Inforiver Writeback Matrix Aug 2025 - v4.6

1. New Operator Options

In Infobridge now you have more options to filter your rows with, under the Transform tab.

_{Options added under the operator dropdown.}

2. Refresh Update

In Infobridge refresh button is disabled until the completion of the ongoing refresh request.

_{Infobridge refresh update.}

3. Configuring the Expiration Time of Refresh Token in Minutes

You now have more control over when your refresh tokens expire. You can now customize the refresh token's expiration time to minutes instead of days. The minimum expiration time for the refresh token is now 60 minutes, down from one day.

For this, open the Admin Portal > Navigate to Settings. Under the General tab, go to Configurable Expiration Time and set the Refresh Token in minutes.

_{Refresh token time set to a minimum of 60 minutes.}

4. SnowFlake Key Pair Authentication

Writeback Matrix is now more secure. In addition to the OAuth authentication in Snowflake, we now provide Key Pair Authentication. To do this, click WriteBack > Add New Destination > Snowflake.

Select the Authentication type as Key Pair. Follow the Key Pair Authentication help guide in the right panel to set up the destination, and then click Save Destination.

_{Add New Destination showing Key Pair Authentication.}

5. Scheduling Using Tag from External API Tools

You can now bulk schedule and trigger them all at once using the new 'Tag' option added in the subscription page.

To create a new Tag go to 'Admin Portal' > 'Settings' > 'Tag' . Click Add Tag and enter the tag name and choose a Tag color.

_{Creating a new Tag.}

Now while creating a New subscription, add the Tag created to your subscription.

_{Adding Tag to a subscription.}

Now get the subscription link from the 'My Subscription' > 'Summary tab' > Details

_{Subscription link}

Generate an API token for the created tag 'Admin Portal' > 'Settings' > 'API Token'. Create API Token and click 'Generate' and copy the link.

_{Api Token Generation.}

Now you can trigger the tag by scheduling it using Postman and pasting the subscription link near post and the API token link under value after giving proper authorization and click send.

_{Trigger Tag Scheduling.}

6. Scheduling an Empty Report

Write back matrix now lets you schedule, export, and download a report with empty records.

You can now schedule and export a report without any values. This is done by checking the 'Include Empty Records to Export' check box under 'My subscriptions' in the Admin console, which is unchecked by default.

_{Include Empty Records to Export is enabled.}

The image below is an example of a scheduled empty report.

_{Empty Excel Report.}

7. Dynamic Referencing of Sibling's child in Templated Rows.

You can now reference a sibling's child in Templated Rows. A Dynamic reference feature has been included, which enables you to reference the siblings' child row values while inserting calculated template rows. Through this dynamic referencing, the value gets auto-populated depending on the Parent class.

In the image below, we refer to the value of 'Juices' under the 'Beverages category', for the inserted Template rows. This value is reflected in the inserted template rows across all the sibling categories within the same sub-region. In this case, Beverages and Water, in the sub-region 'APAC'.

When we check the values of the inserted Templated rows within the sub-region 'EMEA' we see the values are dynamically referring to the 'Juices' under 'Beverages' within 'EMEA'.

When we check within the United States region, under the central sub-region, the siblings Beverages and Water contain a new templated row whose value dynamically refers to the value of Juice under Beverages within the same sub-region.

8. Hidden Row Dimensions are available.

You can now view the hidden row dimension under the 'Manage Columns' options in your 'Measure on Rows layout', which was previously unavailable. You can unhide the row dimension by checking box.

_{The hidden dimension is displayed under the Manage Rows in the Measure on Rows Layout.}

9. Displaying Variables Labels

Variable names are now automatically displayed by default in the writeback matrix visual when a variable is defined. The Show Label in Variables panel is auto-checked when a variable is defined. You can uncheck this option while defining a variable to hide the label name.

_{Show Label in Variables Panel is auto-checked}

_{The variable name is being displayed.}

10. Variables Formula Editor can be Maximized.

You can now maximize the formula editor when defining the button variable by clicking the expand icon near Execute Script.

_{Formula Editor is maximized in the Define variable.}

11. Pivoting using variables

You can now manage your pivots using variables. Pivot and Variables are linked by using the toggle button while defining the variables.

_{Enable the Region of Sales variable to Pivot by Region.}

_{Disable the Region of Sales variable to Pivot by City.}

12. Copy values from one Filter context to another.

You can now copy values from one filter context to another easily for your data input measures with the new Copy Context Filter option added under the 'Filter Context' icon in the measure section of the Insert tab.

In the 'Copy Filter Context' pop-up, select the Source and the destination and copy values. Here, we have used Super-filter to filter the regions on the right side pane.

In the image below, the values from Canada is copied to France.

_{Copy Filter Context.}

13. Rephrasing the Insert row as Create Row

Insert rows are now rephrased as Create rows when Data input rows are created. In the Insert Row panel under Row settings, the labels and its descriptions are rephrased as Create rows instead of Insert Rows.

Rephrased Labels are shown.

14. Column filter made smarter – filters text too.

A New and Smart Filter Feature has been added, which detects the text data type within the Measure Column and displays the filter options accordingly.

15. Conditional Formatting

New and improved direct comparison of the texts in Data input measures is now possible using Conditional Formatting.

_{Comparison of 2 Data input measure columns are shown.}

16. Semantic Formatting

You can now retain your custom formatting elements like units, currencies, percentages, or placeholder symbols, while applying semantic formatting by enabling the Apply Measure Formatting toggle. Notice how the percentage symbols from the source data are retained even when semantic formatting is applied.

Semantic formatting symbols like +, -, or ( ) will not be applied; only positive and negative colors will be applied.

_{Percentage symbols are retained when semantic formatting is applied}

_{Formatting is retained in reading view.}

17. Configuration

Write back matrix now allows you to configure capture and restore all the visual content of the report while exporting the report through the Config option in the Backup section, such as

• Custom rows

• Custom columns

• Forecast measures

• Conditional Formatting applied

• Writeback

_{Restoring inserted Rows in Restore config.}

Except for

• Infobridge measures

• Scheduled backup measure

All other customisations applied to the visuals can be configured and restored, which will be backed up and made available in the new visual.

Enhancements

1. Auto writeback performance has been enhanced.

2. The commenting feature has been optimised for improved and efficient performance with enhanced user access control.

3. The writeback icon is now made available always, even during cell selection. Now you don't have to press escape or outside to view the writeback option. Writeback is made available both on the toolbar and the floating toolbar.

4. In Admin portal URL the trailing backslash is appended automatically to the environment variable, even if the user forgets to add the backslash at the end of the URL while configuring the environment variable. This saves the user the trouble of restarting the engine every time the backslash is missed.

5. The format applied by the report author is retained. Users cannot delete the formatting applied to the cells in the reading view. The Reset Format option is removed from the reset format icon.

6. When login fails, the error text message has been updated to contact the Inforiver admin.