Release notes - i2 Insights 1.0.2

This document provides an overview of the new features, system requirements, and known issues for i2 Insights 1.0.2.

Important notices

⚠️ Installation

i2 Insights requires that i2 Analyst's Notebook 10.1.0 or later has been installed with support for i2 Analyze enabled. This is the default for a Typical installation, however in a Custom installation it is possible that i2 Analyze was not selected.

To install the i2 Insights, extract all components from the compressed file using the Extract All... option in the Windows right-click menu. Navigate to the root of the extracted folder and run setup.exe, then follow the installation prompts.

⚠️ Upgrade

You cannot use the Modify or Repair options to upgrade i2 Insights. You must uninstall 1.0.1 before you can install 1.0.2.

Features

Release highlights

New Provider Support

i2 Insights now supports Canada and South Africa call records.

Support has been added for the following providers:

  • Canada:

    • Bell
    • Freedom
    • Rogers
    • TELUS
  • South Africa:

    • Cell C
    • MTN
    • Telkom
    • Vodacom

Device Extractions Support

i2 Insights now supports device extraction data ingestion for MSAB XLSX files.

This will be viewable under Communications.

In order to obtain the MSAB XLSX export files (using XAMN Viewer) in the format expected by i2 Insights, the following steps must be followed:

  1. Press the Report/Export button (Ctrl + E shortcut in Windows).
  2. Choose Excel from the Output formats section and then press Next.
  3. Make sure that Include Exhibit data is checked in the Content section and then press Next.
  4. Press the Export button.

Note: The sections which were not mentioned above should be used with their default configuration

From the MSAB XLSX export files the following sheets (if present) are ingested and processed:

  • Exhibit Data (mandatory to be present)
  • Contacts Contacts (optional)
  • Calls (optional)
  • Messages SMS (optional)
  • Messages MMS (optional)
  • Messages Chat (optional)

If Exhibit Id (within Exhibit Data sheet) is missing, the user must provide a valid identifier, for the file to be correctly ingested and processed.

The contents extracted from MSAB XLSX export files will be viewable under Communications.

Automatic Number Plate Recognition Support

i2 Insights now supports ingestion of Automatic Number Plate Recognition data from NAS.

This includes:

  • A new set of dashboard components in the Analyze View for ANPR camera activity.
  • A new list view for ANPR.
  • Additional map markers for vehicle sightings.
  • Integration of ANPR data from Insights to Analyst Notebook charts.
  • Additional filtering options to be able to distinguish ANPR from Communications data along with combined filtering (Events).

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Colocation Analysis

i2 Insights now includes colocation analysis capabilities.

This new feature identifies possible colocations between different subjects across both ANPR and call data and is available as part of the Intelligence View's List view panel and includes:

  • New list view panel for viewing colocations between subjects.
  • An indicator to mark which space and time for the subject events the colocations occurred.
  • Ability to set the distance and time windows for colocation detection.

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Default Column Headers

The list view now shows a default view with reduced columns, this can be changed to show all headers within the Column settings


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There is a default view for Events, Communications, and ANPR within the list view and a reduced header view for Vehicle Sightings and Cell Tower data.


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Stabilization and Normalization

This release contains improvements to how we parse and normalize communication data for the following UK telecom providers:

  • Three
  • Vodafone
  • EE
  • O2

Version by Version comparison

The following table shows a comparison of features between recent versions of Insights:

🆕 = New Feature
✅ = Existing Feature
❌ = Feature Removed/Obsolete

FEATURESi2 Insights 1.0.2i2 Insights 1.0.1i2 Insights 1.0.0
Data Management🆕
Intelligence View - Dashboards🆕
Intelligence View - Lists🆕
Mapping Enhancements🆕
Analyst's Notebook Integration🆕

Supported File Types

The following file types are supported in this release:

  • XLSX
  • CSV

Call Data Records are supported by following providers in this release:

  • Vodafone
  • O2
  • H3G
  • EE
  • BT
  • CDAN
  • Bell
  • Freedom
  • Rogers
  • TELUS
  • Cell C
  • MTN
  • Telkom
  • Vodacom

Device extractions data is supported from the following providers in this release:

  • MSAB

ANPR data is supported from the following providers in this release:

  • NAS

Fixed and known issues

The issues that have been fixed in this release, and known issues.

Fixed issues

Issue NumberIssue title
DT00536(Case 29648) Report correct version number in About box

Known issues

Issue NumberIssue title
Not applicable

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 SYSTEMSi2 Insights 1.0.2i2 Insights 1.0.1
Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise x64 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro x64 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise x64 (64-bit)11
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64 (64-bit)11
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 Edition11
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition11
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition11

1 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. Trial editions of i2 Analyst's Notebook cannot be run in virtualized environments.

Prerequisites

SOFTWARE PREREQUISITESi2 Insights 1.0.2i2 Insights 1.0.1
i2 Analyst's Notebook 10.1.0
i2 Analyst's Notebook 10.1.1
Python 3.12

Hardware

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

Language support

i2 products are tested on a number of various regional variations of operating systems. At this release, i2 Insights is not translated, and is available in English only..

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:

Translationsi2 Insights
English