MicroMinute: The Future is Now with MicroStrategy 2021 🚀

Director, Education and Community • Strategy

February 2021 MicroMinute

Starting with the release of Strategy ONE (March 2024), dossiers are also known as dashboards.

conflict rule of Content GroupMD - recipientsPackage - recipientsresult -
recipientsMD - contentPackage - contentresult - contentuse existingA, BB, CA, B, CA, BB, CA, B, C(force) replaceA, BB, CB, CA, BB, CB, C(force) keep bothA, BB, C(new Content Group) B, C
(existing Content Group) A, BA, BB, C(new Content Group) B, C
(existing Content Group) A, Bkeep both + same versionA, BB, Cno new
(existing Content Group) A, B, CA, BB, Cno new
(existing Content Group) A, B, Cuse existing + same versionA, BB, CA, B, CA, BB, CA, B, Creplace + same versionA, BB, CA, B, CA, BB, CA, B, Cforce replace + same verA, BB, CB, CA, BB, CB, Cforce keepboth + same verA, BB, C(new Content Group) B, C
(existing Content Group) A, BA, BB, C(new Content Group) B, C
(existing Content Group) A, BInternal IDImpactCommunity Article NameData Engine VersionStrategy VersionDE64937SQL, DataKB440791: Security Filter is not applied to Report when linked to a nested user group in MicroStrategy 10.4.3 and MicroStrategy 10.7 and lowerN/A2019F5749SQLKB438401: Security Fix in 10.5: Secure Freeform SQL report’s text prompt answer(s) using prepared statementsN/A2019DE39508CSI, DataKB442145: Security filters on indirectly related attributes don't apply when using data blendingN/A2019DE100668CSI, DataKB483225: Applying a security filter to a derived attribute may cause the Intelligence Server to crash .N/A2019DE81637SQLKB483228: A Metric Limit Filter set on the Dataset does not work and disables other filters if there is a security filter on the user .N/A2019DE89763Data, SQLKB483232: Security Filter is not applied in Connect Live mode20192019DE162773Data, CSIKB484104: Data leak caused by conditional metricsN/A2019 Update 6DE160248Data, CSIKB484157: When a security filter applies to one of the metrics in a derived metric's expression, it is ignoredN/A2019 Update 6DE168304Data, CSIKB484380: Security filter is not applied, leading to data leakN/A2019 Update 7DE161522Data, CSIKB484237: A security fix addressed in MicroStrategy 2019 U7, MicroStrategy 2020 Update 2 and MicroStrategy 2021N/A2019 Update 7 Download MySQLUse Existing MySQLStrategy on AWSX (Amazon RDS) Windows Express InstallationX Windows Custom InstallationXXWindows Silent InstallationXXLinux Installation X

The MicroMinute | November 18, 2020

A note from the Education and Community teams-

Pack your bags. Just save the date because in 2021, we’re bringing the incredible experience of Strategy World to the comfort of your home office! Join us at Strategy World.Now on February 3-4, 2021, for the latest in all things Strategy, including HyperIntelligence, Embedded Analytics, Data Modeling, and more! Take advantage of unique networking opportunities, hear from leading global organizations, and discover new use cases that can help you transform your business. Register now to get on the list!
Want the latest details? Visit our World.Now Community group to connect and learn more!

Enjoy our November edition of The MicroMinute, and as always, feel free to reach out with any questions or ideas!

Featured Content

Webinar: Top Tips for Strategy Workstation

Join our product specialists from Strategy Support live at 10 a.m. EST on Friday, November 20 to learn how to leverage Strategy Workstation as the one-stop shop for operating and administrating your Strategy ecosystem. In the first part of this session, held last week, we introduced popular features and seamless uses for Workstation, like importing data, managing objects across multiple environments, creating HyperIntelligence cards, and more. This week, we’ll demo setup and support best practices Part 1 and Part 2 — helping you properly configure this useful tool and troubleshoot common issues.

Governing Related Content in Library

Learn how to clean up your Related Content section in Library. With Strategy 2020 Update 2, platform administrators can create rules to only allow certified dossiers to be populated in Library users’ Related Content sections, helping make your team’s Library more secure and efficient today!

Searching for HyperIntelligence® Cards

Did you know you can search for HyperIntelligence cards directly through the HyperIntelligence web browser extension and HyperIntelligence for Office Outlook Add-in? Follow along to explore how you can find HyperIntelligence cards without having to have the card keyword present in your browser window or Outlook application.

Learn more about the HyperIntelligence for Web extension and HyperIntelligence for Office Outlook add-in!

Community Across the Globe

Arvind Choudhary: Strategy Community Master, Lead Strategy Administrator at Nice

How did you get into the technology field?
I started my technology work initially as a Network & System Administrator. After spending a few years in Administration, I started learning Strategy, which led me to gain more interest in the Administration due to the established management of the platform.

To see Arvind’s full 5-question interview, take a look at the article on Community!

Education Spotlight

Welcome to the world of visualizations
Learn to Paint a Picture with Your Data: Take Education’s new online visualizations course

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words and in “Visualizations: Foundations and Best Practices” you’ll be able to make that a reality with a hands-on experience. In this course, you’ll gain an understanding on when to use various visualizations based on your analytical goals. Use the Education Sandbox to create, format, and improve visualizations while learning optimization techniques to guide data-driven decision-making. This course helps you understand how to effectively display visualizations together on a dossier page for optimum analysis.

Sign Up

Dossier of the Month

Make a World of Difference.

Congratulations to the October DossBoss Champions, Citra Hemas, Arum Mukti and Heni Sunjava, from PT. Astra Graphia Information Technology! Their free-from Halloween dossier was filled to the brim with spooky insights ranging from trends in money spent on candy, costumes, and decorations to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on this year’s trick-or-treaters. Be sure to check out this dossier along with previous winners and runners-up on the DossBoss website for more inspiration and to enter in the November challenge. Do you have what it takes to become the next DossBoss?

Treat Yourself

The DossBoss Challenge

The Best of All (Sports) Worlds

November’s DossBoss Challenge has begun and, this month, it’s all about sports! Impress the panel of judges by creating an intuitive, free-form dossier using any and all data revolving around your favorite teams, players, and games. Get in a competitive mindset while demonstrating your passion for data analytics and sports to have a shot at becoming the next DossBoss!

As always, feel free to visit the Community group for help with troubleshooting or getting inspiration. Submit your completed DossBoss dossier here as a .mstr file or video by EOD on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Winners will be announced on social media, the Community DossBoss page, and in the December MicroMinute.

That’s it for the November edition of the MicroMinute.
Stay tuned for the December edition!
Subscribe here to have it delivered to your inbox.

Sign me up

The MicroMinute | February 23, 2020

A note from the Education and Community teams-

The first quarter of a new year is always a thrilling time to be a MicroStrategist, and 2021 is no exception! This year's World event was our biggest Strategy celebration yet. We hope you enjoyed your first virtual World experience with access to dozens of fantastic keynotes, enthralling customer sessions, and revolutionary product presentations—and in case you missed any of the sessions or want to rewatch your favorites, everything is available for free on our website.

One of the most exciting parts of Strategy World—besides the Bitcoin hype—was the announcement of Strategy 2021! Our newest product release brings new HyperIntelligence® functionality including HyperVision, a wealth of impressive features to improve the Dossier, Library, and Workstation experience, a plethora of Cloud enhancements, and much more. We are incredibly pumped for you to get your hands on the best version of Strategy yet!

Enjoy our February edition of The MicroMinute, and as always, feel free to reach out with any questions or ideas!

Featured Content

Webinar: Top Tips for Upgrading

Join our product specialists from Strategy Support live at 1 p.m. EST on Friday, March 5 to learn best practices for planning, testing, and implementing your upgrade to Strategy 2021. We’ll share tips and tricks to help you avoid common pitfalls and explore whether a DIY or expert-delivered upgrade will best help you start to take advantage of the latest features—and we’ll answer your questions live.

Exporting Multiple Grids to Excel

In this tutorial video, learn how easy it is to export multiple grids from a dossier to multiple sheets in Microsoft Excel. Using Library for Web, business users and analysts can now choose to export more than one grid to Microsoft Excel simultaneously, resulting in a spreadsheet that automatically named and labeled, ready to be shared or analyzed instantly.

To learn more about exporting multiple grids to Microsoft Excel, click here.

Deploying the Strategy for Tableau Connector

As part of Strategy's open platform, Tableau analysts can import trusted and governed Strategy data into the tool that they prefer for further analysis. Follow along in this tutorial to explore how platform administrators can download, install, and deploy the Strategy for Tableau connector, independently from CommunityConnectors, on any Strategy platform version.

Take a look at our product documentation to learn more!

Education Spotlight

New Education Course Catalog

Learn the new capabilities and best-practices for Strategy 2021 with the new Education course catalog. In addition to updating classes to leverage the latest platform, we’ve added two brand new classes and certifications to upgrade your knowledge:

Dossier of the Month

Two Outstanding Dossiers for the Price of One!

Congratulations to the December and January DossBoss Champions—the first of many to come to win a free 1-year Strategy Analyst Pass.

The December winner, Ritikesh Bhaskarwar from GWS Advisory, consistently wowed the judges with his seven-paged movie dossier. With analysis covering genre, language, directors, producers, actors, revenue, and more, this dossier reveals tons of intriguing insights revolving around the film industry.

The January winner, Hemkumar Somala from Quotient Technology, is no unfamiliar face to the judges as he has been a runner-up in several DossBoss competitions. This month he took home first place with his unique COVID Vaccine dossier. With a custom template resembling a newspaper, Hemkumar made it easy for the user to read and navigate through the dossier to learn more about COVID vaccinations.

Be sure to check out these dossiers along with the runner-ups, including an excellent Harry Potter Daily Prophet-themed dossier, on the DossBoss website for more inspiration and to enter the February challenge. Do you have what it takes to become the next DossBoss?

COVID VACCINE

The DossBoss Challenge

It's Time for March Madness!

Strategy’s March DossBoss challenge has begun and this month we want you to take a deep dive into the stats revolving around the infamous March Madness basketball tournament. Impress the panel of judges by creating an intuitive, free-form dossier using any and all data revolving around your favorite college teams, players, and games. With 80+ years of data, we can’t wait to see the amazing analysis and visualizations you incorporate into your dossiers!

Did you know there is now a prize for the winning submission? The monthly winner will not only take home the infamous DossBoss title, but also a free 1-year Strategy Analyst Pass! With access to Analyst, Data Scientist, and Developer courses and certifications, this education pass is an excellent way to learn about the latest Strategy features and take your analytics career to the next level.

As always, feel free to visit the Community for help with troubleshooting or getting inspiration. Submit your completed DossBoss dossier here as a .mstr file or video by EOD on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Winners will be announced on  social media, the Community DossBoss group, and in the March MicroMinute.

That’s it for the February edition of the MicroMinute.
Stay tuned for the March edition!
Subscribe here to have it delivered to your inbox.

Sign me up

Comment

0 comments

Details

Blog Post

Published:

February 23, 2021

Last Updated:

March 21, 2024