18/07/2022 - Amplified Business Rules

The major release of ATOME: Matter features the Amplified Business Rules functionality, extended invitations validity time and many more minor updates. You will experience new options in the ATOME: Matter User Interface that are enhanced with extended possibilities bringing new and easier approaches to creating data quality checks, manage permissions and onboarding new users.

Here the main highlights of this release:

Amplified Business Rules

• New Variable Types and Constants
  Until now it was possible to define data quality checks only by selecting rows, columns, sheets or cells in tables and arrange resulting variables in test expressions. With this release users can define variables in checks as dictionary concepts, e.g., a specific metric, dimension or a data point regardless of its placement in tabular views. Such rules can be applied to all modules at once. This makes ATOME: Matter even more data centric and flexible than before.

• Transparent Rule Relations
  The user interface has been improved to provide users with better understanding on which frameworks the rules will belong and apply to. This has been achieved by providing a second navigation bar to select table-based variables and extending variable information with framework and framework version code thus enabling an easy way to design cross-framework rules.

• Advanced Error Margins Calculation
  Users are now able to flexibly indicate the method for calculating error margins using exact or interval arithmetic operators or by applying one of the available custom margin functions. This provides users with ability to flexibly specify the behaviour of validation engines rather than relying on some hard-coded logic.

• Improved User Experience
  Previously, filters narrowing down variables required users to type in the full expression, including manual resolving of concept codes and referring do ATOME: Matter documentation for the list of available options. This is now handled by the UI where users can indicate constants to be used in expression by selecting dictionary concept while the full list of functions and operator along the description and usage examples is available by clicking a help icon next to expression definition window.

• Fallback Suggestions
  To further ease definition of rules, the most common options for fallback values for variables are now accessible in a dropdown list. Users are still able to define more complex fallbacks by selecting option “Other”.

The above new features are described from the standpoint of the User Interface, however the most significant improvement to the business rules definition and language is being introduced in the backend of the application. The business rules language can now easily be extended to cover new kinds of rules, yet foreseen, as well as custom function. Moreover, the synchronization mechanism has been improved to instantly resemble any changes applied in the model (e.g., modification of concept/tables/rows/columns codes) to the business rules.

It is important to note that these changes also affect the interoperability options. Excel and database outputs now use the new syntax and have been extended with new attributes. It is still possible to import Excel files and databases using the previous syntax, this will now be converted to the new syntax upon import.

All models will be migrated and can be further edited using this new functionality. Users will be able to review their business rules and take advantage of the new features.

Other Enhancements

We are also introducing few more enhancements to the Product, the notable ones being:

• Extended Invitations Validity time
  Currently invitations to the new users in Matter are valid only for 72 hours, which puts a pressure on administrators to manually track if the invitation is accepted and chase users and resend the expired invitations manually. With this update the invitations to the new ATOME: Matter users are now valid for indefinite amount of time, eliminating the administrative overhead and allowing users to accept the invites at their own pace. Please note that the security token in the invitation link is valid for 24 hours so the users will get an additional invitation link once they click on the link in the original invitation. 

• Performance Improvements
  We are also introducing several improvements in various areas of the product’s User Interface for a more smooth and responsive user experience.