Release Notes Incorta 2024.7.6
Release Highlights
The 2024.7.6 maintenance pack strengthens the platform with the following features:
- Expanded connectivity
- Databricks and Microsoft Fabric Data Destinations, enabling seamless data delivery to modern lakehouse and unified analytics platforms
- An updated custom Kyuubi Hive JDBC driver (v1.10.2) for stronger Tableau integration via Advanced SQLi
- Platform performance and Security
- Support for OpenJDK 17 that shows marked performance and stability improvements
- Apache Tomcat 9.0.108 comes bundled with this version for improved security
Upgrade Considerations
Upgrade considerations for previous 2024.x releases also apply to subsequent 2024.7 releases unless stated otherwise.
Supported Java versions
This release exclusively supports OpenJDK 17. It is required to install or upgrade to the supported Java version before installing or upgrading to the 2024.7.6 release.
Adopting OpenJDK 17 is anticipated to deliver substantial improvements in both performance and stability for your Incorta platform, ensuring a more robust and efficient experience.
Incorta no longer supports Oracle Java SE 8, OpenJDK 8, or OpenJDK 11.
Behavior change announcement
IN operator with only -1 in filters
Previously, when the IN operator was used with only -1 in any of the following filter types, the system returned all data instead of only records with the value -1.
- Insight Filters
- Applied Filters
- Filter Options
After the upgrade, using IN (-1) in these filters works as expected and correctly returns only records where the value is -1.
Load plan permissions
Users with Edit access to all physical schemas in a load plan can now edit or suspend it. Previously, only load plan owners and Super Users had this capability.
Service configuration restrictions
Starting with this release, Cloud administrators can no longer edit the service's memory configurations within the Cluster Management Console (CMC). This change centralizes memory management, ensuring that all service configurations adhere to optimized cloud deployment standards.
Data Agent supported version
This release uses the Data Agent version 9.2.6. Please upgrade to this version.
What’s New
- Databricks and Fabric as schema data destinations
- Improved connectivity with Tableau via Advanced SQLi
- Conditional formatting enhancements
Databricks and Fabric as schema data destinations
This release marks a significant enhancement to Incorta's data delivery functionalities. Databricks and Microsoft Fabric have been added as new schema data destinations. This integration empowers schema managers and administrators to send datasets to Databricks and Fabric seamlessly.
The Databricks and Fabric data destinations are supported only for Incorta Cloud clusters on Azure.
Improved connectivity with Tableau via Advanced SQLi
A new version (1.10.2) of the Incorta Custom Kyuubi Hive JDBC jar is now available to connect Incorta and Tableau via Advanced SQLi. It is strongly recommended to use this version after upgrading to 2024.7.6. You can download the new jar version from the Connect other Visualization Tools page > Tableau > Advanced SQL after the upgrade.
For details on the required steps to add the new jar, refer to Configure Tableau to connect to Incorta.
Conditional formatting enhancements
Conditional formatting is now available for Pie, Donut, and Pie Donut charts. This feature enables dynamic changes to text and slice/arc colors based on specified conditions. These conditions can be applied using either the same column for data and formatting or different columns. When conditional formatting is active, it takes precedence over the default series colors to visually emphasize the defined rules.
Enhancements and Fixes
Enhancements
| Enhancement | Area |
|---|---|
| Selecting current dates is now easier with dedicated Today and Now buttons that populate filters instantly. When building date ranges with Between filters, the end date picker opens at your selected start date, and you can jump directly to today's date with one click, saving time when filtering recent data or setting ranges up to the current day. | Dashboards |
| When sharing or downloading dashboards in CSV format, the process will now stop if an error occurs. This ensures that you only share or download complete, reliable CSV files. | Dashboards and Scheduler |
| Incorta now bundles Apache Tomcat 9.0.108 to catch up with the security enhancements and fixes in this version. | Security |
Fixes
| Fixed Issue | Area |
|---|---|
| Resolved an issue that prevented the metadata upgrade from completing successfully after a cluster upgrade if Incorta Copilot was actively integrated with Slack. | Metadata Database |
| Relaxed the strict PostgreSQL syntax validation introduced in 2024.7.4 that caused PostgreSQL MVs to fail on non-critical syntax variations, such as minor quoting or case discrepancies. Instead of throwing an error during validation, the Engine will now attempt to execute the query on Spark, preventing unnecessary MV failures. For example, a quoted identifier, such as "AMOUNT_SOLD", will now be accepted even if the actual column name is defined using a different letter case, such as, amount_sold. | Materialized Views |
Known Issues
For all of the known issues and workarounds in Incorta’s latest releases, refer to Known Issues.