Release notes - i2 Analyze 4.4.6
A high level overview of the release, listing new features, the system requirements, and any known issues.
Important notices
Features
Release highlights
The following new and updated features are available in this release:
| Web client |
|---|
| Web client new icons |
| Chart item grouping and customization |
| Label management enhancements |
| Importer enhancements |
| Ribbon reorganization |
| Product information |
| Badges |
Release highlight details - Web client
Web client new icons
New icons have been added to address contemporary issues.
Chart item grouping and customization
Introduces the ability to group items on the chart, enhancing readability and organization. Users can collapse groups to minimize the number of items displayed, reducing visual clutter, and expand them to view the constituent items.
Group customization is also available, allowing users to modify the group label and styling. This feature supports standard chart editing capabilities, including add, edit, remove, and undo/redo actions.
Label management enhancements
Users can now set, edit, and reset labels for chart elements and groups directly on the chart surface, allowing them to replace existing labels or revert to the default first-record-label.
Importer enhancements
The importer has been enhanced to provide users with greater control over data import settings. Key configurable parameters now include:
- Delimiter selection for delimiter-separated files, allowing users to specify the separator used in their data files.
- Starting row specification, enabling users to define where data import begins within the file.
- File encoding selection, ensuring compatibility with various data formats and character sets.
The application will automatically attempt to make an educated guess, using available information.
Notes can now be added to all records during the import process, enhancing data enrichment and annotation capabilities.
The importer can auto-generate a source reference based on the data file name, which can be optionally included in imported records to improve data traceability and origin tracking.
Ribbon reorganization
The ribbon has been reorganized into multiple tabs, grouping related commands in a logical and intuitive manner to improve discoverability and navigation.
Product information
An "About" section has been added to the client, providing users with easy access to key information, including the client version, server version, and SDK details. This centralized location enables users to quickly gather relevant information when reporting issues to i2.
Badges
A badge is a small visual indicator that displays the number of chart items contained within a minimized group or the number of unified records within a chart item, allowing users to quickly identify and understand the data at a glance. To enable badge visualization, navigate to the "Charting Preferences" section in the ribbon and toggle on the "Show Badges" option.
A new "Select United Items" command has been added, allowing users to quickly identify and select all chart items that contain multiple underlying records.
Release highlight details - i2 Analyze 4.4.6
No changes.
Integrated product versions
| Product included | Version |
|---|---|
| i2 Analyze | 4.4.6 |
| Connector Designer 1 | 1.2.4 |
| Open Liberty 25 | 25.0.0.9 |
| Eclipse Temurin JDK 17 | 17.0.16 |
1 The Connector Designer and deployment guidance are available at https://docs.i2group.com/as/as-connector-designer.html.
Upgrading
To ensure compatibility, i2 recommends that the i2 Analyst's Notebook desktop client and i2 Analyze server are upgraded to the latest versions at the same time.
i2 do not support mixed version deployments, but to assist with larger deployment upgrades it is possible to use the i2 Analyst's Notebook desktop client or an i2 Analyze server from a previous version with the corresponding latest versions in this release, however some functionality might not be available in these configurations. Mixed version deployments should be aligned as quickly as possible to ensure product support.
Contact i2 Support to understand which versions can be used together in the short term for an unsupported mixed version deployment.
Fixed and known issues
The issues that have been fixed in this release, and remaining known issues.
Fixed issues
| Issue number | Component | Issue title |
|---|---|---|
| DT00493 | i2 Analyze | The printer is unable to print the entire 360 View content |
Known issues in this release
| Issue number | Component | Issue title |
|---|---|---|
| DT00503 | i2 Analyze | Headings in the Highlight Panels may become mis-aligned |
Download information
Customers who have entitlement can request copies of i2 products.
For more information, see Where can I download the latest i2 products?
Operating systems - i2 Analyze Server
The following tables show the system requirements for this release, and previous releases. These system requirements should be used to ensure that the setup you are running is fully supported. Ensure that existing deployments are upgraded to currently supported versions of all the software required.
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | i2 Analyze 4.4.6 | i2 Analyze 4.4.5 | i2 Analyze 4.4.4 | i2 Analyze 4.4.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essentials Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Linux Red Hat Enterprise V9 and fix packs3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Linux Red Hat Enterprise V8 and fix packs3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
3 Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server on POWER Systems is restricted to IBM Db2 and SOLR as part of a distributed deployment.
Note: i2 products are supported on hardware virtualization environments that run any of the operating systems that are listed in the detailed system requirements. When you run in a virtual environment, any issues that can be replicated by i2 in a supported operating system are addressed by using the standard support policy.
Installation of Connector Designer requires x64 Linux, Docker Engine and an internet connection. See https://docs.i2group.com/as/as-connector-designer.html for full details.
Installed Software - i2 Analyze Server
| INSTALLED SOFTWARE | i2 Analyze 4.4.6 | i2 Analyze 4.4.5 | i2 Analyze 4.4.4 | i2 Analyze 4.4.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Liberty 25 (25.0.0.9) | ✅ | - | - | - |
| Open Liberty 25 (25.0.0.2) | ❌ | ✅ | - | - |
| Open Liberty 24 (24.0.0.4) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | - |
| Open Liberty 23 (23.0.0.9) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Solr 9.9-i2-patch-wmic8 | ✅ | - | - | - |
| Solr 9.8.1 | ❌ | ✅ | - | - |
| Solr 9.6.1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | - |
| Solr 9.4.0 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Zookeeper 3.9.4 | ✅ | - | - | - |
| Zookeeper 3.9.3 | ❌ | ✅ | - | - |
| Zookeeper 3.9.2 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | - |
| Zookeeper 3.8.3 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
8 A patched version of Solr, specifically 9.9-i2, has been included in the i2 Analyze toolkit to address the impending deprecation of WMIC support on Windows. This custom version is provided to ensure continued compatibility and functionality. Note that the Solr community plans to release version 9.10 later in the year, which will also address the WMIC support issue. However, users of the i2 Analyze toolkit do not need to take any additional action, as the patched version 9.9-i2-patch-wmic is already included.
Note: Supplied and installed by the i2 Analyze toolkit.
Supported software - i2 Analyze Server
| SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES | i2 Analyze 4.4.6 | i2 Analyze 4.4.5 | i2 Analyze 4.4.4 | i2 Analyze 4.4.3 | i2 Analyze 4.4.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL 17 - on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | 🆕 | - | - | - | - |
| PostgreSQL 17 | 🆕 | - | - | - | - |
| PostgreSQL 16 - on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| PostgreSQL 16 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| PostgreSQL 15 - on Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| PostgreSQL 15 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| IBM DB2 Standard Edition 11.5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| IBM DB2 Advanced Edition 11.5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| IBM DB2 11.1 Workgroup, Enterprise, Advanced Workgroup, Advanced Enterprise | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2022 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2019 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2017 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Hardware - i2 Analyze Server
| Hardware Requirements | Minimum |
|---|---|
| Disk space | 4GB |
| Processor | 2 GHz x86-64 dual-core |
| Memory (Application server) | 16GB |
| Memory (JVM) | 8GB |
Note: The minimum hardware specifications specified in the table will allow customers to install and deploy i2 Analyze on a single machine using the example deployment shipped with the on-prem toolkit. Hardware specs for an optimal i2 Analyze deployment are dependant on the expected amount of data to be loaded and user usage.
Supported Browsers - Web client and Investigate client
| Supported Web Browsers |
|---|
| Google Chrome (latest version) |
| Microsoft Edge (latest version) |
| Mozilla Firefox (latest version) |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR (latest version) |
Language support
i2 products are tested on a number of various regional variations of operating systems. In addition they are translated into a number of different languages.
Operating system language support
i2 supports this product on the following regional versions of the supported operating systems:
| Language Group/Language | Language Collection | Support Status |
|---|---|---|
| Western Europe and USA | Basic | ✅ |
| Central Europe | Basic | ✅ |
| Baltic | Basic | ✅ |
| Cyrillic | Basic | ✅ |
| Turkic | Basic | ✅ |
| Arabic | Complex Script | ✅ |
| Japanese | East Asian | ✅ |
| Korean | East Asian | ✅ |
| Traditional Chinese | East Asian | ✅ |
| Simplified Chinese | East Asian | ✅ |
| Thai | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Vietnamese | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Greek | Basic | ❌ |
| Hebrew | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Indic | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Georgian | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Armenian | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Dhivehi | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Galician | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Gujarati | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Kannada | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Kyrgyz | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Punjabi | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Syriac | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Telugu | Complex Script | ❌ |
Data support
i2 products support unicode data.
Translations
The following languages are supported:
| Translations | i2 Analyze 4.4.6 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ✅ |
| Brazilian Portuguese | ✅ |
| Bulgarian 4 | ✅ |
| Czech | ✅ |
| English | ✅ |
| French | ✅ |
| German | ✅ |
| Hungarian 5 | ✅ |
| Italian | ✅ |
| Japanese | ✅ |
| Korean | ✅ |
| Polish | ✅ |
| Russian 4 | ✅ |
| Simplified Chinese | ✅ |
| Slovak 5 | ✅ |
| Spanish | ✅ |
| Traditional Chinese | ✅ |
| Turkish | ✅ |
| Ukrainian 4 | ✅ |
4 Help available in English only.
5 The Information Store and External Searches capabilities are not translated for these languages.