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Updating DataHub

This file documents any backwards-incompatible changes in DataHub and assists people when migrating to a new version.

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Breaking Changes

• #5451 GMS_HOST and GMS_PORT environment variables deprecated in v0.8.39 have been removed. Use DATAHUB_GMS_HOST and DATAHUB_GMS_PORT instead.

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v0.8.41

Breaking Changes

• The should_overwrite flag in csv-enricher has been replaced with write_semantics to match the format used for other sources. See the documentation for more details

• Closing an authorization hole in creating tags adding a Platform Privilege called Create Tags for creating tags. This is assigned to datahub root user, along with default All Users policy. Notice: You may need to add this privilege (or Manage Tags) to existing users that need the ability to create tags on the platform.

• #5329 Below profiling config parameters are now supported in BigQuery:

  • profiling.profile_if_updated_since_days (default=1)
  • profiling.profile_table_size_limit (default=1GB)
  • profiling.profile_table_row_limit (default=50000)

  Set above parameters to null if you want older behaviour.

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v0.8.40

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• #5240 lineage_client_project_id in bigquery source is removed. Use storage_project_id instead.

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v0.8.39

Breaking Changes

• Refactored the health field of the Dataset GraphQL Type to be of type list of HealthStatus (was type HealthStatus). See this PR for more details.

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Deprecations

• #5208 GMS_HOST and GMS_PORT environment variables being set in various containers are deprecated in favour of DATAHUB_GMS_HOST and DATAHUB_GMS_PORT.
• KAFKA_TOPIC_NAME environment variable in datahub-mae-consumer and datahub-gms is now deprecated. Use METADATA_AUDIT_EVENT_NAME instead.
• KAFKA_MCE_TOPIC_NAME environment variable in datahub-mce-consumer and datahub-gms is now deprecated. Use METADATA_CHANGE_EVENT_NAME instead.
• KAFKA_FMCE_TOPIC_NAME environment variable in datahub-mce-consumer and datahub-gms is now deprecated. Use FAILED_METADATA_CHANGE_EVENT_NAME instead.

Other notable Changes

• #5132 Profile tables in snowflake source only if they have been updated since configured (default: 1) number of day(s). Update the config profiling.profile_if_updated_since_days as per your profiling schedule or set it to None if you want older behaviour.

v0.8.38

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• Create & Revoke Access Tokens via the UI
• Create and Manage new users via the UI
• Improvements to Business Glossary UI
• FIX - Do not require reindexing to migrate to using the UI business glossary

v0.8.36

Breaking Changes

• In this release we introduce a brand new Business Glossary experience. With this new experience comes some new ways of indexing data in order to make viewing and traversing the different levels of your Glossary possible. Therefore, you will have to restore your indices in order for the new Glossary experience to work for users that already have existing Glossaries. If this is your first time using DataHub Glossaries, you're all set!

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• #4961 Dropped profiling is not reported by default as that caused a lot of spurious logging in some cases. Set profiling.report_dropped_profiles to True if you want older behaviour.

v0.8.35

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• #4875 Lookml view file contents will no longer be populated in custom_properties, instead view definitions will be always available in the View Definitions tab.

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v0.8.34

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• #4644 Remove database option from snowflake source which was deprecated since v0.8.5
• #4595 Rename confusing config report_upstream_lineage to upstream_lineage_in_report in snowflake connector which was added in 0.8.32

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Deprecations

• #4644 host_port option of snowflake and snowflake-usage sources deprecated as the name was confusing. Use account_id option instead.

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• #4760 check_role_grants option was added in snowflake to disable checking roles in snowflake as some people were reporting long run times when checking roles.