Banana 1.3.0

Banana 1.3.0 improves on its already powerful capability to visualize and interpret generalized time series data (banana is not only used to search log files, but also visualize social media streams, call center logs, medical records, and etc.). It starts leveraging the power of D3.js (data-driven documents) and provides new panels and enhancements, while also allowing visualization of non-time series data. Key new features include:

1. Stats and aggregations are now available in the Terms and Map panels. In addition to count mode, you can now visualize stats such as mean, max, min, sum, etc.
2. A new Range Facet panel allows you to visualize and graphically explore distributions on numeric fields, with selections being reflected across the entire dashboard.
3. A new Heatmap panel provides for visualization of the powerful pivot faceting capability of Solr.
4. A new Ticker panel provides a stock ticker like representation of trends in your time series data.
5. The Export functionality in the the Table Module has been optimized for vastly improved performance and now allows you to export only a subset of the fields in the returned documents.
6. Previous versions required a Timepicker and time fields set in all panels for them to work. We have cleaned up the code so that it will now work without a Timepicker and a time filter, which will help visualize non-time series data. The time field provided in the Timepicker is used by all panels.
7. General improvements in the UI and in-product help documentation makes Banana 1.3.0 easier to use.
8. The directory structure is now cleaned up and legacy files have been removed. Instructions for enabling CORS in Solr and for setting the schema/config for banana's internal collections are now contained in the resources directory.