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Quick BI:Quick BI v5.5.1 Release Notes

Last Updated:Nov 28, 2025

Release date

September 3, 2025

Important

Smart Q features are currently available only in China (Hong Kong) and Malaysia sites.

Key upgrade overview

  • Smart Q

    • Chat BI

      • Chat BI now uses a multi-step, streaming, split-screen display that clearly separates the analysis process from the results.

      • Interactive rendering is added for Python result data.

      • The knowledge base now supports two new knowledge types: regular expression matching and dataset selection.

      • Key driver analysis is enhanced. You can now configure priority attribution dimensions for individual measures.

      • Chat BI now supports custom prompts for secondary interpretation.

      • You can now batch configure recommended questions for different users.

    • Agents

      • My Agents now supports integration with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio agents on the public cloud.

  • Data Modeling

    • Data Sources

      • Support is added for the Alibaba Cloud SelectDB data source.

      • Presto data sources in Trino mode now support custom weeks.

      • Built-in function support is expanded for data sources to include OceanBase, TiDB (the BI_MID function is not supported), and MariaDB.

      • The text and user interaction on the file upload interface are optimized.

    • Quick Engine

      • Quick Engine now supports flexible data lookback.

      • AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0 data sources now support the extraction acceleration feature in Spark engine mode.

    • Datasets

      • The `dayofweek` built-in function is added.

      • The Level of Detail (LOD) function is optimized for complex calculations.

  • Data Analytics

    • Visual Charts

      • The styles and configuration items for funnel charts are upgraded and optimized.

      • Tabular reports now have a global sorting mode that applies only to a single column.

    • Workbooks

      • You can now customize the display logic for custom query controls on each sheet.

      • You can now configure different cell styles for different blocks within a dataset table.

    • Advanced Calculations

      • Date accumulation now supports weekly accumulation.

  • Open Platform

    • The following OpenAPI interfaces have been updated:

      • The `QueryAuditLog` interface has new request parameters, `accessSourceFlag` and `userAccessDevice`, which are effective only when you query access logs.

Change details

  • Smart Q

    • Chat BI

      • Chat BI uses a multi-step, streaming, split-screen display to present the analysis process and results more clearly.

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      • Interactive rendering is added for Python result data.

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      • The knowledge base now supports two new knowledge types: regular expression matching and dataset selection.

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        For more information, see Manage enterprise knowledge bases.

      • Key driver analysis is enhanced. You can now configure priority attribution dimensions for individual measures.

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        For more information, see Configure key driver analysis.

      • Chat BI now supports custom prompts for secondary interpretation.

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      • You can now batch configure recommended questions for different users.

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        For more information, see Quick questions.

    • Agents

      • My Agents now supports integration with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio agents on the public cloud.

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  • Data Modeling

    • Data Sources

      • Support is added for the Alibaba Cloud SelectDB data source.

        For more information, see Alibaba Cloud SelectDB data source.

      • Presto data sources in Trino mode now support custom weeks.

        For more information, see Data Source Function Item List.

      • Built-in function support is expanded for data sources to include OceanBase, TiDB (the BI_MID function is not supported), and MariaDB.

        For more information, see Data Source Function Item List.

      • The text and user interaction on the file upload interface are optimized.

    • Quick Engine

      • Quick Engine now supports flexible data lookback.

        image

      • AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0 data sources now support the extraction acceleration feature in Spark engine mode.

        For more information, see Data Source Function Item List.

    • Datasets

      • The `dayofweek` built-in function is added.

        For more information, see Date functions.

      • The Level of Detail (LOD) function is optimized for complex calculation scenarios. The optimizations include the following:

        • Filter conditions within the function now apply only to the LOD calculation itself.

        • Some data sources now handle null values in aggregation dimensions. This allows null values to be calculated correctly.

        After this release, previously unsupported scenarios can be calculated correctly. Note that this may increase the number of data rows in your charts.

  • Data Analytics

    • Visual Charts

      • The styles and configuration items for funnel charts are upgraded and optimized.

        For more information, see Funnel chart and Comparison funnel chart.

      • Tabular reports now have a global sorting mode that applies only to a single column.111

    • Workbooks

      • You can now customize the display logic for custom query controls on each sheet.image

        For more information, see Add query controls.

      • You can now configure different cell styles for different blocks within a dataset table.image

        For more information, see Configure styles.

    • Advanced Calculations

      • Date accumulation now supports weekly accumulation, which is used to calculate the cumulative result of a specific measure within a week.

        For more information, see Date accumulation.

  • Open Platform

    • The following OpenAPI interfaces have been updated:

      • The `QueryAuditLog` interface has new request parameters, `accessSourceFlag` and `userAccessDevice`. These parameters are effective only when you query access logs.

        For more information, see QueryAuditLog - Query audit log information.