Difference between revisions of "Beta Tester Page"

Latest revision as of 21:13, 13 February 2025

The beta testing period for Analytica 6.5 has ended and Analytica 6.5 is now the current release! Please visit the Analytica Downloads page to get the latest.

Why become a beta tester?

Test drive the upcoming release 6.5 and start using its new features immediately.
Participate in webinars on tips and guides on new features.
Help improve the final release.
Check that your models work in the new release. Find any issues while they can still be fixed, ensuring a seamless transition for you and your model users when this release becomes official.

As a beta tester, we request that you

Read What's new in Analytica 6.5? for an overview of the new features.
Sign up as a beta tester by filling in the form when you run the installer.
Try out the new Analytica enhancements of interest to you.
Submit a bug report if you find an issue
Keep up-to-date with the latest beta build. Analytica will show you an alert whenever there is a new build ready to install, about every 2 weeks. We may also send you email reminders. See release notes for changes and bug fixes in each beta release.
We encourage you to retain Analytica 6.5 when you install Analytica 6.5 beta. That lets you compare their behavior if you suspect a new bug.

How to start beta-testing

The installers can be downloaded directly from the Analytica Downloads page.

Improve Analytica docs

During the alpha and beta testing period, we are still updating these Analytica Docs to reflect new features. What's new in Analytica 6.5? is the most complete listing of new features, and is also a work in progress. As we approach final release date, this information will be more complete.

As an Analytica user, you are invited to contribute to the docs! Since it's on a wiki (using Mediawiki software, just like Wikipedia), you can add or edit any content. If you find something unclear, incomplete, or just wrong, feel free to fix it yourself. Or add comments, asking someone else to. And you are welcome to add tips or interesting examples.

Known issues

If you find an issue, please let us know about it at support@lumina.com. Please see Submitting a bug report for instructions on reporting bugs.

Note: We list only the most important issues here (ones that might impact your ability to use it, or which are likely to be found and reported multiple times). We maintain a comprehensive bug base in-house, which is not accessible outside of Lumina.

FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

See Analytica User FAQs for frequently asked questions not specific to 6.5 or to beta testing.

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-[[Category: Beta testing]]
+ [[Category: Beta testing]]
+{{#svarset:betarelease|6.5}}
+{{#svarset:prevrelease|6.5}}
-<!--'''''The beta testing period for [[Analytica 5.0]] has ended as of 31 Oct 2017. [[Analytica 5.0]] has been released. This page will be updated as some point in the future when the next beta testing period starts.'''''-->
+<!--We invite you to be a beta tester of [[Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}]] if you have Analytica {{#svarget:prevrelease}} installed on your computer with an active subscription. (Sorry, not [[Analytica Free Edition]] and not a legacy permanent license). A floating license subscription works.  -->
+<!-- <span style="font-size: 20px;color:blue;">We are no longer in beta testing.</span> -->
+The beta testing period for [[Analytica {{#svarget:prevrelease}}]] has ended and [[Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}]] is now the current release!  Please visit the [https://analytica.com/support-2/analytica-downloads/ Analytica Downloads] page to get the latest.
+<!--
+The beta testing period for [[Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}]] will start very soon. Please check this page for updates.
-We invite you to be a beta tester of [[Analytica 5.1]], if you have:
+When the next release goes into beta testing, this page will be updated.
-* Have Analytica 5.0 installed on your computer with an active subscription or a license with active support. (Not Analytica Free 101).
+-->
-* Your computer has an internet connection.
-* You don't have a firewall or proxy server that prevents the installer or the update checker (AnalyticaUpdateChecker.exe) from communicating with the AnalyticaOnline.com server.
-Please email comments and bugs to [mailto:support@lumina.com support@lumina.com].
+== Why become a beta tester? ==
-== Becoming a Beta Tester ==
+* Test drive the upcoming release {{#svarget:betarelease}} and start using its [[Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}|new features]] immediately.
+* Participate in webinars on tips and guides on new features.
+* Help improve the final release.
+* Check that your models work in the new release. Find any issues while they can still be fixed, ensuring a seamless transition for you and your model users when this release becomes official.
-* [[Beta Tester Page/Becoming a Beta Tester|Becoming a Beta Tester]], includes:
+== As a beta tester, we request that you ==
-** How to become a beta tester
-** Why become a beta tester
-** Responsibilities of a beta tester
-** Contributing to the Analytica Wiki
-* [[Beta Tester Page/Submitting a Bug Report|Submitting a Bug Report]]
-== What's New in 5.1? ==
+* Read [[What's new in Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}?]] for an overview of the new features.
+* Sign up as a beta tester by filling in the form when you run the installer.
+* Try out the new Analytica enhancements of interest to you.
+* [[Beta_Tester_Page/Submitting_a_Bug_Report|Submit a bug report]]  if you find an issue
+* Keep up-to-date with the latest beta build.  Analytica will show you an alert whenever there is a new build ready to install, about every 2 weeks.  We may also send you email reminders.   See [[Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}} beta Release Notes| release notes]] for changes and bug fixes in each beta release.
+* We encourage you to retain Analytica {{#svarget:prevrelease}} when you install Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}  beta. That lets you compare their behavior if you suspect a new bug.
-* [[What's new in Analytica 5.1?]] is an overview of all the improvements since the previous 5.0 release.
+== How to start beta-testing ==
-* [[Analytica 5.1 beta Release Notes]] lists the changes in each Build of 5.1.
+<!--
+Download the installer for the latest beta build, release number 6.5.8.262, from:
+* [https://downloads.Analytica.com/ANA6.5/AnaSetup6_5_8_262.exe Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}} installer]
+* [https://downloads.Analytica.com/ANA6.5/AdeSetup6_5_8_262.exe ADE  {{#svarget:betarelease}} installer]
+These beta builds use your existing {{#svarget:prevrelease}} subscription license that is already on your computer. A separate beta license is not required.
+-->
-== Beta 5.1 downloads ==
+The installers can be downloaded directly from the [https://analytica.com/support-2/analytica-downloads/ Analytica Downloads] page.
-You can download the latest beta build, release number 5.1.0.108 from:
-* [http://downloads.Analytica.com/ANA5.1/Ana64Setup5_1_0_108.exe Analytica 64-bit]
-* [http://downloads.Analytica.com/ANA5.1/AnaSetup5_1_0_108.exe Analytica 32-bit]
-* [http://downloads.Analytica.com/ANA5.1/Ade64Setup5_1_0_108.exe ADE 64-bit]
-* [http://downloads.Analytica.com/ANA5.1/AdeSetup5_1_0_108.exe ADE 32-bit]
-<!-- The installers can be downloaded directly from the [http://www.lumina.com/support/downloads/ Lumina Downloads] page. -->
+== Improve Analytica docs ==
-== Beta Testing Licenses ==
+During the alpha and beta testing period, we are still updating these Analytica Docs to reflect new features. [[What's new in Analytica {{#svarget:betarelease}}?]] is the most complete listing of new features, and is also a work in progress. As we approach final release date, this information will be more complete.
-The installer for Analytica 5.1 beta will automatically obtain a beta-tester license if you have:
-* An individual license for Analytica 5.0 already installed on your computer.
-* An active Analytica subscription or Active support
-* An internet connection (without a firewall blocking communication with the AnalyticaOnline.com server).
-In these case, the installer obtains the necessary beta license automatically and you need  do nothing more. It finds the 5.0 license on your computer, and uses that info to lookup your active support information on the Lumina server.
+As an Analytica user, you are invited to contribute to the docs! Since it's on a wiki (using Mediawiki software, just like Wikipedia), you can add or edit any content.  If you find something unclear, incomplete, or just wrong, feel free to fix it yourself. Or add comments, asking someone else to.  And you are welcome to add tips or interesting examples.
-To be a useful beta tester, you need to update to new builds during the beta testing period. The update checker will download the new builds and inform you when they are ready to be installed. If you don't keep up-to-date with new beta builds when they are posted, your beta license will expire before the beta testing period has ended.
+== Known issues ==
-If you use a centrally-managed license for Analytica (e.g., a floating license), the installer should still be able to obtain a beta license  automatically, assuming you have active support and an internet connection.
-If you use a floating license with active support and want to install a 5.1 beta license on the RLM server for easy use by anyone in your organization, please contact us via support@lumina.com.
-Free 101 users do not have the option to beta test.
-If you have a firewall that blocks communication, you will need to reconfigure it to allow communication with the AnalyticaOnline.com server for both the installer process (whose filename changes slightly from release to release) and for the process AnalyticaUpdateCheck.exe. Please note that no information about your own models, or other sensitive information is transmitted. Information that is transmitted may include your license name, host id(s), user id, OS version, activation key, version installed or being installed. Downloaded information may include alert text and the download of new beta installers.
-<!-- If you do not already have an Analytica license, or if your support is not currently active, you may test drive the Analytica Free 101 edition.  You will be able to create models of up to 101 objects. Use the above installers, but select Free 101 during the installation. -->
-<!--Beta licenses are not currently available since we are not in an active beta testing cycle at this time.-->
-==== Problems acquiring a beta license ====
-If the installer fails to automatically acquire a beta 5.1 license, please include a screenshot of the third page of the installer when reporting this to support@lumina.com. The third page is titled '''Analytica Automatic Beta Licensing''' and looks like this:
-:[[image:BetaLicenseNotAcquired.png]]
-The specific error illustrated here occurs if your computer does not have an internet connection, or if you have a firewall that blocks communication on IP port 80 between the installer and the AnalyticaOnline.com server. For this particular error, you'll need to reconfigure your firewall to allow communication on port 80 by the installer program and the AnalyticaUpdateChecker.exe program (which is a component that will be installed) with the AnalyticaOnline.com server.
-If it skips this page entirely and goes directly to the '''License Information''' page, it means that it did not find any already installed valid 5.0 license on your computer. If this occurs and you have Analytica 5.0 (Professional, Enterprise or Optimizer) installed on your computer, and are able to use it, then this would appear to be a bug that you should report to support@lumina.com (please include info about your 5.0 license to help us debug). If you don't have Analytica 5.0 installed on this computer, then that is the problem since that is a requirement for beta testing 5.1.
-If the error is that you don't have an active subscription or active support, then you aren't eligible to beta test, or you can contact us if you believe this to be in error.
-=== Having both Analytica 5.0 and Analytica 5.1 beta installed ===
-We encourage you to keep Analytica 5.0 installed on your computer when you install Analytica 5.1 beta. Both can co-exist on the same computer with no problem. Having both installed makes it possible to compare behavior between the two if you suspect a new bug.
-=== [[Analytica 5.1 beta Release Notes| Release Notes]] ===
-See [[Analytica 5.1 beta Release Notes| release notes]] for what's changed in each beta release. It lists new features and fixes to significant problems.
-=== Known issues ===
 If you find an issue, please let us know about it at <code>support@lumina.com</code>. Please see [[/Submitting a Bug Report|Submitting a bug report]] for instructions on reporting bugs.
-Note: We will list only the most important issues here (ones that might impact your ability to use it, or which are likely to be found and reported multiple times). We maintain a comprehensive bug base in-house, which is not accessible outside of Lumina.
+'''Note:''' We list only the most important issues here (ones that might impact your ability to use it, or which are likely to be found and reported multiple times). We maintain a comprehensive bug base in-house, which is not accessible outside of Lumina.
 == FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions ==
-See [[Analytica User FAQs]] for frequently asked questions not specific to 5.1 or to beta testing.
+See [[Analytica User FAQs]] for frequently asked questions not specific to {{#svarget:betarelease}} or to beta testing.