Release notes - Analysis Studio Oct.2025

A high-level overview of the release, listing new features, the system requirements, and any known issues.

Important notices

⚠️ Installation - i2 Analyst's Notebook (ANB) desktop client

After downloading the distribution media for ANB, 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 versions of the Analyst's Notebook desktop client later than 10.1.0. iBridge customers are advised to continue to use the latest 32-bit Analyst's Notebook Premium version compatible with their version of iBridge.

Features

Release highlight details - Analyst's Notebook 10.1.1

New icons

  • 70 new icons have been added to address contemporary issues. The standard template has similarly been augmented with new entity types using the additional icons.


    New icons added

Filtered search for types and attributes

  • Within the Chart Properties dialog, you are now able to search through lists of entity and link types, as well as attribute classes and entries, to simplify finding the item of interest in long lists.


    Search box in Chart Properties dialog

New selection options

  • Additional selection options can be found in the Selection ribbon menu that apply when executing any of the selection commands. They allow:

    • Automatically fitting the window to the selection.
    • Include hidden item and show on selection.
    • Control the display of corner handles for selected links.

    New selection options in the Selection ribbon menu

Improved snapshot handling

  • Within the Publish ribbon menu, the creation and access to snapshots has been improved, allowing the user to:

    • Quickly create a new snapshot via a single click.
    • Controls to move to the next or previous snapshot in the sequence.
    • Controls to move to the first or last snapshot in the sequence.

    Improved snapshot control

Release highlight details - Web client

Web client new icons

  • New icons have been added to address contemporary issues. See New icons for more information.

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 chart items
    Minimize group

  • 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.


    Styling a group

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.


    Edit a 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.


    Add a note
  • 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.


    Add a source reference

Ribbon reorganization

  • The ribbon has been reorganized into multiple tabs, grouping related commands in a logical and intuitive manner to improve discoverability and navigation.


    Ribbon tabs

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.


    Web client about menu link

    Web client about section

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.


    Show badges toggle

    Show badges for minimized group and united record
  • A new "Select United Items" command has been added, allowing users to quickly identify and select all chart items that contain multiple underlying records.


    Select united records

Release highlight details - i2 Analyze 4.4.6

No changes.

Integrated product versions

Product includedVersion
i2 Analyst's Notebook10.1.1
i2 Analyze4.4.6
Connector Designer11.2.0
Open Liberty 2525.0.0.9
Eclipse Temurin JDK 1717.0.16

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.

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 - i2 Analyze and clients (ANB & web client)Analysis Studio Oct.2025Analysis Studio Apr.2025.2Analysis Studio Aug.2024Analysis Studio Nov.2023
ANB - New icons🆕---
ANB - Filtered search for types and attributes🆕---
ANB - New selection options🆕---
ANB - Improved snapshot control🆕---
ANB - Improved link corner behavior🆕---
Web client - Web client new icons🆕---
Web client - Chart item grouping and customization🆕---
Web client - Label management enhancements🆕---
Web client - Importer enhancements🆕---
Web client - Ribbon reorganization🆕---
Web client - Product information🆕---
Web client - Badges🆕---
ANB - Updated user interface🆕--
ANB - High quality attribute symbols🆕--
ANB - Improved Icon selector🆕--
ANB - Custom type seeded searches🆕--
ANB - Custom type sharing🆕--
Web client - Chart item importer🆕--
Web client - General Chart Improvements🆕--
Export group membership from admin UI🆕--
ANB - Analyst's Notebook single installer🆕-
ANB - Highlight tool options and animations🆕-
ANB - Record count badges🆕-
ANB - Attribute display control🆕-
ANB - Chart item group naming🆕-
ANB - Enhanced chart collaboration🆕-
ANB - Performance improvements - saving/loading & copy/paste🆕-
ANB & web client - Extended source reference image display🆕-
Web client - Chart item importer🆕-
Web client - Chart item palette🆕-
Web client - Editable chart records🆕-
Modernized icon set🆕-
Connector Designer🆕-
Dynamic connector configuration updates🆕-
ANBP - Additional new icons🆕
ANBP - Performance improvements🆕
ANBP - Usability improvements🆕
ANBP - Single sign on for i2 Esri Maps🆕
ANBP - Support for Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11🆕
ANBP - Flexible Schemas🆕
ANBP - Set default charting scheme🆕
ANBP - Auto-add to maps configuration🆕
ANBP - Import undo🆕
ANBP & web client - Enhanced language support🆕
ANBP & web client - Source Reference image display🆕
ANBP & web client - Display environment name🆕
Web client - Support for system matching rules🆕
Web client - Copy and Paste web chart items🆕
Web client - Enhanced chart record data🆕
SOLR 9🆕
FEATURES - External SearchesAnalysis Studio Oct.2025Analysis Studio Apr.2025.2Analysis Studio Aug.2024Analysis Studio Nov.2023
Connector Designer🆕-
Dynamic connector configuration changes🆕-
Visual Query for external searches

System requirements - Analyst's Notebook (ANB) 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 - ANB desktop client

OPERATING SYSTEMSAnalyst's Notebook 10.1.1Analyst's Notebook 10.1.0Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1
Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise x64 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro x64 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise x64 (64-bit)2
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64 (64-bit)2
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 Edition2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition2

2 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro and Windows Server 2016 support will be deprecated in a future Analyst's Notebook release.

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 - ANB desktop client

SOFTWARE PREREQUISITESAnalyst's Notebook 10.1.1Analyst's Notebook 10.1.0Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1
Microsoft Edge (latest) or Microsoft Edge WebView2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit)3

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".

3 Importing from an Excel spreadsheet into Analyst's Notebook requires the Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit) to be installed.

Supported software (optional) - ANB desktop client

COMPATIBLE i2 COMPANION PRODUCTS
i2 Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri 10.1.1
i2 TextChart 10.1.1
SUPPORTED SOFTWAREAnalyst's Notebook 10.1.1Analyst's Notebook 10.1.0Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2Analyst's Notebook 10.0.1
Microsoft Office 365 64-bit
Microsoft Office 2024 64-bit---
Microsoft Office 2021 64-bit
Microsoft Office 2019 64-bit4
Microsoft Office 2016 64-bit
Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 11 (Portal for ArcGIS; optional, for i2 Esri Maps)5🆕
Esri ArcGIS Enterprise 10 (Portal for ArcGIS; optional, for i2 Esri Maps)5

4 Microsoft Office 2019 support will be deprecated in a future Analyst's Notebook release.

5 Specific version support is determined by Esri product lifecycle statement.

Hardware - ANB desktop client

Hardware requirementsMinimumRecommended
Disk space1GB for installation plus additional working space
ProcessorIntel or AMD processor with 64-bit and SSE 4.2 support
2GHz or faster
Memory8GB16GB
Display1280 x 7681920 x 1080

System requirements - i2 Analyze Server

🆕 = Newly supported ✅ = Supported ❌ = No longer supported

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 SYSTEMSi2 Analyze 4.4.6i2 Analyze 4.4.5i2 Analyze 4.4.4i2 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 Edition6
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition6
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition6
Linux Red Hat Enterprise V9 and fix packs7
Linux Red Hat Enterprise V8 and fix packs7

6 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 support will be deprecated in a future i2 Analyze release.

7 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 SOFTWAREi2 Analyze 4.4.6i2 Analyze 4.4.5i2 Analyze 4.4.4i2 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-patch-wmic, 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 PREREQUISITESi2 Analyze 4.4.6i2 Analyze 4.4.5i2 Analyze 4.4.4i2 Analyze 4.4.3
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 RequirementsMinimum
Disk space4GB
Processor2 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

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/LanguageLanguage CollectionSupport Status
Western Europe and USABasic
Central EuropeBasic
BalticBasic
CyrillicBasic
TurkicBasic
ArabicComplex Script
JapaneseEast Asian
KoreanEast Asian
Traditional ChineseEast Asian
Simplified ChineseEast Asian
ThaiComplex Script
VietnameseComplex Script
GreekBasic
HebrewComplex Script
IndicComplex Script
GeorgianComplex Script
ArmenianComplex Script
DhivehiComplex Script
GalicianComplex Script
GujaratiComplex Script
KannadaComplex Script
KyrgyzComplex Script
Mongolian (Cyrillic)Complex Script
PunjabiComplex Script
SyriacComplex Script
TeluguComplex Script

Data support

i2 products support unicode data.

Translations

The following languages are supported:

TranslationsAnalysis Studio Oct.2025
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Bulgarian8
Czech
English
French
German
Hungarian9
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian8
Simplified Chinese
Slovak9
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian8

8 Help available in English only.

9 The External Searches capability and chart store are not translated for these languages.