Released 28th October 2016
New Features
- Painless prototyping: it's now possible to reset the search index, facets and dashboards using the API - great for when a new project is evolving.
- Pinpoint problems fast: the topic API log file now contains a new type of log message showing user requests and how long they took. Great for debugging slow response times
- Flexible Facet Tables: the Facet Table widget gains an optional "detail view", offering new ways to present results to users. What's more, using the custom widget API, it's possible customise the look and feel to your requirements.
Improvements
(work in progress - improve texts below)
New API response trends_healthy bool param tells whether training / re-training was successful or not
Now possible to disable new signups for installations where user access is fully managed
Split Powerpoint Documents into Individually searchable pages
Static assets served via NGINX - faster UI
The facet list widget now allows custom sorting of the order or facets, as an alternative to the default alphabetical sort
Dashboards can now fold away facet lists just like on the standard Search Screen - less screen clutter
The default number of Elasticsearch shards for new installations increases from 2 to 6 making it easier to handle larger datasets by default
Help for system administrators - the std*.log files are now rotated automatically by default and have been tuned to reduce verbosity and emphasise important messages
Customer specific changes and urgent updates can now be quickly and easily delivered by RPM without needing to upgrade to a new Squirro version
Reduced number of API calls required to get all trend detection data
When user attempts to access an embedded dashboard but lacks permission, we now return an HTTP 403 error
Reduce the number of network requests required when smartfilter explaining is enabled
Bug Fixes
(work in progress - improve texts below)
Fixed issue making scrollbars difficult to use in Internet Explorer
Fixed bug that was preventing adding of members to a project via the user interface
Fixed issue where open in new browser tab was re-using previous tabs
Fixed issue preventing scrolling right to the bottom of long facet lists on the search screen
Various minor bug fixes for Internet Explorer 10/11 for the facet list and word cloud widgets
Ensure selected facets are always displayed correctly on the appropriate widgets
Fixed issues with Result List widget affecting configuration of link opening behaviour and resolve problems caused by using multiple Result Lists on a single Dashboard
Numerous minor UI and widget bug fixes and improvements
Adding new Themes to a dashboard now works again
Fresh Installation Instructions
Please follow the regular installation steps.
Upgrade Instructions
To upgrade to version 2.4.4 of Squirro, please ensure that your current version is at least version 2.4.3 or higher. This is because of squirro rpm version number changes from "0.1" to "2.4.4". If you are on a version older than 2.4.3, please contact support.
Additionally if you are using Squirro in a Box, additional steps are involved. In this case we also ask you to contact support.
From version 2.4.3
1. Upgrade Storage Nodes and Cluster Nodes collocated on the same machine/VM
[squirro@singlenode ~] sudo yum update squirro-storage-node-users [squirro@singlenode ~] sudo yum update squirro-cluster-node-users [squirro@singlenode ~] sudo yum update squirro-storage-node [squirro@singlenode ~] sudo yum update
2. Upgrade Storage Nodes (separate from Cluster Nodes)
Upgrade all storage nodes one at a time by running:
[squirro@storagenode01 ~] sudo yum update squirro-storage-node-users [squirro@storagenode01 ~] sudo yum update
3. Upgrade Cluster Nodes (separate from Storage Nodes)
[squirro@clusternode01 ~] sudo yum update squirro-cluster-node-users [squirro@clusternode01 ~] sudo yum update