This release is the release of a new product within the Dataedo family - Dataedo Web Catalog, a web interface for metadata repository. You can use Dataedo Web Catalog and Dataedo Desktop concurrently - Desktop allows you to import and document your databases, while Web Catalog is the superior option when looking at the prepared documentation.

This version of Web Catalog includes:

Data Dictionary​

You can now see always up-to-date information on your database objects, since Dataedo Web Catalog shows the information directly from the repository, with no need for scheduling exports.

Business Glossary​

Check your business glossary terms in real-time where you can quickly check all terms in your business glossaries.

Subject Areas (modules)​

Modules created in Dataedo Desktop are easily accessible through the Subject Area view, to make moving around your documentation easier.

Automatic, interactive database diagrams​

See a diagram of objects connected to any of your tables or views with no prior preparation, right after importing. Tables directly related to the table you're focusing on are loaded immediately, but you can expand the diagram by using the Load next level of relationships button.

Automatic, interactive business glossary diagrams​

See how your terms are related through an easily accessible diagram for each of your terms.

Quick and advanced search​

Quickly find objects based on their name by using the quick search in the navigation pane, or use the advanced search to easily narrow down details using intuitive filtering options.

Desktop​

There are no changes to Dataedo Desktop in this release. Dataedo Desktop 9.0.1 is still the current version and is compatible with Dataedo Web Catalog 9.0.3.

Bug fix​

• Fixed an issue with search causing a crash on file repositories

• Fixed an issue with Oracle schema selector not working properly

MongoDB support​

Dataedo 9 adds support for NoSQL sources. The first one with official support is MongoDB database.

Find out more in MongoDB support documentation.

We're planning to add official support for more NoSQL sources in near future - stay tuned!

Teradata database support​

Dataedo 9 brings support for Teradata Database.

Find out more in Teradata support documentation.

Vertica Analytics Platform support​

Dataedo 9 brings support for Vertica Analytics Platform.

Find out more in Vertica support documentation.

Azure Authentication support​

This is a much-requested feature from Azure Active Directory users - now, you can connect to Dataedo repository and your Azure/SQL Server databases when importing schema with Azure Authentication. There are two options available: Password and Integrated.

We are looking into adding support for Universal with MFA authentication option in the future.

Show/hide schema names​

Till now, Dataedo decided whether to show schema name in the object name or not based on the DBMS. Many users pointed out that they would like to decide

Now, Dataedo has a smarter algorithm to show schema name – based on DBMS and number of schemas in your database, and it provides option to override this manually.

Currently, this option can be changed only directly in the repository database. To change iIf you wan to override default value update show_schema_override column in databases table (0 to hide and 1 to show) for the corresponding database in the repository.

In the future, we will add a switch in the UI.

Other improvements​

• Added support for PostgreSQL 12

• Changed “Azure Data Warehouse” connector name to “Azure Synapse Analytics” – its current name

• Added command line import support for Azure SQL, Azure Synapse Analytics and PostgreSQL

• Tables in rich text fields can now be resized

• Uninstalling no longer removes configuration and recent files

• Custom fields now have additional attribute – class. This will be used to group similar custom fields in Dataedo Web

• Added information about license id to online tracking

Dataedo 9.3 (August 31st, 2021)​

• New Metadata Connectors

• Desktop - user-defined procedures and functions

• Web Catalog improvements

Find out more

Dataedo 9.2 (July 29th, 2021)​

• Web - Authentication with Okta/SAML

• Web - Data Classification view

• Web - Primary/Unique keys (PK/UK) and Relationships (FK) editor

• Web - Business Glossary diagram improvements

• Desktop - View designer (manual views)

• Desktop - Copy module/ERD

• Desktop - Redesign of Schema Change Tracking report

• Desktop - Option to paste multiple cells

• Desktop - Improved progress tracking

• Metadata Connectors - SSL for Amazon Redshift, Snowflake and PostgreSQL

• Business Glossary in (free) PDF export

• Other improvements

Find out more

Dataedo 9.1.2 (March 30th, 2020)​

• Bug fixes

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Dataedo 9.1.1 (March 11th, 2020)​

• Bug fixes

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Dataedo 9.1 (March 3rd, 2020)​

• Support for Data Lake files

• Google Big Query and Apache Cassandra support

• Data Community in Dataedo Web Catalog

• Editing Descriptions in Web Catalog

• Desktop UI improvements

• Connector updates

• Bug fixes

Find out more

Dataedo 9.0.3 (December 1st, 2020)​

• Official release of Dataedo Web Catalog

Find out more

Dataedo 9.0.1 (August 20th, 2020)​

• Fixed an issue with search causing a crash on file repositories

• Fixed an issue with Oracle schema selector not working properly

Find out more

Dataedo 9.0 (August 11th, 2020)​

• MongoDB support

• Teradata database support

• Vertica Analytics Platform support

• Azure Authentication support - Password and Integrated options

• Show/hide schema names

• Other bug fixes and UI improvements

Find out more

Bug fix​

• Fixed a crashed caused by clicking question mark symbols in some areas of the app

Removed Lite edition​

From this version free Lite edition is no longer supported. Read about our reasoning. Please feel free to keep using 8.1.2 if you want to enjoy the free documentation tool.

• Dataedo 8.1.2 Windows installer

• Dataedo 8.1.2 Windows zip package

New welcome screen​

Many users mentioned that running Dataedo for the first time can be complicated due to the amount of information on our starting screen. We've decided to rebuild it from scratch to make starting the app more straightforward.

Redesigned ribbon​

Another thing that complicated using Dataedo was the positioning of ribbon buttons. Many users tried the New/Open button (which most users don't really need) to add new documentations due to its prominent position. Now the button for adding new documentation is moved to the start of the ribbon. We've also updated some of the icons so their use is clearer. We believe this will make choosing the right options easier for new users to use Dataedo.

Other improvements​

• Fixed an issue with primary and unique key icons in HTML export

• Removed "(64 bit)" from menu start option, leaving just "Dataedo", to make it more obvious as a default option

• Upgrading file repository checks the user's license before upgrading now

• Updated UI libraries

Bug fixes​

• Fixed an issue with Oracle connection using SID

• Fixed an issue with dropdown lists (open) not updating correctly when changed on terms grid

• Fixed an issue with custom fields to extended properties export

• Fixed an issue with importing unsupported MySQL versions lower than 5.1

Bug fix​

Fixed an issue with connecting to an unsupported version of a DBMS.

Dark theme​

Until now, Dataedo only had one color scheme, with light colors. Since multiple users mentioned being used to working in darker environments, we've decided to add a dark theme to Dataedo.

When first run, Dataedo will ask you to choose a theme:

You can choose the theme you want to use when first opening the app, and later change it in the About window.

Other improvements​

• Fixed an issue with custom fields of dropdown - open type not updating the option list

• Fixed a crash related to choosing DBMS in the Import documentation screen

• Fixed graphical issues when using Dataedo with remote desktop

• Improved performance of the update notification bar

Fixed a critical bug with module editing​

This updated fixes a critical bug where editing a module's description could remove descriptions of tables it includes.

We recommend installing this update immediately.

If you encountered this issue and don't have a backup to restore, you can use this query in your repository to recover most of the descriptions in plaintext:

    UPDATE [dbo].[tables]

       SET [description] = [description_plain]

     WHERE [description] IS NULL;

You can also contact us at [email protected] and we'll guide you step by step.