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Holistics is adding governance to the AI layer it spent the summer building.

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◆Current state
Holistics ships small, frequent notes - often one or two sentences - covering three strands at once: AI features in Explore and Chat, as-code control over presentation through AML, and workspace hygiene like file history and dark mode. The August entries turn to the AI layer's edges rather than its capabilities, with an AI user attribute for restricting what the assistant can reach. Several entries are barely a line long, so scope frequently has to be read from the headline.
◆Where it's heading
The AI work has moved through a recognizable sequence: capability first with chart suggestions, then observability with AI Chat Insights for admins, and now access control with an AI-specific user attribute. Alongside it, Holistics keeps pulling presentation into AML - custom charts, theme palettes, currency formats - so the things analysts used to click are versioned as code. File history is the join between the two threads, giving every dashboard, model, and dataset its own restorable timeline.
◆Prediction
With capability, visibility, and access control now in place for the AI layer, the next step is likely audit or policy depth - logging what the assistant answered against which data - rather than new AI surfaces.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    AI user attribute restricts AI access to sensitive data

    An AI user attribute is now available for limiting what the assistant can reach in sensitive datasets. The note is a single line with no detail on how the attribute is scoped or enforced, but it is the third beat in the AI sequence - after capability and admin visibility comes restriction.

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  2. 16d ago

    Custom currency and unit formats, per field

    Custom currencies and units can be set per field through the GUI or directly in AML, with Bitcoin given as the example. Another piece of presentation moved into code, matching the pattern set by custom charts and theme palettes.

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  3. 19d ago

    File history: per-file version timeline and restore

    Every dashboard, model, and dataset gets its own version timeline showing who changed what and why, with restore scoped to that file rather than reverting everyone's work. In an as-code BI tool this is the safety net that makes the code-first workflow usable by people who are not managing branches.

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  4. 22d ago

    Custom charts become AML code with GUI authoring

    Custom charts now live in AML, definable as code or through a GUI with live preview against real data. It closes a gap where visualization was the part of Holistics that could not be versioned alongside the models feeding it.

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  5. 23d ago

    Color palettes can be assigned at the theme level

    Palettes move up from individual widgets to the theme, following the same consolidation as KPI metric styling a month earlier. The entry is two lines and does not list what the update enables.

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  6. 27d ago

    Date-range presets and typed shorthands

    Date range selection gains presets and typed shorthands, replacing a choice between manual calendar navigation and knowing the exact phrase to type. Small, but it sits on the most-used control in any dashboard.

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