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July 21, 2026

๐ŸŽฏ Chart suggestion: Stay focused on your data, not your chart setup

new feature

Chart Suggestions is now live in Explore. Select your fields and instantly get up to 3 chart recommendations tailored to your data โ€” apply any of them in one click, so you can stop thinking about chart setup and start thinking about your data.

This is part of a bigger push to make Explore faster for everyone. Auto-mapping already takes care of slot assignment. Chart Suggestions now tells you which chart to reach for. And we're not done yet โ€” next up: switch between chart types without losing your field configuration. Stay tuned.

Give it a spin and let us know if the suggestions are hitting the mark!

July 20, 2026

๐Ÿ—„๏ธ Reusable Library in Reporting Dashboard Editor

new featureenhancement
Demonstration of browsing and inserting a shared component from the Reusable Library in Reporting.

Browse and insert reusable components directly in the Reporting dashboard editor - no need to switch to Development.

Previously, inserting library components required switching to Development, which added friction and blocked Explorers entirely. Now you can insert existing components right where you work - components built by one teammate are instantly available to everyone.

Learn more: Reusable components

June 22, 2026

๐ŸŽจ Define color palettes as code

new feature

Color Palettes are now as-code, meaning you can define and manage your palettes directly within your AML workspace. Now you can:

  • Define as code: Create palettes in palette.aml once and reference them anywhere, with full version control.

  • Set a workspace-level default: Mark a palette in settings.aml so charts automatically use it by default, unless overridden at the theme or visualization level.

(*) Legacy palettes remain usable and deletable, but they can no longer be edited. To update a legacy palette, recreate it in AML.

Learn more: Color palettes | AML syntax reference

June 12, 2026

๐ŸŽจ KPI metric styling in dashboard theme

new featureenhancement

Previously, KPI styling had to be set widget by widget and had limited styling options.

๐ŸŒŸ What's newโ€‹

We're bringing KPI metric styling to the dashboard theme and supporting much richer styling options.

June 11, 2026

๐Ÿ”Œ Embed events: Control embedded dashboards with JavaScript

new feature

Embed Events lets you control embedded Holistics dashboards from your application using JavaScript. Send commands, listen for user interactions, and keep your app and dashboard in sync โ€” all through the browser's standard postMessage API.

Embed events communication diagram

Previously, embedded dashboards were one-directional โ€” your app could configure the embed at load time but couldn't respond to user interactions or send commands afterwards. With Embed Events you can:

  • Sync filters โ€” push filter values from your app into the dashboard, or listen for user filter changes and reflect them in your app
  • Navigate dashboards โ€” build a custom tab switcher or menu that controls the iframe without a full reload
  • React to errors โ€” detect embed_error events and auto-refresh an expired JWT to keep the session alive

Learn more: App & Embed Communication

June 11, 2026

โšก Auto-run on changes for embedded dashboards

new feature

Embedded dashboards can now re-run automatically whenever filters or controls change, without clicking the Apply button. Use the new dashboard_autorun_on_changes setting in your JWT payload to enable this behavior across all dashboards in your embed portal.

How to enableโ€‹

Add dashboard_autorun_on_changes: true to the settings object in your JWT payload:

const payload = {
object_name: 'your_portal',
object_type: 'EmbedPortal',
settings: {
dashboard_autorun_on_changes: true,
},
exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600,
};

This overrides the dashboard's internal auto-run on changes setting. The default is false โ€” dashboards continue to require clicking Apply unless you opt in.

Note: Auto-run fires a query on every filter change. For dashboards with many charts or heavy queries, leaving this off avoids unexpected query costs.

Learn more: Embed payload reference

June 9, 2026

๐Ÿ”„ Migrate from Power BI to Holistics

new feature

Power BI to Holistics migration is now available. Holistics maps every core Power BI concept to its Holistics equivalent, and a new migration skill applies that mapping for you in a single command.

Here's how the concepts line up:

  • Semantic models โ†’ datasets, with table relationships carried over (including role-playing relationships)
  • DAX measures โ†’ AQL metrics
  • Reports โ†’ Canvas Dashboards, filters and visuals included

Previously, switching from Power BI meant rebuilding all of that by hand, which is weeks of work that kept teams from making the move. Now you drop your .pbip export next to a Holistics project and run one command. The skill writes the models, translates the metrics, rebuilds the dashboards, validates parity against your original Power BI values, and syncs to Cloud. Weeks become hours.

Learn more: Migrating to Holistics from Power BI

June 1, 2026

โœจ AI Development Copilot

new feature
AI Development Copilot

AI Development Copilot lets analysts ask the copilot to build datasets, wire up dashboards, or edit any code file in Development โ€” without leaving the editor.

Previously, building out a semantic layer meant hand-writing AML file by file. The copilot takes care of the repetitive parts: scaffolding models and datasets, adding relationships, translating a sketch into a canvas dashboard, or refactoring a messy field definition. You stay in charge โ€” review the diff, tweak, commit.

Learn more: Build datasets with AI

June 1, 2026

โœจ Explore is getting a glow-up

enhancement

The Explore interface has a new look and feel as part of our ongoing glow-up.

New chart selector - The chart picker now surfaces the most common chart types with a clearer icon set that makes it easier to distinguish between chart types at a glance. Less common charts are tucked behind a "more" option to keep the interface clean.

Configure button - The viz settings panel now opens and closes via a Configure button in the toolbar area.

Toolbar - The toolbar is where you can perform most Explore actions: ask AI, break down your data, drill by time, and more - all without opening the viz panel.

Run button in the toolbar - The Run button has a new home in the top-right toolbar alongside Analyze and Ask AI. This is the first step toward a workflow where you can control charts entirely from the field list and toolbar, without needing to open the viz panel.

Learn more: Explore is getting a glow-up