Release notes 24

Applies to: Dataedo 24.x (current) versions, Article available also for: 23.x

Dataedo 24.4 (December 4th, 2024)

  1. Data Quality
  2. Badges
  3. System level Lineage in Portal
  4. Custom Fields management via Portal
  5. Workflows improvements
  6. New connectors
    • Purview
    • Cloudera
  7. Connectors improvements
    • SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Multidimensional data lineage improvements
    • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) data lineage improvements
    • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) data lineage improvements
    • Power BI data lineage improvements
    • Azure Data Factory (ADF) improvements
    • Salesforce descriptions
    • SQL Parser and Data Lineage improvements
    • Oracle (PL/SQL) procedures and functions parsing
    • Import speed improvement
  8. More Public API endpoints
  9. UX/UI improvements in Portal

Dataedo 24.3.2 (November 21st, 2024)

Bugfixes and improvements:

Qlik:

  • 'Method "OpenApp" time out' error fix.
  • '0 imported objects' problem fix.

PostgreSQL:

  • The "Unable to add object to ignored Error mapping types" error fix.

SQL Server:

  • The 'sysjobsteps' permissions error fix.

Tableau:

  • Filtering by top-level projects has been enabled.

ADF:

  • General lineage improvements.

Dataedo 24.3.1 (October 28th, 2024)

Bugfixes and improvements:

  1. Qlik On Prem:
  • Connection fixed when host ends with '/' character.
  1. Redshift:
  • S3 to Redshift lineage added.
  • Lineage from COPY INTO.
  1. Power Bi:
  • "Operation returned an invalid status code 'NotFound'" error fix.
  • "Unable to synchronize data lineage" error fix.
  1. Athena:
  • "Column 'v.tables_schema' cannot be resolved or requester is not authorized" crash fix and performance fixes.
  1. Oracle:
  • Import preformance improvements.
  1. Desktop:
  • "Error while inserting value of the 'sessions' record" error fix.
  • "Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'new object')" error fix.
  • Profiling type selection fix.
  1. Portal:
  • Tooltip's background color fixed.

Dataedo 24.3 (October 10th, 2024)

  1. New homepage in Portal
  2. Data Lineage improvements in Portal
  3. Data Quality Insights
  4. Steward Hub suggestions in Portal
  5. System Overview Dashboard
  6. Bookmarking objects in Portal
  7. Multiple tasks of the same type in Scheduler
  8. Fivetran connector
  9. SAP BusinessObjects BI connector
  10. IBM z/OS Custom Connector
  11. Importing basic table statistics
  12. SQL Parser and Data Lineage improvements in Dataedo Desktop
  13. Snowflake connector improvements
  14. Qlik Sense On-Premise connector
  15. Lineage improvements for SSIS
  16. Databricks improvements
  17. Power BI improvements
  18. Power BI reports usage
  19. Sharepoint Lists connector
  20. Azure Service Principal authentication
  21. Bulk add Glossary Entries including Custom Fields
  22. Ability to load definitions from excel file into glossary
  23. Security enhancements
  24. License update

Dataedo 24.2.7 (September 12th, 2024)

Bugfixes:

  1. Data Lineage import - Error while getting data flow columns fixed.
  2. The "System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing" login error fix.
  3. Saving changes while using CTRL + HOME shortcut fix.
  4. XSS vulnerability on the home page of portal fix.
  5. HTML injection fix on the community.
  6. Tableau import: only the first sheet of a dashboard imported fix.
  7. The "The connection was recovered and row count in the first query is not available." crash fix while deleting the ERD node.

Dataedo 24.2.6 (August 28th, 2024)

  1. The "Unable to synchronize data lineage. Nullable object must have a value" import error fix.
  2. DBT:
    • Endpoint selection control added in the connection control.
    • Parsing BigInteger API response improvements.
  3. Qlik Sense: the "String or binary data would be truncated in table 'tmp_import_columns" crash fix.
  4. Snowflake: Better shared databases handling in the import process to avoid import exceptions.
  5. Tableau: Tableau Cloud import issue fix for "The HTTP request failed with status code GatewayTimeout" exception while using Tabelau Bridge.
  6. Fix saving login value in the sessions repository table from desktop application.

Dataedo 24.2.5 (August 6th, 2024)

Bugfix:

  1. Fix import crashes while importing changes from procedures with deleted process. Error code: "Error in transaction occurred while processing method! Method name: "

Dataedo 24.2.4 (July 30th, 2024)

Bugfixes and improvements:

Desktop:

  1. Data lineage import performance improvements.
  2. Profiling performance improvements.
  3. ERD - fix crashes while saving the ERD diagram.
  4. Fix the 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object' crash while selecting nodes on the navigation tree.
  5. Lookup values - better list sorting.
  6. AI description column visibility fix on glossary grid.
  7. Fix disappearing nested areas while moving to different domains.
  8. Allow to recalculate lineage using the 'Reimport all included objects' option.
  9. HTML export - better areas sorting on the navigation tree.
  10. Scheduler:
    • Recognition, if service is already installed, has been improved.
    • The 'Error while opening execution details: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' error fix.
    • Changed the Dataedo Agent installer. No providing of port needed. Enabling of the Hangfire dashboard on demand by manually editing the settings file.

Connectors:

  1. Fivetran connector added.
  2. SQL Server - 'Invalid owner passed to DefaultDesktopHandler' error fix.
  3. Percona - SSL connection fix.
  4. Vertica - Freeze on import step fix.
  5. Tabelau - Fix of the 'Timeout of X millis was reached' error.
  6. Mongo DB - Fix of 'Collection names must be non-empty and not contain the null character' & 'Duplicate element name 'status'' errors.
  7. Oracle - The 'NullReferenceException' error fix.
  8. IBM Db2LUW - Fix retrieving the database version.
  9. Power BI - The 'Operation returned an invalid status code 'NotFound'' error fix.
  10. Databricks - Improvements in data lineage creation from external locations.
  11. Azure SQL - SQL Parsing step performance improvements.

Dataedo 24.2.3 (July 16th, 2024)

Bugfix:

  1. Fix for connecting to the repository using the SSH

Dataedo 24.2.2 (June 24th, 2024)

Bugfixes and improvements:

Portal:

  1. Fix null exception while opening linked column view/side panel.
  2. Fix 404 error while opening report column view.
  3. Added new OpenAI models - GPT-4 Turbo and Omni.

Desktop:

  1. Parsing procedures scripts improvements.
  2. Added alphabetical sorting to the domains linking popup.
  3. Added auto showing task/execution details when double-clicking a row in Scheduler Dashboard.
  4. Fix URI format exception when opening Lineage explorer.

Connectors:

  1. Fix null exception while importing changes for Azure Data Factory.
  2. Fix argument exception while importing changes for SSRS.

Dataedo 24.2.1 (June 11th, 2024)

Portal:

  1. Fix crash when saving SMTP configuration from appsettings to the repository.
  2. Fix missing glossaries in the list created by the user (users have edit permissions to newly created glossaries by default).
  3. Fix application cache refresh when the user logs in to the application.

Desktop:

  1. Fix scheduler schema permissions.
  2. Fix timeout on saving table after bulk editing of column descriptions.
  3. Fix null exception while pasting values into multiple rows.
  4. Saving ERD links fix.
  5. Steward Hub - progress percent display fix.
  6. Copying permissions of domain/area while copying the object.

Connectors:

  1. Tableau Reporting - fix crash during importing columns.
  2. Tableau - "The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool" error fix.
  3. Databricks - "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." error while building lineage fix.

Dataedo 24.2 (June 3rd, 2024)

  1. Scheduler
  2. Workflows
  3. Public API
  4. Data Lineage improvements
  5. Steward Hub
  6. Qlik Sense Cloud connector
  7. REST API (OpenAPI) connector
  8. Oracle E-Business Suite connector
  9. Apache Atlas integration
  10. Amazon QuickSight connector
  11. Connector improvements: Snowflake, SSIS, SSAS Tabular, PowerBI, Azure Data Factory and Synapse Pipelines
  12. Filtering, sorting and pagination
  13. Import process improvements
  14. AI generated descriptions in Desktop
  15. New built-in classification (PIPEDA)
  16. UX improvements

Dataedo 24.1.4 (March 11th, 2024)

Bugfixes and improvements:

  1. SAML - fix for external email address (Dataedo Portal)
  2. The "Cannot find object cache_permissions_repository object" crash fix (Dataedo Portal)
  3. The "Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. The wait operation timed out." crash fix (Dataedo Portal)
  4. CMD import fix, for imports with filters in SQL Server
  5. Import timeout improved for Snowflake
  6. Import fix after changes of Dynamic tables type in Snowflake API
  7. Datatype truncation error fixed in Databricks
  8. The "Null Reference Exception" crashes while getting columns fixed in Databricks
  9. The "('.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character" crash fix in SSRS

Dataedo 24.1.3 (February 27th, 2024)

  1. Fix for command line import crash
  2. Power BI - Report Server URL generator fixed
  3. Power BI - Better import support when the user does not have access to Dataflows in the Workspace
  4. Power BI - "Data Lineage - column-level lineage marked as deleted" fixed
  5. Stored procedures parsing improvements (Synapse Analytics Database and others)
  6. Interface tables - fix for removing structures during import changes
  7. Scanning SQL Jobs is now optional during the import - better handling for users without permission to see jobs
  8. Import from Excel file crash fix
  9. Import Redshift - "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.." crash fix
  10. Import Databricks - better handling in case no pipelines were found
  11. Import ODBC/Custom connectors - dependencies import fix
  12. Fix for hidden navigation tree after minimizing the application with upgrade bars.
  13. "Parent of class DataDomain with id X can not be converted to a domain" crash fix

Dataedo 24.1.2 (February 6th, 2024)

  1. A fix in data lineage building for the SSAS Multidimensional connector
  2. SSIS import fix for message 'Unable to synchronize objects Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'key')'
  3. Fix for crash while exporting HTML for users without permissions to create a custom export template directory in Documents folder
  4. Fix for crash occuring after selecting Paste Metadata connector in version 24.1

Dataedo 24.1.1 (February 1st, 2024)

  1. Azure SQL Database connector didnt't detect changes at column level during import changes
  2. Steward Hub crashed for SQL Server 2016 and older
  3. Data lineage was not updated with CMD import
  4. Data Lineage diagram improvements
  5. Saving the refresh profiling file crashed when the database didn't have saved password
  6. Power BI - import fix for reports with external dataset
  7. SSIS Multidimensional - changes in object names to better represent source objects
  8. Improvements in detecting linked sources for objects and building data lineage based on connections from those linked sources

Dataedo 24.1 (January 18th, 2024)

  1. Statuses
  2. Steward Hub
  3. New/improved connectors:
    • PowerBI
    • Databricks
    • SSAS Multidimensional
    • SSIS
    • Microsoft Dynamics365
    • Azure Data Factory
    • Neo4j
  4. Jobs and sequences import
  5. Import changes for structures
  6. Improved Data Lineage in Dataedo Portal
  7. Licensing in Dataedo Portal
  8. New authentication options in Dataedo Portal
  9. Spellcheck in Dataedo Desktop
  10. Administration console migrated to Dataedo Desktop
  11. Paste Metadata (Interface Tables) in Dataedo Desktop