Composer Version 22 Summary of Changes

This is a summary of the major changes made in version 22 of Composer. It is provided so you can quickly identify new and changed Composer features before upgrading from Composer 7 to Composer 22.

 We have changed Composer to a quarterly release schedule, and adopted a new version numbering system. Composer v8 is now Composer 22.4. Composer version names for Composer 7 and earlier remain unchanged. See Composer Release Vehicles.

Be sure to back up your metadata store (see Back Up the Metadata Store ) before you upgrade.

The following sections provide you with a summary of enhancements in the previous releases, all of which are present in the latest release of Composer.

• 22.4 Enhancements
• v8.4 Enhancements
• v8.3 Enhancements
• v8.2 Enhancements
• v8.1 Enhancements
• v8.0 Enhancements
• Removed Features From Composer v7
• API Updates in Composer v8

22.4 Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to Composer 22.4. Select the links for more information.

• 22.4.5 Feature Enhancements
• Hierarchies Support for Pivot Tables
• Self Service Sharing of Dashboards
• Widget Settings
• Rich Text Snippet Support
• Alerts Updates
• Context Menu
• Bulk Update Field Capabilities
• Conditional Formatting Options for Pivot Tables
• Stored Procedure Support For Microsoft SQL
• Fields Statistics Update
• Elasticsearch Updates
• KPI Chart Label Positions
• Filter Values Entity Support
• Composer Web Graceful Shutdown Support
• Tracing Improvements
• Date and Time Format

v8.4 Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to Composer v8.4. Select the links for more information.

• Embedded Source Editor
• Custom Values and Custom Ranges Support
• Fields API Updates
• Format Dates on Visuals
• Logging Updates
• Connect to Amazon OpenSearch
• Field and Custom Metric Labels Updates

v8.3 Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to Composer v8.3. Select the links for more information.

• Schedule Reports From the Dashboard
• Expanded Time and Date Options
• Conditional Formatting Options for Tables
• Configuration Updates
• Raw Data Table Sorting
• Initial Filters for Dashboards

v8.2 Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to Composer v8.2. Select the links for more information.

• Composer Logging To Console
• Log File Name Updates
• Waterfall Visual
• Format Numbers on Visuals
• Pivot Table Sorting Updates
• Null Values in Time Groups
• Visual Gallery Updates
• Visual and Display Name Updates
• Visual Rendering Updates
• Locale-Dependent Date and Time Formatting
• Modified Date Updates
• Import and Export Dashboard Updates
• Visual Interactivity Menu Parameters

v8.1 Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to Composer v8.1. Select the links for more information.

• Report Scheduler Updates
• Group Privilege Update
• Visual Gallery Embed Actions
• Visual Gallery Favorites
• Visual Gallery Embedding
• Expanded Inventory Support
• Expanded Date and Time Format Support
• Scheduled Reports API Updates
• Extend API to Support URL Format for Attribute, Number, Time
• Expanded Fields API Endpoints
• API Interpolation Support
• Presto / Trino Support Update
• Microsoft SQL Server Support Updates
• Elasticsearch Support Updates

v8.0 Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to Composer v8.0. Select the links for more information.

• Composer Custom Chart CLI
• Dashboard Report Updates
• Cumulative Sum Option for Visuals
• Expanded List Settings in Dashboards
• Subtotals for Pivot Tables
• Inventory Visual API Support
• Elasticsearch Support Update

Removed Features From Composer v7

The following features were removed from Logi Composer v7 to make way for improvements in Composer v8.

Composer 22.4

Title	Description
Composer 22.4.6 Removed Features
None.
Composer 22.4.5 Removed Features
None.
Composer 22.4.4 Removed Features
None.
Composer 22.4.3 Removed Features
None.
Composer 22.4.2 Removed Features
None.
Composer 22.4.1 Removed Features
None.
Composer 22.4 Removed Features
Radial Menu	Radial menu functionality has been streamlined into and replaced by the Context Menu.

Composer v8.4

Title	Description
Composer 8.4.1 Removed Features
None.
Composer 8.4 Removed Features
None.

Composer v8.3

Title	Description
Composer SDK	The Composer SDK is no longer supported.

Composer v8.2

Title	Description
Visual Info Sidebar Menu Update	The field Default Title has been removed from the Info sidebar menu of visuals.
Visual Gallery Updates	The Usage column has been removed.

Composer v8.1

Title	Description
Scheduled Reports	The Send to me toggle is removed, replaced by a field you can use to add report recipients, prepopulated with the current user’s information.

Composer v8.0

Title	Description
WebSocket Authentication	Authentication of WebSocket connections in embedded mode using trusted access tokens in the WebSocket URL, deprecated in Composer v7.10, is now removed. Authentication is handled by the Embed Manager.

API Updates in Composer v8

This table provides a breakdown of all reported updates in Composer v8.

Composer 22.4

Endpoint	Method	Description
Composer 22.4.6 API Updates
None.
Composer 22.4.5 API Updates
None.
Composer 22.4.4 API Updates
None.
Composer 22.4.3 API Updates
None.
Composer 22.4.2 API Updates
None.
Composer 22.4.1 API Updates
None.
Composer 22.4 API Updates
/api/sources/{sourceId}/fields/	POST, PUT	Use lookup to set a dynamic field statistics overwrite. Specify dataEntityId and originalFieldName as a custom source of filter values.
/api/sources/{sourceId}/fields/{fieldName}	POST, PUT	Use lookup to set a dynamic field statistics overwrite. Specify dataEntityId and originalFieldName as a custom source of filter values.
/api/alerts/{id}	GET	Returns a specific alert definition, identified by its ID. In a multi tenancy environment, respects Recipients rules.
/api/inventory/{type}/{id} /api/inventory /api/user/permissions/dashboards/{id}	GET	A new field, accessLevel, has been added to these endpoints to return users' access to a dashboard. These access levels can be OWNER, EDITOR, or VIEWER.

Composer v8.4

Endpoint	Method	Description
Composer 8.4.1 API Updates
None.
Composer 8.4 API Updates
None.

Composer v8.3

Endpoint	Method	Description
None.

Composer v8.2

Endpoint	Method	Description
/api/sources/		Actions taken using these endpoints trigger a source modifiedDate update: POST /api/sources/{sourceId} POST /api/sources/{sourceId}/fields PUT, DELETE /api/sources/{sourceId}/fields/{fieldName} POST /api/sources/{sourceId}/custom-metrics PUT, DELETE /api/sources/{sourceId}/custom-metrics/{customMetricName} PUT /api/sources/{sourceId}/global-settings PUT /api/sources/{sourceId}/cache-settings
/api/connections/{id}	POST	When you create a connection, use the ?connectionTypeMatching=BY_TYPE_AND_PARAMETERS URL parameter to omit the matching by connectionTypeId; instead, use matching by combining type + subStorageType + Connection Parameter Keys.

Composer v8.1

Endpoint	Method	Description
/api/sources/	PUT, GET, DELETE	Use the Composer API to remove a field or change a field type for a field in your source if it is not in use by a global filter. PUT /api/sources/{sourceId} PUT /api/sources/{sourceId}/fields/{fieldName} DELETE /api/sources/{sourceId}/fields/{fieldName} GET /api/sources/{sourceId}/fields/{fieldName}/usage API documentation is provided with your Composer installation at this link: https://<composer-URL>/composer/swagger-ui.html.
/api/user/interpolate	POST	Use /api/user/interpolate to send custom attribute names and get custom attribute values.
/api/favorites/	POST	Favorite a visual Specify an inventoryItemId and visual in inventoryItemType.
/api/favorites/{favoriteID}	DELETE	Remove the favorite indication from the specified {favoriteID}.

Composer v8.0

Endpoint	Method	Description
api/inventory?type=VISUAL	GET	Returns information about visuals for which the user has READ permission. If the user has no READ access to any visuals, an empty list is returned.