Released Exploratory Desktop v14.4!

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We have released Exploratory Desktop v14.4 on January 18th, 2026! :fire:

This release includes enhancements such as “PDF export for Dashboards and Notes”, “Option to keep NA values in Filter”, and “Improved stability for AI Functions”!

Please upgrade to the latest version and give it a try!

Please see below for the new features and bug fixes.

Enhancements

  • AI: AI Function: Improved stability when handling row count discrepancies between AI function results and actual data.
  • AI: AI Function: Improved handling of column names containing Japanese characters and numbers.
  • Analytics: Automatically excludes infinite values in Random Forest and XGBoost to prevent execution errors.
  • Data Source: Import & Merge: Added support for the “Not Contain”, “Not Start With”, and “Not End With” operators.
  • Data Wrangling: Filter: Added an option to retain missing values.
  • Data Wrangling: Long to Wide: Added support for one-hot encoding using Long to Wide.
  • Chart: Added an option to keep a consistent X-axis range (e.g. 1/1–12/31) across repeated year charts regardless of the actual data range.
  • Chart: Added support for specifying the number of decimal places in reference lines.
  • Chart: Filter: Added support for reordering filter conditions using drag-and-drop.
  • Chart: Chart property dialog is now draggable.
  • Chart: Map: Increased the number of columns that can be selected by label.
  • Chart: Automatically adjusts label positions to avoid overlapping characters when using Show Value.
  • Chart: Prevents text overlap when using “Show text in plot area” for reference lines.
  • Chart: Error Bar: Added an option to avoid value overlap with chart elements.
  • Dashboard: Added support for exporting multiple dashboard pages to a single PDF.
  • Note: Added support for exporting notes to PDF.

Bug fixes

  • Data Wrangling: Long to Wide: Converting to wide format failed if the value contained an empty string.
  • Data Wrangling: TF-IDF: document_id values were incorrect when calculating TF-IDF.
  • Chart: Window Calculation: When “Remove Missing Values” was enabled, values from other columns were also removed unintentionally.
  • Chart: Bar: When using Repeat By with cumulative percentage, the Y2 axis range could exceed 100%.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: Fixed performance degradation introduced since v14.
  • Chart: Radar: When categorizing values by color, selecting “same color as chart” reversed the colors.
  • Analytics: Word Count: Changed the default value of “Count combinations” to “Within document”.
  • Analytics: ARIMA: Fixed a “subscript out of bounds” error.
  • Analytics: ARIMA: Fixed a “Null model was selected” error.
  • Dashboard: Configured parameter values were not displayed.
  • Dashboard: Parameter values specified in the URL were not reflected in dashboard results.
  • Dashboard: Parameter values set via URL were not updated if execution history existed on Exploratory Server.
  • Note: Charts and images could be split incorrectly by page breaks when exporting notes to PDF.
  • General: The arrow icon direction was incorrect after restoring a window from the maximized state.