2023.3 Release Notes

Validatar has a new release! From major updates to minor bug fixes, we're constantly working to improve your Validatar experience so you can continue to build trust in your data. Learn about what's new below.

What's New

• Test Engine Redesign - Our Test Engine has undergone a makeover for a sleeker, more powerful performance
  • Multi-column Testing
  • Test Date & Time Fields
  • Streamlined Test Development
  • Automatic Data Type Identification
  • Download Executed Python Script Files

You can enable the Multi-Column Testing feature instance-wide or by specific project in Configuration Settings.

• New Test Results Interface - Experience a fresh and improved interface for better visibility into your test results that also reflects changes in the testing UI
• Cross-Data Set Reporting Capabilities
  • Sub-Query Filters
  • Joining Options
• Improved Python Source Interaction
  • Image OCR for seamless interaction with image data
  • Dynamic de-bugging for efficient issue resolution 
  • Capture "print" statements from Python/SQL Scripts
  • Capture files generated from Python execution
• Dataset Filters for Reporting
  • Add filters to datasets for reporting, based on information from other datasets.

Improvements

• Enhanced Job Notification Email
  • A new column in job result emails shows the number of key failures out of the total
  • Provide users with the option to view tests that errored in job notification emails
• Updated Test Export and Import - Now includes new fields for a more comprehensive experience
• Enforce Password Reuse Policy - Strengthen security by enforcing password reuse policies in Authentication settings
• Enhanced Error Monitoring - Review returned data, files, and messages for errors or print statements across schema metadata, technical metadata, custom metadata, and lineage ingestion
• Throttled Database Connections - Prevent timeouts caused by parallel processing by strategically throttling connections to the database
• Improved Batch Executions - Streamlined batch execution of jobs, especially those involving large hierarchies
• Expanded User-Related Activity Logging - Additional events are now logged for a more comprehensive user activity overview and better auditing
• Template Test Builder Enhancements - Improvements to the template test builder that align with new UI changes
• Template Test Defaults Updated - Default Metadata Driven selection type is now set to 'Select Objects'
• Seamless Navigation to Results Detail - Users are now directed to the results details view when navigating from external pages like job notification emails
• Optimized Snowflake Database Integration - Improved functionality when multiple data processing engines point to Snowflake databases
• Enhanced Snowflake Validation Experience - Users will notice an improved overall experience when validating a Snowflake data processing engine

Bug Fixes

• Addressed a bug preventing the 'Only Keep Failures' result configuration option from accurately reflecting string logic or custom calculation logic
• Corrected an error that led to failures in tests run using the Snowflake processing engine when comparing to previous test executions
• Fixed a bug causing an error when an archived data processing engine was set as the default while still active
• Addressed a bug incorrectly displaying the same date for both the completed date and the start date in the Profile Executions table