What’s New with Inforiver Writeback Matrix: Audit redesign, Writeback optimizations, priority subscriptions & more 

Capturing business insights in Power BI is easier than ever with our lineup of Data Input features, like the data import utility, conditional template rows, and enhancements to data input rules. We've also released several optimizations under the hood to make sure you have the most efficient writeback and reporting experience with Inforiver Matrix.  

In a highly collaborative environment like Inforiver Matrix, a robust audit trail is vital - we've re-designed the Audit log to a full-page, spreadsheet-style view. We also have good news for on-prem users: you can now prioritize your subscriptions in the scheduler to ensure high-impact reports get precedence. 

Explore our new range of features that make Inforiver Writeback Matrix the most powerful platform for planning, collaboration, scheduling, and writeback in Power BI.  

1. Writeback performance and data volume optimizations 
2. Scheduler: Priority for subscriptions 
3. Goal Seek for formula rows 
4. Audit log redesign and refactoring 
5. Conditional template rows 
6. Export Excel - formula index 
7. Freeze rows and columns 

Have a look at our release notes for a comprehensive list of requirements, features, and bug fixes.  

Writeback performance and data volume optimizations 

Inforiver's writeback now delivers faster writebacks and handles more data volumes - writeback up to 1 million cells with a 75% reduction in processing time. 

To trigger faster writebacks, enable the Execute Writeback using optimized approach toggle from the Admin console > Writeback Settings. This option is enabled by default from this release for both existing tenants and new tenants. This option can be disabled at any point. 

Scheduler: Priority for subscriptions 

Managing multiple report subscriptions just got easier—with the new Priority option, you can now control which subscription takes precedence. If you have bookmarks and filters in your reports, you can set individual priorities for each. The priorities set for bookmarks/filters will automatically be cascaded across all destinations. 

For dynamic subscriptions, you can source the priority from semantic models or CSV files. 

*The Priority option is available only for on-prem users.* 

Goal Seek for formula rows 

Strengthen your “what-if” analysis with Goal Seek for calculated rows. Similar to Excel’s solver function, Goal Seek will iteratively adjust the input row values to meet the target value.  If you have a calculated row that refers to data input or forecast rows, you can now use Goal Seek to automatically adjust the input rows to achieve the desired result based on the row-level formula. 

In this report, we have a Total formula row based on a native row and a forecast row. We can change values in the formula row with Goal Seek and let Inforiver do the heavy lifting to calculate and apply the required modification to the forecast row. 

Audit log redesign and refactoring 

Inforiver Writeback Matrix provides a platform for multiple teams or departments to collaborate on reports, e.g., to update budgets and forecasts or update project/approval status. A comprehensive audit log is essential to ensure accountability, data integrity, and regulatory compliance. In this release, we've completely re-hauled the audit log to make it more streamlined and easier to use. 

The audit log has been redesigned from a side pane to a full-page, spreadsheet-style view—complete with filters and dropdowns—making it easier to track and manage audits. The Data Input tab, as the name implies, captures all the changes made to data input fields. View the report-level changes in the Reports tab. 

Conditional template rows 

Inforiver Matrix delivers efficient hierarchy handling with the template rows option - insert custom rows automatically at each level of the hierarchy at one shot, without having to insert them individually. You now have additional control over which levels to create template rows in. Click the configure link in the Template conditions section. You can directly select the row categories by selecting the Simple radio button or specify filter conditions by selecting the Advanced option. 

Export Excel - formula index 

Have you ever needed to understand how a specific field was derived in an Excel export? The new Add appendix at last sheet option under Export settings includes a formula index tab in the Excel export, enabling users to easily refer to the underlying formulas used. 

Freeze rows and columns 

Navigating large reports with numerous rows and columns can make data comparison cumbersome with a significant amount of scrolling. With Inforiver Matrix, you can freeze selected rows and columns to keep key metrics in view - making analysis faster and more efficient.  

For example, to analyze the Gross Profit and Net Revenue based on US Central metrics, you can freeze the selected rows and columns from the respective row/column grippers. 

Frozen rows and columns will be retained in Excel and PDF exports: 

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