KX Dashboards Release Notes¶

This page details the latest updates to KX Dashboards releases, providing brief, high-level descriptions of fixes, improvements and any new features added.

V 2.24¶

Release date: 31^st August 2026

Features¶

1. Chat Agent: Analytics¶

The Chat Agent can now run analytics against dashboard data, so you can ask analytical questions in natural language and get answers in the dashboard.

Key capabilities:

Run analytics through the Chat Agent.
Use dashboard data as the basis for analytical queries.
Ask analytical questions as well as generating dashboards and asking basic questions.

User benefits:

Analyze data without writing queries by hand.
Explore datasets with natural-language requests.
Spend less time finding trends and insights.

2. Chat Agent: Conversational dashboard and platform information¶

A new Info Chat Agent option answers questions about the current dashboard and about the platform.

Key capabilities:

Ask questions about the current dashboard.
Ask questions about the platform.
Get answers without leaving the dashboard workspace.

User benefits:

Find dashboard and platform information quickly.
Search the documentation less often for common questions.
Experience a more intuitive conversational experience.

3. Chat Agent: Enable or disable the Chat Agent¶

A new Global Property turns the Chat Agent on or off.

Key capabilities:

Enable or disable the Chat Agent in Global Properties.
Control whether the Chat Agent is available in a deployment.

User benefits:

Administrators control where AI features are available.
Organizations can turn off the Chat Agent when they don't need it.

4. NLX: Identify AI-generated dashboards¶

Dashboards now record whether AI created or edited them, and show a label in the dashboard header.

Key capabilities:

Dashboards are labeled AI Generated when the Chat Agent creates them, and AI Modified when it edits an existing one.
A new Show AI Flags Global Property controls whether the labels are shown.
Dashboards record how they were created whether or not the labels are shown.

User benefits:

See at a glance which dashboards AI created or changed.
Tell AI-generated content from manually created content.
Support governance and auditing workflows.

5. NLX: API audit logging¶

NLX API activity can now be recorded in a dedicated kdb+ table.

Key capabilities:

Record NLX API requests and responses.
Store audit information in kdb+.
Monitor and analyze NLX usage.

User benefits:

See how NLX is being used.
Monitor and audit AI activity.
Query a structured data source for AI usage.

6. Skills: Handlebars helper management¶

Skills can now include a dedicated skill file for Handlebars helpers.

Key capabilities:

Define Handlebars helpers in a skill.
Tell the Chat Agent which helpers are available.
Improve how the AI generates dashboards that use templates.

User benefits:

Get better results when generating dashboards that use templates.
Get more consistent Handlebars expressions from the AI.

7. Accordion: Configurable header height¶

The Accordion component now has a header height property.

Key capabilities:

Set the height of Accordion headers.
Size headers to suit your dashboard layout.
Experience greater control over the visual presentation of Accordion components.

User benefits:

Create more consistent dashboard layouts.
Improve readability when you use Accordion components.
Better accommodate dashboards with different content and design requirements.

8. Pivot Grid: Hide aggregate columns¶

You can now hide aggregate columns in the Pivot Grid.

Key capabilities:

Hide aggregate columns when you don't need them.
Control which columns the Pivot Grid displays.
Simplify the presentation of pivoted data.

User benefits:

Create cleaner, less cluttered Pivot Grid views.
Show users only the data that matters to them.
Experience greater flexibility when designing analytical dashboards.

9. Breadcrumbs: Configurable labels and formatting¶

Breadcrumbs now support configurable labels and formatting.

Key capabilities:

Set the labels that appear in breadcrumbs.
Change breadcrumb formatting.
Experience greater control over how navigation context is presented.

User benefits:

Make dashboard navigation clearer.
Use terminology that suits your users and data.
Keep navigation consistent across dashboards.

10. ChartGL: Improved highlight rules¶

ChartGL now applies configured highlight rules correctly.

Key capabilities:

Highlight rules apply consistently to ChartGL visualizations.
Rule-based highlighting is more reliable.
Provide more predictable visual responses to configured conditions.

User benefits:

Spot important data points more easily.
Read complex visualizations more clearly.
Provide a more reliable way to draw attention to significant values or conditions.

Bug fixes¶

NLX and Chat Agent¶

Chat Agent: Prompting the Chat Agent to create a Data Grid did not work as expected.
NLX: Improved AI dashboard creation and editing behavior.

Pivot Grid¶

Pivot Grid appeared blank when navigating with a filter.
Improved handling of aggregate columns.

Charts and visualization¶

Tree Map: Full labels were not always displayed.
ChartGL: Highlight rules were not applied.

Action Tracker and Data Grid¶

Action Tracker Grids: Column filters were slightly wider than their associated columns.
QuickBase: Long-precision values could lose precision.

Configuration and Global Properties¶

Configuration Manager: Errors now provide more detailed information.
Demos were not shown by default.
Password dialog: Improved behavior when using the Return/Enter key or the OK button.

Security¶

Updated Handlebars usage to stop the Content Security Policy from triggering unsafe-eval.

IPC and data access¶

Dashboards now uses the KX IPC module, which improves integration with KX data services and makes the IPC implementation more consistent.