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@mcoles mcoles released this 05 Nov 08:15
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v2.0.0
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Whew! Well, we're proud to say that VizAlerts 2.0 is out (just in time for TC16 in Austin!), and has the following new and changed features:

Improved Administration

  • Most of the administrator configuration in VizAlerts is now handled by editing a view on Tableau Server, rather than in the yaml file. This change means that you’ll now have nearly unlimited flexibility in defining alert restrictions.
  • Added config options around SSL certificate validation

Easier Advanced Alert Configuration

  • The fields used in Advanced Alerts no longer need to be exact! “Email To *, “Email To”, or “Email To Two 2” will all be recognized as containing the To email addresses.
  • This also means you can set up alerts with different content using a single datasource, simply by copying the fields and changing the names for use in a different sheet.

Faster

  • VizAlerts is now multi-threaded, which allows it to gracefully scale to process large numbers of alerts in a timely fashion. Scale it up to however much your Tableau Server can handle.

SMS support

  • VizAlerts is no longer restrained to just sending email! It can now use the Twilio service to send SMS messages.
    These are configured in an Advanced Alert with the new “SMS Action” fields. These can be used separately from the Email fields, or together if you wish to send both an email and an SMS.
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