What's new in Sigma

Data apps

If/else control flow in action sequences (GA)

If/else control flow is now generally available.

Use if/else statements to create dynamic workflows within action sequences. If/else control flow adds flexibility to a sequence by allowing it to check one or more conditions and execute actions for the first condition that evaluates to true.

Key advantages of using an if/else control flow:

• Simplify action workflows by consolidating multiple conditions into a single sequence. See an example use case with and without if/else.
• Set conditions that reference results of previous actions in the sequence, including called stored procedures. See an example sequence that calls a stored procedure then uses the returned value to apply different logic in the if/else statement.
• Prevent workflow errors and incomplete logic by using an else component to define a default action path.

For more information, see Build if/else control flow in an action sequence.

Embeds

Copy paste elements across embedded content

Sigma now supports copy pasting elements from one embed to another. To support this in embedded content, update your iframe to allow copy paste actions. For example:

<iframe src="<embed URL>" allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write">

You can only copy paste from and to embedded content with this iframe configuration. For more details, see Manage iframes for embeds.

Workbook features

Add user-added text translations for default locales

You can now add user-added text translations for both default and non-default locales in a workbook. Previously, uploading and downloading user-added text translations was only supported for non-default locales.

For more information, see Manage workbook localization.

Updated Exports tab in Administration

The Exports tab in Administration has been updated with additional functionality and information. You can now:

• Filter export schedules by when they were last run.
• Retry errored exports.
• View additional information like when your export was last run and the current status of each scheduled export.

See Manage organization schedules.

Version tagging for input tables (Beta)

You can apply version tags to documents that contain input tables, creating a copy of the input table data in the tagged version. Optionally, you can create the copy on a different connection than the original input table. For more information, see Use input tables with version tagging.

Version tagging for warehouse views (Beta)

You can create warehouse views from a tagged version of a workbook or data model. By creating a warehouse view from a tagged version, you can maintain a stable query for a virtual table in your warehouse, regardless of changes made to the published version. For more information, see Use warehouse views with version tagging.

Bug fix

• On Snowflake connections, using the specifier %A in the format argument of the DateFormat function returned the abbreviated name for the day of the week. Now, it returns the full name for the day of the week as expected. To return the abbreviated day, use the specifier %a.