MicroStrategy ONE

Enable and Disable Auto

Enabling and disabling Auto is supported in MicroStrategy Cloud environments and starting in MicroStrategy ONE (March 2024), enabling and disabling Auto is supported on the MicroStrategy Cloud for Government platform.

Starting in MicroStrategy ONE Update 11, Dashboard authors can enable or disable Auto Dashboard, Auto Answers, and Auto SQL on multiple levels. To use the Auto features, you must have the user privilege, and the project, application, and dashboard level settings enabled.

Check out the following topics below to get started:

User Privilege

  1. Open the Workstation window with the Navigation pane in smart mode.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Users and Groups.
  3. Select an Environment from the upper-left drop-down.
  4. Click All Users or User Groups.
  5. Right-click a user or user group and choose Edit.
  6. In the left pane, click Privileges.
  7. Select the checkbox next to Use Auto Assistant and ML Visualizations.

  8. Click Save.

Project Level

  1. Open the Workstation window with the Navigation pane in smart mode.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Projects.
  3. Right-click the project that you want to enable or disable Auto and choose Properties.

    4. Choose Get Info if you are using a Mac.

  4. In the left pane, click All Settings.
  5. Click the Enable Auto Answers toggle to enable or disable the feature. The setting is disabled by default.

Application Level

  1. Open the Workstation window with the Navigation pane in smart mode.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Applications.
  3. Right-click the application that you want to enable or disable Auto and choose Edit.
  4. In the left pane, click Components.
  5. Click the Enable Auto Answers toggle to enable or disable the feature. The setting is enabled by default.

Dashboard Level

  1. Open the dashboard that you want to enable or disable Auto.
  2. Go to File > Dashboard Properties.
  3. Find Enable Auto Answers and click the drop-down.

  4. Choose from the following options. The default setting is Use Inherited Value - Project Level:
    • Use Inherited Value - Project Level
    • On
    • Off
  5. Click OK.

Test the Connection

When you run a dashboard from an application in Library Consumption, you can see Auto, only when the following criteria are met:

  • You have the Use Auto Assistant and ML Visualizations privilege.
  • Auto Answers is enabled in the application.
  • Enable Auto Answers is enabled in the dashboard. The dashboard is set to On or the dashboard is set to Use Inherited Value - Project Level and the project is set to On.