Released Exploratory Desktop v14.5!

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We released Exploratory Desktop v14.5 on March 5th, 2026! :fire:

This release includes enhancements such as “Sample function templates for AI Functions”, “LightGBM support in Analytics view”, and “Dashboard background color customization”!

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

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  • Data Science 2.0: A New Era of Text Data Analysis - Link

Please take a look below for the new features and bug fixes.

Version 14.5

Released on 03/05/2026

Enhancements

  • AI: AI Function: Added sample function templates to help get started with AI Functions.
  • AI: AI Function: Added support for excluding NA values before processing when using the 10,000-row limit.
  • AI: AI Function: Added a notice indicating the maximum number of rows is limited to 3,000 when the parallel option is disabled.
  • AI: AI Prompt: Added a hint in the dialog indicating that a data frame can be referenced using @.
  • AI: AI Prompt: Improved AI-generated steps to better use numeric calculation functions such as abs and round.
  • Data Source: CSV: Added an option to specify the maximum number of rows to import (n_max).
  • Data Source: GitHub: Added support for date range filters and other parameters when importing GitHub Issues.
  • Data Source: GitHub: Added support for filter parameters to retrieve issues older than the 10,000-issue limit.
  • Data Source: Database: Now automatically restarts the connection when Rserve becomes unresponsive.
  • Data Wrangling: Table View: Added “Copied” visual feedback when clicking the copy button in the hover popup.
  • Chart: Summarize Table: Added support for calculating the most frequent value (mode) for each group using the “Other Groups” option.
  • Chart: Number: Added support for applying different font styles independently to the main value and suffix text.
  • Chart: Table / Pivot Table / Summarize Table: Added “Copied” visual feedback when clicking the copy button in the hover popup.
  • Chart: Filter: Added an option to automatically close the filter dialog after applying a chart filter.
  • Chart: Filter: Added support for the “Between” operator for “Day of Month” date filter conditions.
  • Chart: Area: Now you can choose the stack and overlay layout mode.
  • Chart: Scatter: Added support for specifying the axis range as a time period when a date column is assigned to the axis.
  • Chart: Show Value: Changed the default label position to “Automatic.”
  • Chart: Bar: Added support for displaying bars for data points with a value of 0.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: Added support for automatically adjusting row height based on font size.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: Now exports all rows when exporting Pivot Table data, even when not all rows are rendered in the view.
  • Chart: Pivot Table / Summarize Table: Added support for vertical border lines between columns.
  • Chart: Added a shortcut menu to Y-axis column markers for quick access to column settings.
  • Chart: Disabled chart data and image export when there is no data to display.
  • Analytics: LightGBM is now available as a machine learning option in the Analytics menu.
  • Analytics: Factor Analysis: Added explanations for factor scores to help interpret results.
  • Analytics: Clustering: Removed the unused property panel from the Parallel Coordinate view.
  • Dashboard: Made it easier to select rows by supporting double-click selection in Edit mode.
  • Dashboard: Added support for changing the background color.
  • Note: Improved the style of the Table of Contents (TOC).
  • Note: The PDF print dialog is now shown in Japanese when the UI language is set to Japanese.
  • Parameter: Single Select List: Updated label text and adjusted the field position.
  • General: Automatically deletes old log files to prevent excessive disk usage.
  • General: Improved the shutdown process to more reliably clean up resources.
  • General: Added automatic restart for Rserve when it crashes unexpectedly.
  • Install: Mac: Added a check for write permissions on the Repository folder to prevent project creation errors.

Bug fixes

  • AI: AI Function: The cached step was re-executed when duplicating a data frame.
  • AI: AI Function: AI Function requests failed due to an HTTP request error.
  • AI: AI Prompt: The outlier removal feature did not work.
  • AI: AI Prompt: Full-width symbols in instructions were automatically converted to half-width symbols in the generated R script.
  • AI: AI Prompt: Time-duration (hms) values were not converted correctly.
  • AI: AI Prompt: Entering multiple lines of text caused the text to overflow from the editor area.
  • Data Source: Cloud Storage: The CSV import preview did not display columns beyond the 100th column even when the column limit was set to a higher value.
  • Data Source: Remote CSV: The file path and preview were not updated when changing the data source type.
  • Data Source: R Script: Preview data was not retained when re-opening the import dialog.
  • Data Source: GitHub: Unnecessary columns were imported after deselecting all columns and then reselecting a few.
  • Data Source: Google Spreadsheet: Data type conversion did not work correctly during import.
  • Data Source: Import: Dates in yyyy/m/d format resulted in missing values when the column was converted to a date type.
  • Data Source: Excel: The import dialog did not scroll horizontally when the file had multiple sheets and the first sheet was empty.
  • Data Source: Data types were automatically converted even when the “Automatically convert data types” option was disabled.
  • Data Wrangling: An error occurred when a step referenced the null() function.
  • Data Wrangling: Cancelling a SQL Import or Publish job took an unexpectedly long time.
  • Data Wrangling: Cancelling a data processing operation took too long.
  • Data Wrangling: Shift-clicking to select multiple steps did not work when clicking on a step token.
  • Data Wrangling: Strings containing voiced consonant marks (濁点) were not handled correctly in conditional imports.
  • Chart: Reference Line: The X-axis reference line label was duplicated when multiple Y-axis columns were selected.
  • Chart: Table: Saving a chart with a large table was very slow.
  • Chart: Table: The hover popup was cut off for long text values.
  • Chart: Color column levels disappeared when “Limit Values” was applied on the X-axis.
  • Chart: Area: The X-axis date scale was misaligned when using Repeat By.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: The Total column did not follow the sort order when columns were sorted.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: An error occurred when rendering a Pivot Table with numeric value columns.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: An error occurred when rendering certain Pivot Table configurations.
  • Chart: Pivot Table: Totals and subtotals were not included when exporting to Excel or copying to the clipboard.
  • Chart: Summarize Table: Group column values were missing after the first row when exporting to CSV.
  • Chart: Scatter: Clicking a data point did not show detail data when the Y-axis decimal digit setting was 0.
  • Chart: The Show Detail view for a logical column percentage chart displayed incorrect values.
  • Chart: Show Value: The arrow indicator was not displayed when the threshold was set to 0.
  • Chart: Show Value: Auto-positioned labels appeared at wrong positions for data points with NA values.
  • Chart: Filter / Reference Line: Disabled conditions were still shown in the chart preview.
  • Chart: Pie: The chart title was not shown on each pie when using Repeat By.
  • Chart: Scrolling to the bottom of a table and then using the mouse wheel caused the view to jump back to the top.
  • Analytics: Correlation: The correlation table was not displayed in the Analytics view.
  • Dashboard: PDF Export: Number chart sub-metrics were not formatted correctly, Pivot Table color formatting was not applied, and Map charts did not appear.
  • Note: The main metric value was incorrect when exporting a Number chart with metrics to Word.
  • Note: The search widget immediately lost focus while typing.
  • Note: Number charts were not fully displayed in a two-column layout.
  • Note: Images with absolute paths were not displayed when pasting Markdown.
  • Note: The right side content disappeared in a two-column layout.
  • Note: Map: Exporting the chart as an image failed with a “Chart image data is empty” error.
  • Note: Pasted Markdown text was not formatted correctly.
  • Note: R Code Block: Text could not be selected in the Preview tab.
  • Note: R Script Block: No output or error message was shown after running an R script block.
  • Note: The editor became blank and unresponsive for certain notes.
  • Note: Charts showed “No Data to Display” incorrectly when a note was opened.
  • Note: Exporting a note containing Number charts to Word format failed.
  • Note: Sankey Diagram: The chart appeared blank in the note preview and on the published page.
  • Note: Chord Diagram: The chart output was not returned and an error appeared in the preview.
  • Parameter: The parameter did not return the correct result when it had a dependency on a session parameter.
  • Parameter: The default parameter value did not match the value from the referenced data frame.
  • Parameter: A process would not complete when a date parameter was set to a future date.
  • Export: Excel: Exporting to Excel caused a “some content issues” error requiring the repair dialog.
  • Project: The “custom packages not found” warning was shown incorrectly when opening a project.
  • Project: Restoring from history failed due to a git index.lock file conflict.
  • Publish: Publishing content with a Database connection from an EDF or EPF file failed with a “connection not found” error.
  • General: Offline mode was not retained after restarting Exploratory.
  • General: A popup overlapped with the data frame menu when hovering over a data frame name