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@akash-jain-10 akash-jain-10 released this 26 Oct 09:45
· 1 commit to 1.2.0 since this release

Domains and Data Products

  • Added support for Domains and Data Products.
  • Assets can be added to a Domain, and users can scope their discovery experience to one Domain.
  • Assets can also be added as Data Products in a Domain.

Search Index

  • Elasticsearch or Opensearch connectors can now bring in the search index metadata into OpenMetadata.
  • The connector will populate the index’s mapping, settings, and sample data.

Stored Procedures

  • Added support for Stored Procedures.
  • Snowflake, Redshift, and BigQuery connectors are updated to bring stored procedure metadata into OpenMetadata.
  • The metadata workflow will bring the Stored Procedures and parse their executions to extract lineage information.

Glossary Approval Workflow & Glossary Styling

  • Introduced a glossary approval workflow. An approval workflow is created if Reviewers are added to a glossary.
  • A task is added for reviewers to approve or reject the glossary term. The terms will show up in Draft status.
  • Only the reviewers can approve or reject the term.
  • Conversations are supported to discuss further about the terms.
  • If no reviewer is added, then the glossary terms are approved by default.
  • Introduced styling for glossary terms. Now you can add icons and color code the glossary terms for easy identification.
  • Color coding helps to visually differentiate and identify the data assets, when glossary terms are added to them.

OpenMetadata Browser Extension

  • Updated the Chrome browser extension for OpenMetadata with the new UI.
  • Added support for Databases, Database Schemas, Tables, Dashboards, Charts, Pipelines, and Topics.

Build Automation Applications

  • Added Applications into OpenMetadata, giving users a unique view of processes that can be scheduled and run in the platform.
  • Search Indexing and Data Insights Report have been converted into Applications.
  • UI displays all the available applications, which Admins can add or schedule.
  • We will continue to add new Applications in upcoming releases.

Lineage

  • Performance improvements made for lineage based on the new release of SQLfluff.
  • Added support for UPDATE … FROM Snowflake queries
  • Added column-level lineage support for SELECT * queries

Connectors

  • Greenplum connector is now supported.
  • Couchbase connector is now supported.
  • Azure Data Lake Storage is now supported. (Collate)

Customizable Landing Page

  • Admins can create Personas to group individuals in their company, such as Data Engineers, Data Stewards, or Data Scientists.
  • Admins can customize the landing page for each Persona with a set of supported widgets: Activity Feed, Announcements, Knowledge Center, etc.
  • We will add support for more widgets in upcoming releases.

Knowledge Center (Collate)

  • Backend APIs support creating, editing, and listing knowledge articles (with external links).
  • Knowledge articles and links can be associated with a Domain, Team, or an Entity.
  • UI support to build a Knowledge Center and expand the documentation of your company.

Cost Analysis Report (Collate)

  • The Usage Workflow will now also track how tables are Accessed and Updated.
  • This information will be used in the Data Insights workflow to show the evolution of your used and unused assets and compare them by size.
  • Support has been added for Snowflake, and we will continue to add more sources in upcoming releases.

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 1.1.7-release...1.2.0-release

Security Scan

We have attached the security scan results for the OpenMetadata Server Docker image. 0 vulnerabilities have been found.