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# 1.2.0 Release
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**2023, October 26th**
[OpenMetadata 1.2 Release - Domains, Data Products, Search Index, Stored Procedures, Glossary Approval Workflow, Customizable Landing Page, Applications, Knowledge Center, Cost Analysis, and lots more](https://blog.open-metadata.org/openmetadata-release-1-2-531f0e3c6d9a)
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## Domains and Data Products
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- 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 indexs 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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.