Feature flags

In this article, you will learn about the features in CluedIn that you can turn on or off as needed.

Since not all features are suitable for every business use case, they are stored separately in Administration > Feature Flags. This allows you to turn on only those features that are most relevant to your needs. However, you are free to try out any feature and see how it works for yourself.

Turning on these features is safe and will not cause any disruptions to your data or affect the stability of your instance of CluedIn. If you encounter any issues or do something wrong while using these features, remember that you can always revert your actions.

Manage feature flags

On the Administration > Feature Flags page, you can enable or disable features individually or manage multiple feature flags at the same time.

Enable or disable feature flags in bulk

If you need to change several feature flags, you can use the bulk controls instead of updating each feature separately.

Bulk management is useful when:

Preparing a new environment and enabling a standard set of features.
Aligning feature configuration between environments.
Turning off several experimental or unused features.
Reducing the amount of repetitive configuration work for administrators.

To enable or disable feature flags in bulk

On the navigation pane, go to Administration > Feature Flags.
Select the feature flags that you want to update.
Choose the bulk action to Enable or Disable the selected feature flags.
Confirm the change if prompted.

The selected feature flags are updated together.

Before enabling or disabling multiple feature flags, review the status and purpose of each selected feature. Some features can be intended only for test environments or specific use cases.

Hide enabled feature flags

If your organization has many feature flags enabled, you can hide the flags that are already enabled.

This makes it easier to focus on features that are still available to enable, particularly in environments where a large number of production features have already been turned on.

Hiding enabled feature flags only changes what is displayed on the Feature Flags page. It does not disable the features or change their configuration.

To show the enabled feature flags again, turn off the option that hides enabled features.

Each feature has a status to indicate the state of the feature’s readiness for production. The following table provides a description of each feature status.

Feature status	Description
Deprecated	The feature is no longer recommended for use, and it will be eventually removed in future versions.
Development	The feature is in the process of development. It has been tested but not yet validated. You can turn on such feature only in the test environment. You might encounter issues or bugs when using such feature.
Alpha	The feature is in the process of validation. You can turn on such feature only in the test environment. You might encounter issues or bugs when using such feature.
Beta	The feature has been partially validated and tested; no user documentation has been prepared yet. You can turn on such feature only in the test environment. To make sure the feature works as expected, we use this feature with selected customers in the production environment.
Release Candidate	The feature has been validated and thoroughly tested, but it still might have some outstanding minor issues. You can turn on such feature only in the test environment.
Production	The feature has passed all validations and tests and can be used in the production environment. If the feature has this status and is still listed on the Feature Flags page, it means that this feature might not be suitable for all business use cases. So, you can turn it on if you need it for your specific use case.

If you want to use a feature in the production environment, but the feature status is other than Production, reach out to CluedIn support at support@cluedin.com and we’ll help you do it.