions Explanation Update

Previously, when grouping by "At or past stage" dimensions, it was unclear why some requisitions fell under unknown. We've updated the explanation of the At or Past Stage Dimension to indicate why this may happen.

VP: Total Rewards

Actual Compensation

What's new

No Pay Increase in Period Selection Concept

We've added a new selection concept to filter through employees who have not received a pay raise during a certain period.

Datasets and Enrichments

What's new

Updates to Visier's Job Taxonomy

As part of our continued expansion of our job architecture, we've added jobs and improved categorization for Sales and Healthcare. We've also added new jobs in the following sub-industries of Professional Services: Environmental and Architectural Services, Veterinary and Animal Care Services, Advertising and Marketing Services, Legal Services, Computer Services, Accounting Services, Human Resources Services, and Scientific Research and Development Services.

Visier Benchmarks

What's new

New measured values for Visier Benchmarks Trend

We've added measured values for Q1 2024.

Summary of dataset

The Visier Benchmarks dataset was last updated August 2024.

  • Benchmark values available: 257,865,468.
  • Employee records in dataset: 24,318,920.

The current breakdown of Visier Benchmarks Trend:

  • Measured values from Q1 2019 to Q1 2024.
  • Extrapolated values from Q2 2024 to Q1 2025.

The current breakdown of Visier Benchmarks Report:

  • Measured values from 2017 to 2023.
  • Extrapolated values for 2024 and 2025.