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Release 4.0

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We're pleased to present Enterprise Lens 4.0, our biggest update to Enterprise Lens so far, featuring new features to enrich your storytelling experience and greatly requested quality of life enhancements.

1. Features​

1.1 New Design Language​

Utilising the latest versions of Ant Design and React, we have introduced a new application-wide design language.

1.1.1 Rounded Buttons​

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1.1.2 Symmetrical Forms​

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1.1.3 Switches​

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1.1.4 Collapsible Menus​

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1.1.5 Tabs​

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1.1.6 Drag-and-drop Sorting​

Illustrators can now drag and drop to reorder various components of their illustration, replacing our previous manual ordering system.

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1.2 Rollup Wizard​

Illustrators can now create quick sums, counts, and averages across boxes through the new Rollup Wizard available in the Lens Styles menu.

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In the above example, the illustrator was able to quickly create a Sum of all People per State, located on the bottom right of every State box using our new Rollup Wizard.

How it works​

  1. Open the Box Type you wish to create your aggregate lens on, and click the + Add button to create a new Lens

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  2. Name your new Lens Type, and click the + Add from Template button. The Rollup template has already been preset for your convenience.

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  3. Fill out the Details of your new Lens Style

    • Set a Name for your Lens Style
    • Toggle whether you want to show this Lens Style in the Favourites Menu. By default, this is turned on
    • Set a Favourites Group for your Lens Style to appear under, by default this is set to the highest Favourites Group in your illustration
    • Set a Favourites Display Name, which is the name used in the Left Hand Menu under your Favourites
    • Select an Operation, by default it is Sum
      • You can also Count, Average, and calculate Minimum and Maximum values
    • Select an Association to the Box Type you would like to sum, this is often automatically set for your convenience
    • Select a Lens to apply an operation to, in this case it is a Sum

    Below is an annotated image showing which sections of the menu you would typically need to modify. The other options not highlighted are typically prefilled and do not need to be modified.

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  4. Customise the Formatting of your new Lens Style

    • We have curated several common options based on User Feedback for you to customise your Lens Style with
    • In our example, we only changed the Text Colour, with all other presets untouched.
    • All our preset values are set-and-forget by nature, while still remaining customisable to your liking
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    Available Formatting Options
    SettingDescriptionOptionsExamples
    PrefixAppends characters to the front of your Lens value.Any characters you enter.
    Default: (Blank)    		$value
    £value
    SuffixAppends characters to the end of your Lens value.Any characters you enter.
    Default: (Blank)    		value km
    value sqm
    value²
    AbbreviationOnly for lenses with Number values!
    Shortens a number by dividing it by a common divisor.

    Often paired with Decimal Places    		None
    Auto
    Thousand (K)
    Million (M)
    Billion (B)
    Default: None    		1,000,000 -> 1 (Million)
    372,101 -> 372.101 (Thousand)
    8045615270 -> 8.045615270 (Auto, Billion)
    Percentage ScaleOnly for lenses with Number values!

    Multiplies a number by a whole number percentage.    		Any number you enter.
    Default: 100 (no change)    		100:
    281 -> 281

    75:
    100 -> 75

    250:
    4492 -> 11230
    Decimal PlaceOnly for lenses with Number values!

    Rounds a number to the specified number of decimal places.    		Any number you enter.
    Default: 2    		0:
    281.7322673 -> 282

    2:
    281.7322673 -> 281.73

    4:
    281.7322673 -> 281.7323
    Text SizeThe size of the text shown in your Lens.Any number you enter.
    Default: 16    		See default.
    Font FamilyThe font of the text shown in your Lens.Arial
    Courier New
    Tahoma
    Times New Roman

    Default: Arial    		See default.
    Text ColourThe colour of the text shown in your Lens.Any HEX value you select.
    Default: #000000    		See default.
    Text SizeThe size of the text shown in your Lens.Any number you enter.
    Default: 16    		See default.
    Border RadiusThe roundness of your Lens' corners.Any number you enter.
    Default: 5    		See default.
    WidthThe width of your lens, which can be expressed as a Percentage (%) or in Pixels (px).Any number you enter.
    Default: 30%    		See default.
    HeightThe height of your lens, which can be expressed as a Percentage (%) or in Pixels (px).Any number you enter.
    Default: 20%    		See default.
    Horizontal PositionThe horizontal position of your lens relative to the boxes it sits in, which can be expressed as a Percentage (%) or in Pixels (px).Any number you enter.
    Default: 100%    		See default.
    Vertical PositionThe vertical position of your lens relative to the boxes it sits in, which can be expressed as a Percentage (%) or in Pixels (px).Any number you enter.
    Default: 100%    		See default.
    Background ColourThe background colour of the content displayed in your Lens.Any HEX value you select.
    Default: #FFFFFF00    		See default.
    Background ImageThe background image of the content displayed in your Lens.Any URL you enter.
    Default: (Blank)    		https://www.myenterpriselens.com/whitelabel/images/el-login-logo.svg

1.3 Favourites Menu​

Lenses and Power Lenses can now be grouped and stored in the Favourites Menu for quick and easy access, with the grouping configurable per story.

1.4 Sticky Mode​

The redesigned navigation bar houses a new Sticky Mode, located next to Association Mode.

  • Clicking any box will provide a static highlight all associated boxes
  • Both ends of associations are preserved, allowing you to click on a box currently highlighted to see what all that joins to and vice versa
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1.5 Lens Wizard​

A new menu available to all boxes allows you to quickly create data-driven associations and a premade lens according to the unique values of a lens.

1.6 Power Lens Wizard​

The Lens Wizard now supports the automatic creation of power lenses based on the unique values available to a lens, in the Edit Box form.

1.7 Expression Wizard​

Illustrators can now add complicated sums, averages, counts, and arithmetic functions across all boxes and box types through the new Expression Wizard.

1.8 Automatic Lens Grid​

Lenses can now take one of nine automatic positions within a box, and adjust itself relative to other lenses to prevent overlapping.

1.9 Default Template 4.0​

All clients have received Default Template 4.0, featuring a new Front Cover with five in-built themes, and simple inserts for corporate logos.

1.10 Lens Library 4.0​

Featuring over 300+ pre-built static lenses and the addition of conditionally formatted lenses, the Lens Library 4.0 represents the biggest feature rich collection of lenses to date.

1.11 New Right Hand Menu Abilities​

Site administrators can now grant granular access to entries in the Right Hand Menu, with each collapsible section representing a new ability to grant.

2. Improvements​

2.1 New Lens Page Editor​

Our previous BRAFT editor has been replaced with the new feature-rich Tiptap Editor, with expanded support for rich-text formatting, tables, and images.

2.2 Export Lens Pages​

In View Mode, viewers are able to export any Lens Page to a PDF for easy external viewing.

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2.3 Duplicate Illustrations​

In Project Directories, Illustrators are now able to duplicate illustrations with the new Duplicate Illustration button next to the Edit button.

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2.4 Speed and Performance​

Opening illustrations and navigating client directories have up to 80% faster load times.

2.5 Business Architecture Branding​

The Enterprise Lens logo has been updated to feature our new business architecture slogan.

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2.6 Collapsible Sections in Right Hand Menu​

All sections present in the Right Hand Menu can now be collapsed and saved on illustration exit.

2.7 Lens Groups​

There are three new groups for lenses within box types, to help separate system level lenses from business data.

3. Quality-of-Life Enhancements​

3.1 New Save before Exit Prompt​

You are now prompted to ensure you have saved all changes prior to exiting an illustration.

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3.2 MongoDB Upgrades​

Enterprise Lens is now running the latest stable release MongoDB 8.2, featuring performance uplifts and robust data storage architecture.

3.3 Typeahead for all dropdowns​

All dropdowns across Enterprise Lens now support typing ahead to filter entries.

3.4 New JSON Editor​

JSON can now be edited faster and in greater volumes through the new JSON Editor, with support for Find & Replace and Undo.

  • Find

  • Replace

  • regexp search

  • case sensitive search

  • whole word search