Release Notes Incorta v8.1 - 2026.8

Release date: September 3, 2026

Release highlights

The v8.1.0 - 2026.8 release builds on all features and fixes previously introduced in the v8.0.0 - 2026.8 release and its service packs through v8.0.2, featuring the following:

• Improved search in the Domain, Glossary Term, and Masking Rule pop-ups, returning more relevant results with full hierarchy matching
• New Schema User role, enabling collaborative schema access without object creation privileges
• New Public API endpoint to start a load job for a specific schema or selected tables within it
• Knowledge Store statuses now load in the background instead of blocking the UI
• CLI support for exporting and importing Data Studio flows
• New toggle to control the visibility of Generate Story in Content
• Improved Dynamic Group-by column management, with a resizable panel and multi-column drag-to-reorder

Upgrade considerations

Data agent supported version

This release supports Data Agent 16.1.2. The data agent upgrade instructions for 2026.3.0 still apply.

Behavior change: Updated search behavior in Data Catalog pop-ups

Search in the Domain, Glossary Term, and Masking Rule pop-ups now returns more relevant results and supports full hierarchy matching. For more information, refer to Improved Search in the Domain, Glossary Term, and Masking Rule pop-ups.

New features

• Data governance

  • Improved Search in the Domain, Glossary Term, and Masking Rule pop-ups

• Data management

  • Schema User role
  • New endpoint to load specific schema tables
  • Knowledge Store statuses
  • CLI support for Data Studio flow export and import

• Incorta AI

  • Control Generate Story visibility

• Dashboards, Visualizations, and Analytics

  • Improved Dynamic Group-by column management

Data governance

Improved Search in the Domain, Glossary Term, and Masking Rule pop-ups

This release introduces the following search enhancements across the Domain, Glossary Term, and Masking Rule pop-ups within Data Catalog to provide more relevant results:

Domain pop-up — schema and business schema search

When a search term matched a table or view, the results previously showed every table or view under that same parent, including ones that did not match. Search now returns only the items that match the search term, displayed under their parent schema or business schema.

For example, when searching for customer, matching tables under the OnlineStore schema are returned, including customer, customeraddress, and customers_ranked, but not unrelated tables like salesorderdetail or billofmaterials.

Glossary Term and Masking Rule pop-ups — full hierarchy search

• Full hierarchy search: Search previously matched columns only. The search now also matches schemas, business schemas, tables, and views by name, and returns all columns of a matching parent. For example, searching for customer returns every column in the OnlineStore.customer table, including TerritoryID and AccountNumber, while salesorderheader still shows only its matching column, CustomerID.
• Select or deselect all columns from a parent: Hover over a schema, business schema, table, or view in the results to select or deselect all of its columns at once, instead of checking each column individually.

Data management

Schema User role

In this release, Incorta introduces the Schema User role, which enables collaborative access without granting object creation privileges. Previously, users needed the Schema Manager role to view or edit schemas, which also granted unnecessary creation privileges. Schema Users can access the Schema, Business Schema, Data, Scheduler, Knowledge Stores, and Data Studio tabs and view or edit shared objects based on their access rights; however, they cannot create new objects or delete shared objects.

New endpoint to load specific schema tables

This release introduces a new Public API endpoint, /schema/{schemaName}/load, to start a load job for a specific schema or selected tables within it, with support for specifying the load type: FULL, INCREMENTAL, STAGING, or PURGING. A successful response returns the load job ID for seamless tracking.

For details, refer to Public API v2 → Load Schema Tables Endpoint.

Knowledge Store statuses

Knowledge store statuses now load in the background, so you are no longer blocked while waiting for status information to be retrieved. Refresh the knowledge stores list to view the latest statuses. Files that cannot be processed display a clear error message.

CLI support for Data Studio flow export and import

Data Studio flows can now be exported through the CLI, allowing one or more flows to be included in export packages.

Incorta AI

Control Generate Story visibility

This release introduces a control to show or hide Generate Story in Content. The Enable Generate Story toggle is available under CMC > Cluster Configurations > Server Configurations > Incorta Labs, allowing administrators to control the visibility of the Generate Story feature.

Dashboards, Visualizations, and Analytics

Improved Dynamic Group-by column management

The Dynamic Group-by dropdown panel is now resizable, and you can drag multiple columns at once to reorder them more efficiently. To move multiple columns at once, use Ctrl or Cmd for individual selections or Shift for range selections.

Additional fixes

Beyond the new features and enhancements mentioned above, this release includes the following fixes.