Yandex DataLens release notes: April 2025

• Changes in basic features
• Mobile version updates
• Changes available with the Business service plan

Changes in basic featuresChanges in basic features

UI changesUI changes

• Added the ability to copy ID for all object types in one of the following ways:

  • Click → Copy ID on the navigation page or in the object editing window.
  • In the Linked objects window, click → Copy ID next to the object.

• Fixed an issue where a new page opened on clicking Notifications. Now the DataLens message window opens.

• Updated the appearance of the empty object list that opens via the navigation bar on the left.

  Empty list of connections

  

Changes in connectionsChanges in connections

Added a connection to Yandex SpeechSense.

Fixes in datasetsFixes in datasets

Now when you create a dataset, the Sources tab opens, and when you edit it, the Fields tab opens.

Fixes in chartsFixes in charts

• You can show a particular area on the map using the Center and Scale settings.
• Fixed an issue where sorting on the layer with a line chart was not working in a combined chart.
• In the wizard, fixed an issue where the date format was reset after changing the field type setting from Date to Date and time or back.
• In charts with hierarchy, fixed incorrect operation of filter query on clicking a value with quotes.
• Fixed incorrectly built polylinear map with empty (null) values.
• Optimized rendering time in pivot tables when using chart filtering by charts.
• Fixed misalignment of text in table cells if using locked columns without pagination.
• Fixed incorrect display of table with locked columns and scroll.
• Added quotes for values when exporting a chart in CSV format.

Versioning changesVersioning changes

• Chart, dashboard, and report versioning is available only to users with editing rights for these objects. The draft alert is also available only to users with the right to edit the object.
• If there is a draft version of the chart, you can open it right away if you add the unreleased=1 parameter to the URL.

Tooltip in markupTooltip in markup

Added the ability to use the TOOLTIP markup function to add a small tooltip to text or the result of other markup functions.

Dashboard changesDashboard changes

• Fixed incorrect operation of the state parameter in the URL for public dashboards.

• Changed the appearance of the widget pinning area:

  • The background of the pinning area and the button used to hide/show the bottom area have become more visible.
  • The pinning area is not displayed if there are no widgets in it.
  • The upper area has the same width as the rest.
  • You can pin widgets of any height in the upper area (previously only single-line widgets could fit there).

• Fixed an issue where the order of headings in the table of contents was broken if you placed a heading in the widget pinning area.

Changes in Yandex DataLens settingsChanges in Yandex DataLens settings

Hid some Yandex DataLens settings for users without the datalens.admin role:

• Changing your service plan.
• Customization settings.
• Adding and editing color palettes.
• Disabling navigation through directories.
• Enabling workbooks.
• Managing the ability to configure public access.

Service plans and color palettes can be viewed by any user without making any changes.

Mobile version updatesMobile version updates

Fixed an issue where the chart legend would not scroll in the mobile version.

Changes available with the Business service planChanges available with the Businessservice plan

Changes in EditorChanges in Editor

• Fixed an issue that occurred when opening a chart for editing in Editor with the _embedded parameter in the URL. Previously, if the _embedded=1 parameter was present in the URL, the chart would not display the contents of the tabs.
• Switched Editor to UTC time zone. This will allow users to get a predictable result from the new Date() function.
• In the Editor.wrapFn function, removed the nesting restriction for custom arguments.
• Fixed an error of processing non-string parameters in Editor.

Changes in reportsChanges in reports

• In reports, added auto-scrolling of the selectors section when adding a widget.
• For the Community service plan in the workbook interface, the display of the Create report button has been corrected on the All objects tab.