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7.1.4 Release Notes
Improvements
1 | Don't Show Any Label in Infographic Table Widgets for Data with Null Values | DAP-36351 |
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| Null cells are displayed as blank in tables and pivot tables. This includes empty date cells displaying as empty instead of showing "Invalid Date". |
2 | Improve the Blurb next to Group Membership Attribute | DAP-36561 |
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| The blurb now specifies the attribute used to determine a group's members. |
Bug Fixes
1 | Columns and Headers Highlight Don't Match After One of the Columns Is Resized Dynamically | DAP-32384 | |
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Columns and Headers now match correctly after resizing. |
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2 | There Is an Unclear Error Message When Creating a Table with an Uppercase Letter | DAP-35120 | |
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The error message has been updated. |
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3 | The Wrong REST Response is Given If the Session Is Timed out or Invalid | DAP-35929 | |
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The REST response now returns a proper 401 status when session is invalid or has timed out. |
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4 | Enable Type Mapping of Datameer String to Hive CHAR to a Hive Table | DAP-35992 | |
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When exporting data into an existing Hive table, A Datameer string type can now be mapped today to Hive's CHAR type. |
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5 | Users Can't Manually Type the Table Name in the Import Job Wizard Using Hive JDBC or Oracle Connectors | DAP-36135 | |
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Users can now manually type a desired table name for all connections where relevant. |
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6 | Partition Values Must Be Validated for Null and Empty Values During a Hive Export | DAP-36174 | |
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Export jobs now drop invalid records that contains NULL, empty, or invalid values on the partition columns. |
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7 | When Configuring Datameer with an EMR Cluster, the AWS S3 Access Secret Is Not Masked | DAP-36225 | |
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8 | SQL Related Fx Sheets ARE in an Error State When the Referenced Column Is Renamed | DAP-36322 | |
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Fx sheets now work as expected when users rename referenced columns in a source sheet. |
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9 | Incorrect Formulas on SQL Sheets after Closing Error Dialog | DAP-36419 | |
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After closing error dialogs on an unsuccessful source sheet deletion, SQL sheets now show the correct statement in the multiline editor. |
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10 | Should Use 1-Based Index Values for the SQL Substring Function | DAP-36440 | |
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SQL string functions now use 1-based indexing. |
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11 | Tooltips in the Workbook Obstruct the View with JSON Data | DAP-36453 | |
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Characters are now displayed the same way as in the cells. Escaped characters are no longer displayed. |
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12 | The Description Field Is Disabled in the Information Inspector | DAP-36472 | |
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| The owner or user with capabilities can now write text in the description field. |
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13 | Parquet Can't See the Custom Filesystem Class from the Connection Plug-in | DAP-36499 | |
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Parquet can now see a custom filesystem class from the connection plug-in. |
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14 | Unable to Open or Run Workbooks after the Upgrade Due to NullPointerException | DAP-36591 | |
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Workbooks now open and run normally after upgrading. |
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15 | Missing the Loading Spinner after Duplicating a Sheet | DAP-36593 | |
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Added the spinner automation to show when the page has completely loaded. |
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16 | Out-of-order Sheet Local References Aren't Reordered Properly | DAP-36605 | |
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Out-of-order column references on a group by sheet no longer fail. |
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17 | Not Possible to Drill from Null-Boolean Bucket In Visual Explorer | DAP-36623 | |
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Now possible to drill from a null-Boolean bucket. |
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18 | Incorrect Result When Drilling from Null-boolean Bucket | DAP-36624 | |
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Results are now correct when drilling from a null-Boolean bucket. |
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19 | Workbooks are Failing with an IndexOutOfBoundsException | DAP-36626 | |
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Workbooks can now open correctly. |
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20 | Pivot Tables Are Throwing JS Exceptions When the Aggregate or Pivot Column Has Null Values | DAP-36643 | |
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Pivot tables now show the correct outcome when adding supported data into charts. |
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21 | Not Possible to Resize Columns in Table Widgets | DAP-36646 | |
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Now possible to resize columns in table and pivot table widgets. |
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22 | Label for RTA Plug-in Configuration Unclear | DAP-36647 | |
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Updated the "Elasticsearch processors" label to "Limit processor capacity to configured vCPUs per container". |
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23 | XSS Reflection Attack Found in the File Upload Filename Dialog. | DAP-36648 | |
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No longer possible to craft a filename that causes an XSS reflection attack. |
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24 | After a Logout Due to Inactivity, Login Information May Leak into New HTTP Session and Log in Again | DAP-36649 | |
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| A User logout after a certain time of inactivity now succeeds. |
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25 | Unable to Start RTA in a Secured Cluster with No User Home Folder | DAP-36665 | |
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RTA can be started in a secure Hadoop cluster without a "/user/" folder. |
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26 | Issues When Reordering Columns in Grouped Sheets | DAP-36675 | |
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Out-of-order expressions are now evaluated in the correct order. There are no longer error conditions nor NULL values on GROUPBY sheets. |
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27 | Computing an Expression from a Datameer Function Is Leading to Bad Performances | DAP-36706 | |
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Computations are now much faster. |
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7.1.3 Release Notes
Improvements
1 | Support Snowflake Import | DAP-35693 |
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| The Snowflake connector supports importing data. |
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14 | Add Documentation Links to the Formula Editor Inspector | DAP-36423 |
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| Users can view the documentation about the functions available in the formula inspector. |
Bug Fixes
1 | Column Mapping Shall Be Persistent When Editing Jobs to Existing Tables | DAP-34011 | |
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Ability to edit an export job configured in "Use Existing" mode, so that it isn't needed to define the mapping step again. | Resolution: |
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53 | Workbook Won't Open or Run after Upgrade | DAP-35783 | |
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After upgrading from 5.11.30 to 6.1.x to 6.3.5, workbooks fail to open or run and throw an error. | Resolution: |
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7.1.2 Release Notes
Epics
1 | Hive 2.1 Hortonworks Support | DAP-32623 |
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Make Hive 2.1 Default for HDP-2.6.X Distributions from V7.1 Onwards | DAP-34900 | |
| Enhance Existing Distribution Support for HDP 2.6. To Have Hive 2.1.X | DAP-34076 | |
| Packaging of Hive Plug-in Should Select Proper Java Class Automatically | DAP-34866 | |
| Update Hives2tasks.Createdefaultview() to Work with Hive 2 | DAP-35183 |
2 | Export into String Partitioned Hive Table and Storing as Parquet | DAP-34136 |
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Replace Export Partitioned Temp Table Approach by Write Data Directly into the Hdfs Partition Locations | DAP-35544 | |
| Use Existing Hive Type Specific ObjectInspectors to Write Data for Existing Table | DAP-35097 | |
| Enable Export of Datameer Column into Hive Partitioned Table (Including Mapping) | DAP-34106 | |
| Enable Preventing Schema Mismatch While Export into Hive Table | DAP-34119 | |
| Enable Support for Different Parquet Versions on Export into Hive Table (Minimum CDH 5.11 and Parquet 2.1) | DAP-34120 | |
| Support Custom Output Format (E.g. Parquet) When Exporting to an Existing Hive Table | DAP-34461 | |
| Enable Type Mapping of Datameer Integer to Hive Bigint | DAP-35967 | |
| Add Limitation for RecordWriter Cache to Prevent OOM Error | DAP-36001 |
3 | Implement New S3 Export Adapter | DAP-34485 |
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Export to Redshift via S3 Exporter and RR Copy | DAP- 34887 | |
| Support Single Stream Multipart Uploading with Csv File Format | DAP-34486 | |
| Support Avro File Format | DAP-34886 | |
| Support IAM Role | DAP-34888 | |
| Support Encrypted Buckets | DAP-34889 | |
| Extract Utility Method to Create Amazon S3 | DAP-35228 | |
| Make Plugin-S3 Available in Datameer 6.4, 7.0, And 7.1 | DAP-35326 | |
| Provide Infrastructure That Jobflow Can Deal with Server Side Operations | DAP-35863 | |
| Provide a DatameerJobLifeCycleListener | DAP-36021 |
Improvements
1 | Introduce the Databasecredentials Class That Holds All Properties Needed to Establish a Database Connection In Snowflake | DAP-36030 |
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| This is used for the import case so that the different database types can configure this object as needed. |
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8 | Add support for Cloudera CDH 5.13.2 | DAP-36063 |
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| Support added for Cloudera CDH 5.13.2. |
Bug Fixes
1 | Export Wizard Step "Mapping" Doesn't Have Type and Name Mapping Validation | DAP-34748 | |
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The wizard step "Mapping" of Datameer's Hive export has no validation. | Resolution: |
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57 | Downloading Data via REST in Native Multi User Mode Doesn't Return Data, Only the Column Names | DAP-36283 | |
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Downloading data via REST is only returning the header information and not the data. | Resolution: |
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7.1.1 Release Notes
Improvements
1 | Support Added for MapR 6.0 | DAP-34743 |
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| Datameer works in unsecured/secured MapR 6.0 environments. |
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11 | Increased Workbook Info Text Visiblity | DAP-35695 |
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| The workbook info text indicating whether a sheet is being kept and the text indicating whether the sheet is partitioned have been made more visible. |
Bug Fixes
1 | Removed Columns Appear in the "Included Columns" Section in Join/Range Join Dialog | DAP-32034 | |
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If a column in a sheet is deleted, where the sheet is part of a join but the column is not, the column is still listed in the "included columns" section in the join dialog. | Resolution: |
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