Release notes - i2 Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2
A high level overview of the release, listing new features, the system requirements, and any known issues.
Important notices
⚠️ Installation
After downloading the distribution media ensure that you extract all of the product components from the compressed file. This can be done using the "Extract All..." option on the Windows right-click menu.
Then using Windows Explorer, browse to the root of the extracted folder and run setup.exe and follow the installation prompts.
⚠️ i2 iBridge
iBridge (all versions) will not interoperate with Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2. iBridge customers are advised to continue to use the latest 32-bit Analyst's Notebook version compatible with their version of iBridge.
Features
Release highlights
The following new and updated features are available in this release:
Release highlight details
Analyst's Notebook single installer
The Analyst's Notebook software setup application will now by default install Analyst's Notebook with support for i2 Analyze. A separate installer is no longer provided for Analyst's Notebook Premium. The i2 Analyze Support feature, which is installed by default, provides the connection to the i2 Analyze server, as well as additional features with Analysis Studio and Analysis Hub.
The i2 Analyze connection prompt displayed when Analyst's Notebook is started may optionally be permanently dismissed if not required.
i2 Analyze support may also be omitted by performing a custom install.
Modernized icon set
The icons in Analyst's Notebook have been updated with all new icons to give charts a more modern look.
Additional icons have been introduced to cover inclusion and diversity, business process modelling (BPMN), as well as new technologies, social media, dating apps, crimes and activities.
The icons from the previous version of Analyst's Notebook are available as legacy icons; and replace the previous set of legacy icons that have now been removed.
Highlight tool options and animations
The Highlight Selection tool has been enhanced to give greater control for selective highlighting and provide further emphasis options and effects. For example, highlighting can be applied to all items within a selection, or just the entities or links; current highlighted items can be added or removed individually, and link or frame colors can be used for the highlight color.
Different animations can be used for entities, theme lines, links and links with direction. These include revolving, pulsing or expanding circles, pulsing labels, as well as growing, traveling, or marching effects on directional links.
Record Count badges
Where chart items contain multiple records a Record Count Badge may optionally be displayed, for example where several records have been united from multiple data sources or there are duplicate records. This makes it clear on the chart which items are made up of multiple records, and how many records are held for that item.
The option to display Record Count Badges for entities or links, and the font, font size and color for badges may be configured from the options menu.
Attribute display control
- A new Attributes option in the Show section of the View ribbon controls whether to display all chart attributes or switch them all off; allowing the user to easily remove all attributes to simplify the chart surface, or display them all for more detailed analysis.
Chart item group naming
Chart item Groups can now be named, helping to identify the purpose of the group on the charts surface. The group border and label can either be displayed when the group is selected or permanently displayed on the chart surface.
The group border style and fill can be set, allowing the user to select the color, strength, and width of the border, as well as the fill color and type. A user may choose to set the current style settings as the default style.
Where multiple differently named groups are combined the resulting combined group name follows the chart labeling rules.
Enhanced chart collaboration
The Record Inspector, which is used to display the properties of i2 Analyze chart items from Analysis Studio or Analysis Hub, can now display the properties of a record when not currently connected to an i2 Analyze server. This allows information in charts to be shared with other Analyst's Notebook users who do not have a connection to an i2 Analyze server.
Performance improvements - saving/loading & copy/paste
- The saving and loading of charts, and the copy and paste functions have been further optimized to take advantage of the 64-bit architecture; allowing the user to more quickly open and save charts, and rapidly move more data between charts.
Version by Version comparison
The following table shows a comparison of features between recent versions of Analyst's Notebook:
🆕 = New Feature ✅ = Existing Feature ❌ = Feature Removed/Obsolete
| FEATURES | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.0 | Analyst's Notebook 9.4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyst's Notebook single installer | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Modernized icon set | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Highlight tool options and animations | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Record count badges | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Attribute display control | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Chart item group naming | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Enhanced chart collaboration | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Performance improvements - saving/loading & copy/paste | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Additional new icons | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Enhanced language support | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Performance improvements - analysis tools | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Single sign on for i2 Esri Maps | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Support for Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11 | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| 64-bit support | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| List Records tool | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Highlight Selection tool | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| New selection tools | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Additional icons | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Conditional Formatting - new operators | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Importing - Date/Time format key | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Bar Charts and Histograms - additional playback tools | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Activity View - Select Latest/Earliest/All | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Enhanced Time Wheel | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Export to KML | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| License Management | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| i2 Branding | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Time Wheel | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
Fixed and known issues
The issues that have been fixed in this release, and remaining known issues.
Fixed issues
| Issue number | Issue title |
|---|---|
| DT00282 | Misleading "Activation required" message when exceeding concurrent usage Internet license |
| DT00324 | Error 1720 when trying to install ANB 10.0.1 |
| DT00331 | Improve clarity in documentation around Visual Search selection and match options |
| DT00338 | Intermittent crashes in ANB |
| DT00339 | Mouse move can cause crash |
| DT00340 | PNG Source reference images may appear with artifacts when used for entities in the chart |
| DT00342 | ANB crashes merging entities |
| DT00352 | Failing to load Esri maps when using secure proxy |
| DT00358 | i2.licensing.initialisation.exe is not signed |
| DT00362 | Licensing can delay application start-up by 30 seconds |
Known issues in this release
| Issue number | Issue title |
|---|---|
| Limitation | When upgrading to Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 i2 Maps may revert to i2 Esri Maps. Go to the map provider tool on the ribbon menu and set it back to i2 Maps, this setting will then be persisted |
| Limitation | Some help topics might appear in English in non-English locales |
| Limitation | When using List Items, if you have an item with only a Time property set then it will incorrectly display a Date property set to ‘01/01/0001’ that may be copied over to a third party application using the List Items Copy feature |
| Limitation | If running in Ukrainian or Bulgarian, the Publish\Reports feature will fail to open the Reporter.rep file and return an error message; users can continue to create their own file by clicking 'OK' |
| Limitation | The transparent background of a PNG image is lost when pasting for a Picture as Representation |
| Limitation | Running an import to a new chart on a Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) operating system causes a COM exception |
| Limitation | ANB does not use the correct chart template for new charts on a Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) operating system |
| Limitation | A system error occurs if using an out of date version of Edge/Webview2. Update Edge and restart ANB to resolve |
| DT00226 | Schema Designer - Charting Scheme Attributes always displayed in alphabetical order |
| DT00227 | Hovering over an Info Store record on chart additional attributes order is not definable |
| DT00244 | Information entered in the ANB Property doesn't show up in Windows Explorer |
| DT00251 | Importing XML into existing chart imports into the most recently created chart, not the selected chart |
| DT00287 | In ANBP, when the "show on chart" box is unchecked for the attributes, the attributes disappear in Infotip too |
| DT00309 | Fix template translation issues |
| DT00313 | Import Preview dialog handles new lines differently to Import Wizard when they originated from Excel |
| DT00321 | Improve messaging when restricted internet access blocks license activation server |
| DT00327 | Ordered layout causing links to move even though there has been no change to the layout |
| DT00335 | ANB SDK C# Plugin issue |
| DT00341 | Automatic Standalone Licensing erroneously takes an ANB and an ANBP license |
| DT00353 | PDF print is showing text outside of the event frame |
| PO07495 | ANB 906 is not adjusting the time for AEDT |
| PO09304 | Schema designer should validate link ends to not be onyx system types |
Download information
Customers who have entitlement can request copies of i2 products.
For more information, see Where can I download the latest i2 products?
System requirements
The following tables shows 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.
🆕 = Newly supported ✅ = Supported ❌ = No longer supported
Operating systems
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.0 | Analyst's Notebook 9.4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise x64 (64-bit) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 Pro x64 (64-bit) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise x64 (64-bit) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64 (64-bit) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise x32 (32-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x32 (32-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 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 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Edition | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
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. Trial editions of i2 Analyst's Notebook cannot be run in virtualized environments.
Prerequisites
| SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.0 | Analyst's Notebook 9.4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Edge (latest) or Microsoft Edge WebView2 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit)1 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft Access database engine 2010 (32-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Note: Microsoft Edge Webview2 is available from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/. It must be installed by choosing the right-click option to "Run as administrator".
1 Importing from an Excel spreadsheet into Analyst's Notebook requires the Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit) to be installed.
Supported software (optional)
| COMPATIBLE i2 COMPANION PRODUCTS |
|---|
| i2 iBase 9.2.1 |
| i2 Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri 10.0.2 |
| i2 TextChart 1.9.8.0 |
| SUPPORTED SOFTWARE | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.0 | Analyst's Notebook 9.4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office 365 64-bit | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft Office 2021 64-bit | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft Office 2019 64-bit | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft Office 2016 64-bit | ❌ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft Office 2019 32-bit | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Office 2016 32-bit | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Office 365 32-bit | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Google Earth 6.2 (32-bit only) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Google Earth 7.1 (32-bit only) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Google Earth Professional 6.2 (32-bit only) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Google Earth Professional 7.1 (32-bit only) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Google Earth Professional 7.3 (32-bit only) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11 (Portal for ArcGIS; optional, for i2 Esri Maps)2 | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 10 (Portal for ArcGIS; optional, for i2 Esri Maps)2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
2 Specific version support is determined by Esri product lifecycle statement.
Hardware
| Hardware requirements | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Disk space | 1GB for installation plus additional working space | |
| Processor | Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit and SSE 4.2 support | |
| 2GHz or faster | ||
| Memory | 8GB | 16GB |
| Display | 1280 x 768 | 1920 x 1080 |
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 | Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ✅ |
| Brazilian Portuguese | ✅ |
| Bulgarian3 | ✅ |
| Czech | ✅ |
| English | ✅ |
| French | ✅ |
| German | ✅ |
| Hungarian | ✅ |
| Italian | ✅ |
| Japanese | ✅ |
| Korean | ✅ |
| Polish | ✅ |
| Russian3 | ✅ |
| Simplified Chinese | ✅ |
| Slovak | ✅ |
| Spanish | ✅ |
| Traditional Chinese | ✅ |
| Turkish | ✅ |
| Ukrainian3 | ✅ |
3 Help available in English only.