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StandOut DataViz 8.0 Release Notes

December 9, 2025

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This article contains product information for StandOut DataViz Release 8.0 and predecessor products.

Index

  • New in this Release

  • Known Problems and Hints

  • Technical Support

Note: Additional documentation on use and configuration of the software can be found at the StandOut DataViz website, which is also referenced in the applications.

New in this Release

New 8.0 Independent Branding The software now displays the "StandOut DataViz" brand, while continuing to support "Visual Discovery" functionality. Note that predictive modeling and external ETL functionality are no longer available.

New Feature: Project Variables 7.5 Feature: A new feature has been added, "Project Variables", which enable static and dynamically-calculated summary information to be accessed by name throughout the project. In particular, Goal Lines for Bar Charts and Line Charts can now be defined dynamically, and the existing Text Chart can now display formatted dynamic summary information. 7.5.1 Update: Project Variables now update if fields they depend on are updated or deleted, and their usage can be displayed in Project Explorer. 7.5.2 Update: Static Project Variables can now be used in expressions in the Expression Builder.

Unique Counts in Summary Sheet (v7.5) Summary Sheet charts can now include a column that shows the number of unique values from any field that are selected in each category of the chart's primary dimension.

Segment Map Chart (v7.5) A Multiscape chart can now be configured to display in 2 dimensions, which is commonly useful to display a segmentation grid of your data.

New Chart Options (v7.5) Several options have been added in the Properties pane to control display of alternating shaded backgrounds in Data Sheet and Summary Sheet charts, as well as to hide the OVERALL line in Summary Sheets. Similarly, text charts now default to enable horizontal zoom, and Bar Charts and Line Charts now adjust their Y axis range to keep any Goal Lines visible. 7.5.1 Update: Analysis Filters now have options to not show Missing categories and to reverse-sort category lists.

Map Authoring Enhancements (v7.5) When creating a Map chart, the list of North American cities has been expanded to include those down to a population of 500. The default display of data bars is now optimized to square rather than round cylinders.

7.5.3 Mouse Wheel Scrolling In the 7.5.3 update, the convenience of mouse wheel scrolling is enabled for all scrollable charts in the desktop applications (Author & Reader). One wheel click in a Data Sheet, for example, should scroll by 3 lines.

7.5.4 Multi-line String Parsing in Text Files When loading CSV or text file data sources, quoted strings that include newline characters are now parsed so newlines are replaced with vertical bar characters ('|').

7.5.4 Copy Single String Value from Data Sheet A new context menu item for Data Sheet and Summary Sheet charts allows a single string value to be copied to the Windows clipboard. Position the mouse over a data value, right-click, and select "Copy Value" to copy the string in that row and column to the clipboard.

7.5.4 Data Sheet Column Width Adjustment Changes The behavior of adjusting column widths in Data Sheet and Summary Sheet (and also Parabox) charts has changed. When the edge of a column is dragged left or right, instead of growing one column and shrinking the adjacent one, only the width of the column to the left is changed, and all the columns to the right are shifted (if the Data or Summary Sheet is already zoomed in horizontally). In the default state, before the chart is zoomed in, the rightmost columns are collapsed or expanded like a telescope.

Defects Corrected

Software defects repaired since release 7.5 include:

  • Line and Pie Charts can be set for Original order.

  • Start page news feed updated.

  • 7.5.1 Update: DataLoaded project variable value now updates correctly with nightly updates.

  • 7.5.1 Update: Fixed Analysis Filters to properly reflect state of Removal Filters.

  • 7.5.2 Update: Adv2Advm utility now supports all Project Variables.

  • 7.5.2 Update: Text Chart support for Project Variables improved, including in Server AE.

  • 7.5.3 Update: Calculated expressions that depend on Project Variables now supported by Adv2Advm.

  • 7.5.3 Update: Loading multiple project sessions simultaneously in Advizor Server AE now provides immediate progress updates.

  • 7.5.3 Update: Authoring errors/crashes avoided after extended editing sessions that re-evaluate expressions, etc.

  • 7.5.3 Update: Performance improvement for Analysis Filters

  • 7.5.4 Update: Performance improvements for display of focus information in Map charts, and for playback of Flight Recorder bookmarks.

  • 7.5.4 Update: Flight Recorder generates better constraints for more consistent playback.

  • 7.5.4 Update: Data Sheet and Summary Sheet title and column width properties are preserved when columns are added or deleted.

  • 7.5.4 Update: Multiscape configuration for Ratio weighting works correctly.

  • 7.5.5 Update: Summary Sheet configuration for Ratio-mode columns has been corrected.

Known Problems and Hints

  • Note: the Internet Explorer browser is not fully compatible with this GitBook documentation publishing site (which you're currently reading), so please be sure to use an up-to-date browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.

  • See the StandOut DataViz Implementation Guide for instructions on how to upgrade StandOut DataViz Shared from an earlier version.

  • When configuring a Map chart, hold the Shift key while clicking the "Home Position" button on the toolbar to remember that orientation. Hit the Home key on the keyboard to return to a default top-down orientation.

Technical Support

If you have technical questions, or a problem to report, email is the best way to reach Technical Support (to [email protected]). In the email, please provide as many of the following as possible in order to enable the speediest resolution:

  • Your name & contact information, including phone number

  • An error report copied or emailed from the Error Reporter dialog

  • A detailed explanation of what you were doing that led up to the problem

  • Screen shot(s) and/or exact text of any error information

If the Error Reporter is not available, please be sure to provide:

  • The name of the product you are using and its complete version number (from File>About, e.g., "StandOut DataViz Author, Version: 8.0.")

  • Your license key used to install the product (also displayed in the About box)

  • A copy of the file "error.log" from the directory C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\StandOut DataViz\<product name>. (Replace <product name> with Author or Reader, etc. as applicable.) Note that AppData is a hidden directory by default.

Other information that could be useful for debugging the issue:

  • Your computer's System Information file, created from the "System Information" desktop app, saved as type ".nfo"

  • Related events from the Windows Application Event Log in .evt format so that we get the detailed event descriptions

  • If you're having a database access problem, submit all relevant DB information, including DB vendor, DB version, whether the DB is local or remote, whether or not you are able to access the DB using vendor or third party supplied query tools, etc.

If you cannot find answers to your questions using the StandOut DataViz Help website, or in these Release Notes, have your application license number handy and contact us:

  • Call the StandOut DataViz Technical Support line during business hours (9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Central time, Monday - Friday) at +1.630.750.1274.

Acknowledgements

This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

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