Release 2021.04

This release is only available for Collibra Platform. Features and enhancements that are marked with cloud-only will never become available for on-premises environments.

Highlights

This scheduled maintenance includes fixes and minor improvements, as well as the below capabilities:

  • A new connector is available for Data Catalog: Apache Avro.
  • Data Lineage now supports Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services Data Integration for which you can create a technical lineage.

We are also releasing the first capability on Edge, profiling and classification, in preview mode. We encourage customers who'd like early access to enable the features and provide feedback.

  • With the preview, you can securely profile and classify your data using Edge. As part of the Collibra infrastructure, Edge accesses and processes data close to where it resides, so no actual data from the data source is sent to or stored in Collibra.
  • It also brings improved profiling performance.
  • Please contact Collibra Support to enable profiling and classification on Edge for your environment.

    Note Collibra will work with a group of customers at a time to preview the feature.

New features

Collibra Data Catalog

  • You can now use public APIs to classify Schema, Database and Table assets and assign them to specific columns. This allows you to more easily integrate Collibra Automatic Data Classification with external data classification sources.

Profiling and classification via Edge

You can now use Edge to profile and classify your data. Profiling and classification via Edge enhances security and improves the profiling performance. For more information, see the Profiling and classification via Edge Reference Guide.

Important Edge is only available for cloud environments and is disabled by default. Currently, Edge can only profile and classify data, but ingestion is still done via the Jobserver. If you want to use Edge, create a Collibra support ticket to enable it and make sure you have the necessary system requirements for Jobserver and Edge.

Collibra Data Lineage and BI integrations

Note Collibra Data Lineage is a cloud-only feature.

  • You can now create a technical lineage for Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services Data Integration.
  • The metamodel of Power BI Reporting Service has been added.
  • The metamodel of SQL Server Reporting Services has been added.

Collibra Integrations

  • Avro is now available on Marketplace as a certified Catalog connector.

Collibra for Desktop

  • If the name of a diagram picture is too long to show in the Diagrams table, you can now hover over the name to see the full name.
  • The Collibra environment you are connected to is now shown in the user menu, as well as in the About section.
  • You can now configure a notification message that is shown before you sign in to the app, for example to notify the user that they are using governmental property.

Collibra for Mobile

  • You can now configure a session timeout for Collibra for Mobile, which will automatically sign out users from the app after a certain period of inactivity.

Enhancements

Collibra Console

  • The "Consumer service URL" option in the DGC service configuration is now renamed to "Service Provider Entity ID" to avoid confusion with the "Entity ID" option and to better indicate that its value is used as Entity ID in the SAML metadata returned by Collibra.
  • The "Audience" in the SAML Response is now correctly validated against the Service Provider Entity ID. The configured value of the Service Provider Entity ID must be exactly the same in Collibra Console and in your IDP.
    Warning 
    The value of the audience restriction in the SAML response has to be exactly the same as the value of the Service Provider Entity ID field in Collibra Console.

    SSO does not work if the Service Provider Entity ID field contains the base URL with trailing forward slash (for example www.collibra.com/), and the audience of your IDP contains the base URL without a trailing forward slash (for example www.collibra.com).
    Both values need to be exactly the same. In this case, you can resolve the issue by changing the value in the configuration of your IDP, or the value of this field. It does not matter whether both have a trailing forward slash or not, as long as they contain the same value.

Collibra Data Catalog

  • In the Physical Data Connector, schemas, tables, and columns are now sorted alphabetically.
  • You can now trigger classifications at the higher schema and database level to more easily integrate Collibra Automatic Data Classification with external data classification sources.

Collibra Data Lineage and BI integrations

Note Collibra Data Lineage is a cloud-only feature.

  • The lineage harvester configuration file for HiveQL, Spark SQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift and Snowflake data sources now has a customConnectionProperties property.
  • The technical lineage of Power BI is now improved to provide a better and more complete lineage with less errors.
  • You can now create a connection definition file for additional data source connectors in IBM InfoSphere DataStage.
  • You no longer have to refresh the DGC service when you create a technical lineage for the first time or after you changed the location of a Collibra Data Lineage server.
  • The metamodel of Power BI has been improved.

Collibra Data Governance

  • View tables are now paginated with 50 rows per page and you can use a quickfilter on the Name column.
  • The output module now supports YAML format.

Data Privacy

  • When submitting an assessment, when you select a domain for the creation of the new Assessment Review asset, more helpful messaging is now shown if you either don’t have the necessary permissions to create the asset, the target domain does not have the necessary responsibilities, or both.
  • Assessments audit-trail information now includes the user ID, username and avatar of all users who create, update and submit assessments. A “Last updated by” column, which shows the username and avatar, has also been added to the table of assessments on the landing page.
  • You can now download a PDF of any assessment, regardless of its status. The PDF captures all of the information shown on the assessment details page.
  • You can now copy an assessment. This creates a new assessment with the Draft status and new audit trail information. An assessment cannot be copied if the template used has been deleted.
  • You can now delete an assessment. If the assessment has a related asset in your Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud environment, the assessment is not deleted, rather the status becomes Obsolete.
  • You can now delete any of your customized templates. Any assessments in draft that were started using a deleted template will not be affected; you can complete the assessment and submit it when you're ready. You cannot, however, copy an assessment that used a deleted template.

Search

  • If a search filter was configured with a field that is no longer available, the invalid field is now highlighted, so that you can easily identify it and delete it from the search filter. Invalid fields are now ignored during search queries. (ticket #49346)

Collibra for Mobile

  • You can now tap an image to expand or collapse an image.
  • Relations on an asset page are now paginated.

Fixes

Collibra Data Catalog

  • The Summary tab page now shows the breadcrumbs of assets ingested via a CSV file correctly when you zoom in.
  • You can now successfully delete a Data Set asset when Catalog Experience is enabled. (ticket #59810)
  • Tableau 2021.02 or newer synchronization now fails when the Metadata API Store in Tableau is rebuilding. This prevents data loss in Catalog.

Collibra Data Lineage and BI integrations

Note Collibra Data Lineage is a cloud-only feature.

  • Collibra Data Lineage can now stitch Azure Databricks databases to Power BI. (ticket #60550)
  • Collibra Data Lineage for Microsoft SQL Server can now process larger data sets. (ticket #61282)
  • The error message "Column X specified more than once" is no longer shown when analyzing SELECT statements with a wildcard query and UNION statements. (ticket #59647)
  • You can now have an unlimited amount of data source sections in the lineage harvester configuration file. (ticket #60130)
  • You no longer receive a 410 error when running the lineage harvester. (ticket #61411)
  • The technical lineage graph no longer shows a number for a column that is named as an empty string. (ticket #62231)
  • Collibra Data Lineage for SQL Server Integration Services version 2012 now correctly recognizes additional components.
  • The lineage harvester now correctly uses the value in the collibraSystemName property in the configuration file as the database name of a Teradata data source.
  • The lineage harvester now skips corrupted queries in the Looker API and continues the harvesting process.

Collibra Console

  • As Collibra Console user, you can again successfully reset your password when CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) is enabled. (ticket #57933, 57934, 57725)
  • When you reset your password in Collibra Console, you no longer see the misleading error message "Sorry, something went wrong. Try to refresh the page.". (ticket #53964, 54482, 55971, 57933, 57934, 59275)
  • You can use the 'Users' group again to create responsibilities or view permissions. (ticket #59875, 60699)

Collibra Data Governance

  • Commas in values of Selection and Multiple Selection attribute types are now handled correctly. (ticket #29922,43552,53183)
  • Dashboard with complex configuration are now displayed correctly. (ticket #53365, 58080, 59458, 60063)
  • You no longer get an error if you edit a field in an asset view more than once. (ticket #57642)
  • You no longer get an error in asset views when changing the sorting. (ticket #54258)
  • Asset pages now load faster if they contain relation tables with assets that have view permissions that apply to you. (ticket #52035, 56623, 58280, 58551, 59019, 61396)
  • Asset views now load faster if they contain assets that have view permissions that apply to you. (ticket #52035, 56623, 58280, 58551, 59019, 61396)
  • Views with hierarchy enabled now load faster. (ticket #57848, 58013, 58602)
  • You can now read the description of a view in a tooltip. (ticket #56556)
  • On a resource page, the Skip to content button moves the focus to the title bar instead of the tab pane.
  • You now see the correct information in the "Last Modified By" column of the Stewardship application Tags page. (ticket #57396)

Data Privacy and Workflows

  • You no longer see a workflow task in both a dialog box and the sidebar in some cases when the task sidebar option is enabled. (ticket #58649)
  • Exception handling for user tasks in workflows has improved. If an exception occurs, you now see an error message. (ticket #59437,54264,56476,56397,56459,58698)
  • Workflow dialog boxes now display the task buttons in the order specified in the BPMN form properties. (ticket #58513)

Collibra for Desktop

  • You can again export asset pages to PDF.
  • Collibra for Desktop now correctly starts after a fresh installation.
  • Clicking a tag on an asset page now correctly starts a search for all assets with that tag.
  • Workflow tasks that are not linked to assets no longer causes an error when opening the task list.
  • External hyperlinks in text attributes now work correctly. (ticket #60921)
  • The Actions button is no longer shown in the navigation bar if workflows are disabled for Collibra for Desktop in Collibra Console.
  • Large images in comments are now shown without altering the layout of the app.
  • Clicking Search in the navigation bar now always focuses automatically on the search field, which allows you to immediately enter a new search query.

Collibra for Mobile

  • When you configure the app settings in Collibra Console of your Collibra environment, the settings are now correctly applied in the app. You need Collibra 2021.01 or newer.
  • You can again switch environments when single sign-on is enabled.

Hotfixes

Collibra 1

  • Asset views with hierarchy enabled now load correctly. (ticket #61396)