Custom Visual Not Rendering

[marlonribunal]

 The custom visual I downloaded from the visual gallery stopped rendering on my report. Have you encountered this before and what did you do to resolve the issue?

As of 2/19/2016 @ 4:30, the KPI visuals in this report are not rendering

[Anonymous]

Yesterday an updated version of the KPI Indicator was published to the gallery that should solve your issues. The previous version stopped working due to a change in the api.

[youyhya]

Thanks Fred for the prompt fix.

What was the issue, and how can we prevent it from happening in the future knowing that some other custom visuals were working fine?

[Anonymous]

The issue was that MS made a change in one of the API:s available for custom visuals. If a custom visual utilized the DataRoleHelper class it needed a minor fix to make it continue to work - thats why just some of the custom visuals broke. I guess we will see a more proactive testing approach to come in the future - like automated testing routines for custom visuals after api updates.