What's new in 5.7.1 / 5.7.0

Data Catalog

  • A new asset page for columns, similar to table and data sets asset pages, is available.
  • You can automatically assign data classes to column assets by using sample data and profiling data.
  • You can create user-defined data classes for column assets.
  • Improved the operating model to automate stewardship actions.
  • Tableau improvements:
    • Simplified the stitching process and you can remove stitching.
    • Unpublished Tableau worksheets are also registered so you can see the lineage from Tableau report attributes through Tableau worksheets to Tableau dashboards and stories.
  • You can register data sources with plenty of drivers that you can find on Collibra Marketplace.
  • There is a database view asset type that extends the table asset type.
  • All sample data that is stored in the repository, is encrypted.
  • Increased the performance of schema ingestion.
  • Improved the data profiling process:
    • Improved and more reliable data caching.
    • Data profiling on subset of data if the amount of data exceeds a threshold.
    • Indication that values can be approximate if data profiles are calculated on a subset of data.
    • New hardware requirements for the Jobserver service.
  • The communication can be set up from Jobserver to Collibra Data Governance Center, the Jobserver will poll Collibra DGC for jobs.
  • You can create a schedule (cron) to refresh S3 file systems and Tableau servers.

Data Privacy

  • First-time installation is now done via the Collibra Data Governance Center installer and migration feature, instead of Cargo. This does not apply for upgrades.
  • The operating model is updated and all traceabilitiy views reflect the changes. A complete list of changes is forthcoming.
  • A collection of sample assets that help give you an idea of business-critical assets and attributes, and how they relate to other assets.
  • GDPR- and CCPA-specific glossaries describing key data-privacy concepts.
  • CCPA-specific asset types: PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment), PIA Application Rule.
  • Custom asset pages: Business Process, PIA and Compliance Self Assessment.
  • Third Party Privacy Profile, enabling you to create a profile record that displays relevant privacy information about the third parties with which you work.
  • The Processing Activity asset type has been merged with the Business Process asset type. The resulting asset type retains the name Business Process, while the Processing Activity asset type is deprecated. Traceabilitiy views are updated accordingly.
  • Data privacy building blocks community, to help centralize and maintain all your data privacy-related resources.
  • Dedicated GDPR- and CCPA-related subcommunities and domains.
  • New resource roles Data Steward, Privacy Steward and Business User.
  • Improved onboarding workflows, enabling Business Stewards, Data Stewards and Privacy Stewards to contribute to the completeness of Business Process assets and Data Set assets.
  • Invite to Business Process Register workflow and user-friendly UI, designed to encourage business users who might not be familiar with the technical requirements of your compliance program or Collibra DGC to propose new Business Process assets.
  • New PIA threshold workflow.
  • Improved data-mapping workflows to relate Business Process assets to the Data Set assets they consume and produce.
  • CCPA-specific PIA workflow.
  • Updated Risk, CSA, Remediation Action, Remediation Plan, GDPR - Security Breach Management and Data Sharing Agreement workflows, to align with the new Operating Model.
  • The Processing Activity workflow is deprecated.
  • The Governance Scorecard is deprecated and replaced by Tableau reporting.
  • You can now download and print PDFs of DPIA asset pages.
  • Updated GDPR-specific dashboard.
  • New CCPA-specific dashboard.
  • The Data Privacy scope is no longer included as an out-of-the-box scope.

Other Collibra Data Governance Center apps

  • Oracle JRE is replaced by Azul Zulu JRE.
  • You can mention users in comments. A mentioned user will receive an email notification after saving the comment.
  • Text editor improvements:
    • You can drag and drop images in the text editor.
    • You can paste content from Microsoft Office applications and HTML sources, automatically matching the destination style.
    • There are list and clear text buttons in the comments text editor.
    • You can add checklists in comments.
  • There is a link to the Collibra Marketplace in the help menu.
  • All out-of-the-box workflows use API v2.
  • The workflow API is reorganized:
    • All delegates and listeners are deprecated except the StartCollibraConnectFlowDelegate, its fully qualified name is now com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.delegate.StartCollibraConnectFlowDelegate.
      The deprecated delegates and listeners can be replaced with script tasks.
    • Workflow beans are now available in com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.
    • Exceptions in workflows now have to use the WorkflowException class.
  • A warning message appears if you open a workflow definition that uses the workflow API v1.
  • Search results page improvements:
    • Asset relations are now included in search results, if available.
    • You can open related assets.
    • Save selected relation types in a search filter.
  • Faceted search improvements
    • Dedicated dialog boxes are introduced to select search options. These replace options that appear as long lists.
    • You can collapse and expand facets.
    • You can clear all facet options at once.
  • Tags
    • Asset tags appear in the preview of the search results.
    • You can click tags in the search results. This starts a new search based on the selected tag.
  • You can start a workflow from assets on the search results page.
  • Accessibility improvements
    • Landmarks are added to asset pages to be more compliant with WCAG 2.0.
    • You can use the HTML language tag to use screen readers, Google translate and other browser's language plugins.
  • Signing back in after a session timeout continues where you left off.
  • You can hover over a user or group on an asset's responsibilities or view permissions pages to see the user or group info.
  • Popup windows can include HTML tags, for example to show hyperlinks.
  • You can edit the statusId for a rule via the PATCH method.
  • The migration history of a solution contains the checksum of the CMA file, the name and version of the solution, user who executed the migration and the migration date.
  • The complex relations management is consistent between API and UI with regards to permissions.
  • The activities table no longer contains the involved users. This is improves performance of any action that has many involved users and reduces the size of the activities table.
  • The Catalog-Author and DataSteward-Author roles have a more granular permission management which has a positive effect on the amount of required Author licenses.
  • You can move an issue between communities.
  • You can use quick actions in sortable lists to move items to the top or bottom of the list or before another item in the list.
  • The Mapping Component in API v1 is replaced by a new Mapping API.
  • Import API v2:
    • The import API v2 documentation is fully compliant with Open API 3.0.
    • The import API v2 for mappings has improved.
    • You can import complex relations with an Excel or CSV file.
    • You can synchronize (replace and delete) data with Excel and CSV files.
    • You can add and update data from Excel and CSV files.
  • A new asset page for columns, similar to table and data sets asset pages, is available.
  • You can automatically assign data classes to column assets by using sample data and profiling data.
  • You can create user-defined data classes for column assets.
  • Improved the operating model to automate stewardship actions.
  • Tableau improvements:
    • Simplified the stitching process and you can remove stitching.
    • Unpublished Tableau worksheets are also registered so you can see the lineage from Tableau report attributes through Tableau worksheets to Tableau dashboards and stories.
  • You can register data sources with plenty of drivers that you can find on Collibra Marketplace.
  • There is a database view asset type that extends the table asset type.
  • All sample data that is stored in the repository, is encrypted.
  • Increased the performance of schema ingestion.
  • Improved the data profiling process:
    • Improved and more reliable data caching.
    • Data profiling on subset of data if the amount of data exceeds a threshold.
    • Indication that values can be approximate if data profiles are calculated on a subset of data.
    • New hardware requirements for the Jobserver service.
  • The communication can be set up from Jobserver to Collibra Data Governance Center, the Jobserver will poll Collibra DGC for jobs.
  • You can create a schedule (cron) to refresh S3 file systems and Tableau servers.
  • A new traceability diagram view is created, "collapsed (hide boxed nodes)", to show result diagrams faster. Nodes and edges that will not be visible in the initial result diagram are no longer sent to the browser.
  • Feedback is shown when loading larger diagrams, such as the steps of rendering the diagram and error messages if the loading fails.
  • In the diagram view editor the general property "Allow duplicates" is no longer available. The option is set to true moving forward. Duplicate nodes in existing diagram views will no longer be merged.
  • You can export an asset table view that includes the responsibilities that are inherited from the domain and community.
  • In asset table views, you can now show responsibilities that are inherited from the domain and community. You can also filter on these responsibilities. This is a beta feature that needs to be enabled in Collibra Console.
  • Automatic hyperlinking:
    • Disabled by default for new and upgraded environments.
    • Disabled by default for new domains as well as for Data Catalog out-of-the-box domains.
  • You can now configure which calculation strategy is used for hierarchical asset table views. This parameter also influences memory usage and performance of such views.
  • Improved the accessibility and color contrast in the top navigation bar and in the workflow widget.
  • Improved performance of viewing and exporting asset table views.
  • The monitoring service is now mandatory in a Collibra Data Governance Center environment.
  • The diagnostics file now also contains statistics and process and configuration information.
  • Collibra Console features:
    • Updating the LDAP configuration of Collibra Console no longer requires a restart of it.
    • Sign in is blocked for a configurable period after a number of failed sign-in attempts.
    • You can configure the Jobserver's JVM options.
    • The communication with the Search service is now always encrypted.
    • You can map LDAP groups to roles.
    • You can configure a session timeout for users with the Admin role.
  • Backup schedules:
    • You can configure the number of backups to retain.
    • You can configure more than one schedule for an environment.
    • You can edit the backup content of a backup schedule.
  • You can now use a Tableau report to see:
    • The number of assets in Collibra Data Governance Center.
    • The data ownership in Collibra Data Governance Center.
    • The asset attributes in Collibra Data Governance Center.
    • The assets per domain in Collibra Data Governance Center.
    • The assets by the root community in Collibra Data Governance Center.
  • You can download reporting insights with the REST API.
  • You can see reporting insights in the reporting widget on a Collibra DGC dashboard.