Release notes - i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium 10.0.1 desktop client
A high level overview of the release, listing new features, the system requirements, and any known issues.
Important notices
⚠️ Installation - i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium desktop client (ANBP)
After downloading the distribution media for ANBP 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 the Analyst's Notebook Premium 10.0.0 desktop client. iBridge customers are advised to continue to use the latest 32-bit Analyst's Notebook Premium version compatible with their version of iBridge.
Release highlights
The following new and updated features are available in this release:
Release highlight details
Additional new icons
New, additional customer requested icons have been added to the Analyst's Notebook Premium palette. The following are some examples.
Performance improvements
- A number of commonly used features of Analyst's Notebook Premium have been optimized to take advantage of the 64-bit architecture, allowing the user to more easily analyze larger charts using these features. The following features have been optimized:
- Time Wheel
- Bar Charts and Histograms
- List Most Connected
- List Items
- Social Network Analysis
Usability improvements
Based on customer feedback, usability improvements have been incorporated in several features.
- The pane for the Linked Entities tool now includes a direction column.
- Copy is now available from the Linked Entities pane.
- List Records can now export records directly to an Excel file or delimited text file. When exporting to Excel each exported item type has a separate tab in the spreadsheet.
- The text filter in List Records can be cleared by clicking the X in the filter.
- When creating an import specification the Trim Characters action is enabled by default for all columns. This helps with matching during imports by removing extra whitespace characters.
Single sign on for i2 Esri Maps
- The optional i2 Esri Maps feature of Analyst's Notebook Premium now supports Esri Single Sign On (SSO) for accessing Esri map services. Users from organizations that have set up Esri SSO on their server can now access Esri map services without needing to repeatedly re-enter login credentials.
Support for Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11
- This release adds support for i2 Esri Maps to connect Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11.
Flexible chart item types and properties
Custom chart item types and properties can now be added to enable the capture of data on a chart that does not align with the external search schema. This allows the unaligned data to be used and analyzed alongside aligned chart data from external searches.
- Custom item types are added from the Analyst's Notebook Premium palette.
- Custom property types can be added to schema item types or custom item types from the Record Inspector.
- The custom item and property types can be set to persist for new charts if required.
- Custom item and property types can be imported from existing import specifications that contain custom items.
Set default charting scheme
- Analyst's Notebook Premium users can select which charting scheme is applied to their charts by default, allowing them to work consistently with multiple charts depending on their charting requirements.
Auto-add to maps configuration
The option to control whether new data is automatically added to a map can be set as a default by the user.
Import undo
- Once an Analyst's Notebook Premium import has completed, the Undo tool can be used to remove the imported data from the chart in a single step.
Enhanced language support
This release adds support for three additional new languages - Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian.
The External Search capability and chart store features are now translated for the following additional languages: Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Source Reference image display
The Record Inspector will now display an image in the header for records where a source reference image is available.
Display environment name
Analyst's Notebook Premium and i2 Notebook can now display the name of the i2 deployment they are connected to. This can be helpful for users who connect to several i2 Analyze servers for different analytical purposes.
- The deployment display name is configured on the i2 Analyze server.
Integrated product versions
| Product included | Version |
|---|---|
| i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium | 10.0.1 |
Version by Version comparison
The following table shows a comparison of features between recent versions of Analysis Studio:
🆕 = New Feature ✅ = Existing Feature ❌ = Feature Removed/Obsolete
| FEATURES - Analyst's Notebook Premium (ANBP) desktop client | ANBP 10.0.1 | ANBP 10.0.0 | ANBP 9.4.1 | ANBP 9.4.0 | ANBP 9.3.1 | ANBP 9.3.0 | ANBP 9.2.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional new icons | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Performance improvements | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Usability improvements | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Single sign on for i2 Esri Maps | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Support for Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11 | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flexible Schemas | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Set default charting scheme | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auto-add to maps configuration | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Import undo | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enhanced language support | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Source Reference image display | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Display environment name | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 64-bit support | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| i2 Online integration | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Inspect record details for individual search results | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Auto add to i2 Maps | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Flexible importing | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Link summarization override | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Time Wheel | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| Summarized links performance improvements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - |
| External Search (powered by the i2 Connect gateway)1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | ✅2 |
| i2 Maps | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | ✅2 |
| Conditional Formatting – Icon frame display option | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| List Most Connected – Configurable Low Net Change analysis measure | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Chart store – Upload from folder | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Updated Backup and restore guidance for i2 Analyze | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
1 Previously known as/provided by i2 Connect
2 Only available as part of the i2 Connect/Enterprise Insight Analysis products prior to ANBP 9.3.0 release; included with ANBP 9.3.0 and later.
| FEATURES - External Searches3 | ANBP 10.0.1 | ANBP 10.0.0 | ANBP 9.4.1 | ANBP 9.4.0 | ANBP 9.3.1 | ANBP 9.3.0 | ANBP 9.2.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Query for external searches | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Remove search results | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - |
| Filter results by text | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - |
| Hides connectors and searches | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - |
| iBase inter-operation enhancements | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - |
| Source Identifier matching | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Geo-spatial region conditions | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| User specific configurations | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Default values in search forms | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - |
| Include Context option for External Searches | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| External Searches user interface refinements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Records Bar enhancements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Find Matching Records – Merge entities | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Security – Item type security | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Security – Credential management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
3 Available as part of the i2 Connect/Enterprise Insight Analysis products prior to ANBP 9.3.0 release; included with ANBP 9.3.0 and later.
Fixed and known issues
The issues that have been fixed in this release, and remaining known issues.
Fixed issues
| Issue number | Component | Issue title |
|---|---|---|
| DT00055 | ANBP | Incorrect upper bounds handling for date |
| DT00090 | ANB | en-gb folder does not exist when attempting to view Reports |
| DT00115 | ANBP | ANBP Charting Scheme ignores regional time zone when presenting dates/times |
| DT00206 | ANBP | i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium - incorrect time zone in Shared Chart and Chart Inspector, in Japanese language version of Windows |
| DT00220 | ANB | ANB Import Error: System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown |
| DT00249 | ANBP | Problem with SSL certificates and analyze. ANBP needs to support TLS 1.3 |
| DT00255 | ANBP | SPNEGO SSO in ANBP 9.4.1 prompts for Login |
| DT00261 | ANBP | ANBP may incorrectly continue to use standard.ant rather than Opal.ant as the standard template after connecting to i2 Analyze if certain regional settings are used |
| DT00258 | ANB | Time Wheel Exception |
| DT00260 | ANB | Opening the lookup table based on Boolean throws exception "System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added" |
Known issues in this release
| Issue number | Component | Issue title |
|---|---|---|
| Limitation | ANB | Some context help may appear in English in non-English locales |
| Limitation | ANB | 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 | ANB | 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 | ANB | The transparent background of a PNG image is lost when pasting for a Picture as Representation |
| Limitation | ANB | Running an import to a new chart on a Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) operating system causes a COM exception |
| Limitation | ANBP | ANBP does not use the correct chart template for new charts on a Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) operating system |
| Limitation | ANBP | A system error occurs if using an out of date version of Edge/Webview2. Update Edge and restart ANBP to resolve |
| DT00226 | ANBP | Schema Designer - Charting Scheme Attributes always displayed in alphabetical order Case 13119 |
| DT00244 | ANB | Information entered in the ANB Property don't show up in Windows Explore |
| DT00251 | ANB | Importing XML into existing chart imports into the most recently created chart, not the selected chart |
| DT00282 | ANB | Misleading "Activation required" message when exceeding concurrent usage Internet license |
| DT00287 | ANBP | In ANBP, when the "show on chart" box is unchecked for the attributes, the attributes disappear in Infotip too |
| PO07495 | ANB | ANB 906 is not adjusting the time for AEDT |
| PO09304 | ANBP | 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 - Analyst's Notebook Premium (ANBP) desktop client
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 - ANBP Desktop Client
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | ANBP 10.0.1 | ANBP 10.0.0 | ANBP 9.4.1 | ANBP 9.4.0 | ANBP 9.3.1 | ANBP 9.3.0 | ANBP 9.2.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 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.
Prerequisites - ANBP Desktop Client
| SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES | ANBP 10.0.1 | ANBP 10.0.0 | ANBP 9.4.1 | ANBP 9.4.0 | ANBP 9.3.1 | ANBP 9.3.0 | ANBP 9.2.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit)4 | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 option to "Install as Administrator"
4 Importing from an Excel spreadsheet into Analyst's Notebook requires the Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit) to be installed.
Supported software (optional) - ANBP Desktop Client
| COMPATIBLE i2 COMPANION PRODUCTS |
|---|
| i2 Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri 10.0.1 |
| i2 TextChart 1.9.7.0 |
| SUPPORTED SOFTWARE | ANBP 10.0.1 | ANBP 10.0.0 | ANBP 9.4.1 | ANBP 9.4.0 | ANBP 9.3.1 | ANBP 9.3.0 | ANBP 9.2.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office 365 64-bit | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Microsoft Office 2021 64-bit | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | ||
| Microsoft Office 2019 64-bit | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Microsoft Office 2016 64-bit5 | ✅ | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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)6 | 🆕 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 10 (Portal for ArcGIS; optional, for i2 Esri Maps)6 | ✅ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Map tile server (optional, for i2 Maps) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
5 This release of i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium 10.0.1 is the last version to support Microsoft Office 2016.
6 Specific version support is determined by Esri product lifecycle statement.
Hardware - ANBP Desktop Client
| 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 | ANBP 10.0.1 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ✅ |
| Brazilian Portuguese | ✅ |
| Bulgarian7 | 🆕 |
| Czech | ✅ |
| English | ✅ |
| French | ✅ |
| German | ✅ |
| Hungarian8 | ✅ |
| Italian | ✅ |
| Japanese | 🆕 |
| Korean | 🆕 |
| Polish | ✅ |
| Russian7,9 | 🆕 |
| Simplified Chinese | 🆕 |
| Slovak8 | ✅ |
| Spanish | ✅ |
| Traditional Chinese | 🆕 |
| Turkish | 🆕 |
| Ukrainian7 | 🆕 |
7 Help available in English only.
8 The External Searches capability and chart store are not translated for these languages.
9 Reinstated.