Additions to Supported Hadoop Distributions
Support for Azure HDInsights
Datameer now supports Azure HDInsights 4.0 which is using Hive 3.1.
Setup and Administration Updates
Housekeeping Improvements
Datameer comes now with the new function to run the housekeeping service manually and instantly for debugging and troubleshooting purpose. Furthermore the information of last run, next run and the running state is viewable.
Purchasing and Setup Datameer on AWS Marketplace
You can purchase Datameer on the AWS Marketplace. See the documentation for setup.
Import & Export Functionality Updates
Hive JDBC Client for ZooKeeper Support
A new JDBC based hive client is introduced to gather meta data informations from the Hive Server2. This enables ZooKeeper support as well. The Hive Server2 authentication for the connection with JDBC is now enabled for LDAP authentication.
Tableau Hyper Format Native Library Requirements
Detailed requirements for the Tableau Hyper Format are added.
Data Mapping for External Systems
When exporting data to External Systems, data types are mapped as described in the Public User Documentation.
Google Cloud Connectivity
Bidirectional Connectivity to Google Cloud Storage and Google BigQuery
Datameer is now connected to Google Cloud Storage for import and export. You can now also configure import and export for Google BigQuery. Export table names are validated to detect failings in export jobs.
Remote Data Browser Update
Datameer's Remote Data Browser now shows the files that are located in the Google Cloud Storage. This functionality is enabled within the connection details.
IAM Authentication
In Google Cloud environments you can authenticate via Identity and Access Management (IAM) now. That means a cloud resource gets a special role to access another resource without using credentials or keys.
Google Cloud Dataproc
Datameer is now compiled and connected to Google Dataproc 1.4.
Working with Workbooks Updates
New Workbook Analytics Functions
Datameer`s new logical workbook functions make it easier to work with erroneous data sets.
Cancel Column Renaming
It is now possible to cancel the renaming of a column by pressing 'Escape'.
Workbook Sheet Inspector
Former Datameer versions provided information about sorted columns in the 'Workbook Info Dialog'. The dialog is removed and other functionality was transferred to the 'Sheet Inspector' without information regarding sorting.
Information When Columns Have High Cardinality
Workbook columns with high cardinality now show a warning message in the encoding inspector. Besides that, the workbook encoding documentation is updated.
Public User Documentation
Update of Chapter 'Setup and Installing'
The whole 'Setup and Installing' chapter is now redesigned in a new structure:
- Installing Datameer
- Generel Setup Information
- Setup Datameer
- Setup Cloud
- Setup On-Premise
- Moving Into Production
- Upgrading Datameer