What's New in Version 8.0
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Content of this Page
•	Service for InfoZoom 
•	InfoZoom GUI 
•	Setting Up the Work Environment 
•	Importing Data 
•	Opening Tables 
•	Importing Data 
•	Importing Data from Text Files 
•	Data Import Using the Database Wizard 
•	Data Import with the SQL Wizard 
•	Visualizing Data 
•	Researching Data 
•	Analyzing Data 
•	Creating Reports and Charts 
•	InfoZoom Office Add-Ins 
•	InfoZoom .NET Data Provider 
•	Command Line Parameters 
•	Sample Tables 
•	Licensing
Service for InfoZoom
Viewing Information on Memory Usage	Changed functionality: Viewing information on memory 
When working with InfoZoom, you can view information on the current memory usage.
Up until now, the functionalities for viewing the memory usage were made available on request by humanIT.
The functionalities are now basically available in the Check tab.
Topic: Viewing Information on Memory Usage	
Run Log File	Changed functionality: Running log files 
For your InfoZoom work session, you can run a log file. The log file can facilitate diagnostics in the event of a problem. To this end, you can provide Support with the log file, e.g. of your message.
Up until now, the functionalities for running the log file were made available on request by humanIT.
The functionalities are now basically available in the Check tab.
Topic: Running Log Files	
InfoZoom GUI
Layout of InfoZoom GUI 	New layout for the InfoZoom GUI 
The InfoZoom GUI was re-designed. The new layout is based on Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010. The menu and the toolbars were replaced by a ribbon. You can use the ribbon to access all functionalities in the InfoZoom table. Various tabs are available in the ribbon. For each tab, buttons and settings of related functionalities are combined in groups for quick access. If a keyboard shortcut exists for a button, this will be displayed in the tool tip for the button.
The Quick Access Toolbar is also new. You can add buttons for frequently required functionalities from any tabs into the toolbar for convenient access. To make work easier, various buttons are already included in the toolbar. 
As part of the new design, new button icons have been introduced and functionalities have been re-grouped. You can learn more about the changes in the enclosed example table "Ribbon Overview.fox". There is also a file, "Menu_Navigation.pdf", which contains illustrations of the changes.
The Print Preview was also re-designed based on the new layout.
Topic: InfoZoom GUI	
Edit Bar	Changed functionality: Displaying edit bar 
Up until now, you could define whether the edit bar was displayed in the options for the toolbars. The setting was then valid for all tables.
You can now determine whether the edit bar is visible using the Edit Bar checkbox in the Edit or View tab. The setting of the checkbox can be set for each table.
Topic: Edit Bar	
Status Bar	New functionality: Displaying program-internal information on work steps 
Program-internal information can now also be displayed in the status bar, e.g. the duration of the last work step carried out. Whether or not program-internal information is displayed in the status bar can be controlled via the new checkbox Details (tab Check).
Topic: Details	
	New functionality: Buttons for switching the view and changing the font 
The status bar now contains the following buttons:
Buttons	
Actions	

Switches to the "Table" view.	

Switches to the "Compressed" view.	

Switches to the "Overview" view.	

Reduces or increases the font size.	

Setting Up the Work Environment
Options	Changed terminology: "Reports" tab now renamed "Results"	
Options for results	Changed functionality: Generating charts and reports
Up until now, you could stipulate in the options on a once-off basis which chart components and report components were used in the generation of charts and reports.
Various buttons are now available in the Results tab for the generation of charts and reports. In this way, for example, you can generate an internal report with the button provided for this. The pre-setting in the options is only valid for the generation of charts and reports from value lists.
Topic: Results Tab in the Options Dialog	
Importing Data
Data Source	Changed terminology: "Change connection data" tab now renamed "Database Wizard" ("Database tab")	
Opening Tables
Opening Tables 	New functionality: Initial queries
Up until now, the last saved Zoom state was restored when the table was opened.
You can now stipulate that a reset
•	reset (reset table) be carried out when a table is opened, 
•	that the last saved Zoom state be restored or 
•	that a certain query defined for the table be run.
The table is thus displayed directly after being opened in accordance with your requirements.
Topic: Initial Queries	
Importing Data
Importing Data from Text Files
Importing Data from Text Files	New window: Window to import data from text files 
Up until now, the window for opening files was used for the import of data from text files (menu item File | Open).
A separate window is now available for the import of data from text files. The file type "Import File (*.txt,*.csv)" is preconfigured in the window. The window can be called up as follows:
•	With the menu item File | Import | Text File 
•	With the button  Text File in the Data tab, Import group	
Data Import Using the Database Wizard
Adding data sources (database systems and MS Access files) 

	New functionality: Timeout for establishing the connection with the MS-SQL server databases
For establishing the connection with MS SQL server databases, you can now create a timeout. For this purpose, the new field Timeout is available in the connection data.
Topic: Timeout	
	Expanded functionality: Select MS Access files 
Up until now, to select an MS Access file, you could have files displayed with the usual Access file types "*.mdb" and "*.accdb" 
Now you can also have files of all file types displayed. For this purpose, the selection field File Type has been expanded with the entry "All files (*.*)".	
	Expanded functionality: Select fields for adoption 
In the past, you could select and deselect either individual fields or all the fields in one step for adoption.
Now you can also select or deselect several fields in one step for adoption. The window now contains the buttons Check selected and Uncheck selected for selecting the fields. You can select the desired fields in the usual manner for Windows.	
Restricting Data	Expanded functionality: Define filters
Date filters for table columns can now be expanded with time filters. To do so, enter the desire time when defining the filters.
Topic: Restricting Data	
Changing the Compilation After Import	New functionality: Check for deviations from the data source
You can now determine the deviations between the database being used as the data source and the corresponding source tables in the Database Wizard. On the basis of this result, you can change the compilation. For this purpose, the deviations in the source table are highlighted in color.
You start the check in the source table via the menu item Properties | Data Source | Update schema.
Topic: Checking Source Tables for Deviations from the Data Source	
	New functionality: Load complete data source
Up until now, you could only draw on elements of a data source that have already been used to subsequently change the compilation.
You can now load the complete data source for each data source in the Database Wizard so that all elements of the data source are available. You start the loading using the new button Update from data source.
Topic: Changing the Compilation of the Data	
Data Import with the SQL Wizard 
Data Import with the SQL Wizard 	New functionality: Directly enter the SQL statement for the import from a database
To import data from an individual database, you can now also enter the SQL statement for the desired compilation directly. The SQL Wizard can help you with this. 
You can also use the SQL Wizard to process an SQL statement that was automatically generated with the Database Wizard before importing the data. 
Topic: SQL Wizard	
Visualizing Data
Arranging Windows	New functionality: Window Manager
The Window Manager now helps you when arranging the windows of opened tables. The Window Manager lists the file names of all the open tables. You can click the appropriate tables in this list and then arrange them with the corresponding buttons.
Topic: Arranging Windows	
Color Schemes	New color scheme: 2011 Color Scheme
As part of the new design of the InfoZoom GUI, a new color scheme - the "2011 Color Scheme" - was launched. The colors of this color scheme are coordinated with the colors of the new InfoZoom GUI so that the InfoZoom application gives an impression of harmony.
Topic: Color Scheme	
Font	New standard font: Segoe UI	
Font Size	Expanded functionality: Change font size
You can now conveniently change the font size of the table, e.g. with the aid of a slider in the status bar or via various buttons in the ribbon.
Topic: Changing Font Size	
Researching Data
Value Lists	Expanded functionality: Open value lists
You can now open the value lists of several selected attributes at the same time.
Topic: Opening Value lists	
	Changed GUI: In value lists buttons with text replaced by buttons with icons	
Queries 	Expanded functionality: Save size and arrangement of currently opened windows in queries 
When saving a query in a table, up until now the size and arrangement of the currently opened windows of reports, charts and value lists were saved as absolute values. When running the query with a different screen resolution, the saved settings may not have been saved as desired.
The size and arrangement are now saved in relation to the screen size and when the query is run again, these settings are correctly restored as per the current screen resolution. This enables you to use the table with the query without having to make any adjustments on screens with different resolutions.	
Analyzing Data
Defining and Redefining Derived Attributes with Formulas 	New functionality: Entering and maintaining formulas in the formula editor
The Formula Editor helps you to enter and update formulas in derived attributes.
As entry support, the Formula Editor provides various functions, such as Auto Complete and automatic Syntax Check. This checks while you are entering a formula whether a closing bracket has been omitted, for example. You can format formulas so that the individual functions of a formula are shown in separate rows, which is particularly helpful with complex formulas.
Topic: Formula Editor	
Insert Attributes	Expanded functionality: Attribute values for inserting a simple attribute 
Up until now, a new simple attribute was always added with numeric attribute values.
Now you can determine whether the attribute contains numeric attribute values or empty (undefined) attribute values. To this end, the checkbox New simple attributes are assigned undefined values was added to the General tab of the Options.
Topic: New Simple Attributes are Assigned Undefined Values	
Color Coding	Changed terminology: "Color coding" renamed "Color Analysis"	
Attribute Information	Changed terminology: "Attribute Information" renamed "Metadata of the Table"	
Creating Reports and Charts
Select Attributes	New functionality: Select all attributes
In the current table, you can now select all the attributes with a single click. This functionality is particularly useful if you want to generate a report on all or almost all table attributes. You can first select all attributes and then exclude some attributes that should not be included in the report.
Topic: Select All Attributes	
Internal Reports	Expanded functionality: Use existing report as a design template for the active report
To use an existing report as the design template for the active report, select the report via the menu item File | Design.
Up until now, you could only use reports saved as Excel files with the file format "xls" as a design template.
You can now use reports that have been saved in InfoZoom's own file format "irp" or in Excel format "xlsx". To this end, the selection field File type was expanded with the entries "InfoZoom Report (*.irp)" and "Excel (*.xlsx, xltx").
Topic: Saving Reports	
InfoZoom Office Add-Ins
InfoZoom Office Add-Ins	Expanded functionality: InfoZoom Office Add-Ins also available for the InfoZoom OEM Edition	
InfoZoom .NET Data Provider
InfoZoom .NET Data Provider	Expanded functionality: InfoZoom .NET Data Provider also available for the InfoZoom OEM Edition	
Command Line Parameters
Command Line Parameters for Working with the Data	New command line parameter -ignoreQueries
When reloading or updating/appending data from a table, up until now the queries contained in the specified table were always taken into account. Depending on how the command lines were run, the queries were accepted here without an inquiry or you could decide in a system message whether or not the queries were accepted.
You can now stipulate that the queries not be accepted with the new command line parameter -ignoreQueries.
Topic: Working with the Data	
Sample Tables
Sample Tables	New sample tables
Ribbon Overview.fox	
As part of the InfoZoom GUI redesign, the menu and toolbars have been replaced by a Ribbon (toolbar). InfoZoom now comes supplied with the new sample table "Overview Ribbon.fox" ("Ribbon overview" directory) for these changes. The sample table contains a comparison of the tabs, groups and buttons in the Ribbon (Version 8.0) and the menus, submenus and menu items (Version 7.0).	

Revenue.fox	
InfoZoom now includes the new sample table "Revenue.fox" ("Revenue" directory). The sample table contains proALPHA demo data on sales that result from invoices and credits.	

	Changed sample tables
ErsteBundesliga.fox	
InfoZoom includes the sample table "Erste Bundesliga.fox" ("Bundesliga" directory). Data about the German Bundesliga season 2010/11 has been added to the sample table.	

FormulaOneSample.fox	
InfoZoom includes the sample table "FormulaOneSample.fox" ("FormulaOne" directory). Data about the Formula 1 season 2010 has been added to the sample table.	

	Discontinued sample tables
Calendar50.fox
Date 150 years from 1870.fox	
The scope of delivery no longer includes the two sample tables "Calendar50.fox" and "Date 150 years from 1870.fox". The sample tables were replaced by the sample table "Calendar.fox" ("Calendar" directory).	

Licensing
License Monitoring with Dongles	Expanded functionality: New product installation "InfoZoom 64-Bit Protected"