What’s New¶

Important new features and improvements are as follows.

Note

A link in blue text next to a description in these Release Notes indicates the launch state, availability, and default state of the item (for example, Beta). The link provides more information. Unless otherwise stated, features are generally available, available as self-service (without intervention by Qubole support), and enabled by default.

Organize your work as Collections as you iteratively build a query. Gradual Rollout.
View memory, CPU usage, and Hive Metastore connectivity when selecting a cluster for a Hive, Presto, or Spark command. Gradual Rollout.
Bug fixes.

Enhancements and bug fixes.

Multi-instance HiveServer2 enhancements in this version. Via Support | Cluster Restart Required
Other enhancements and bug fixes.

QDS launches a new version of the JupyterLab interface with the following enhancements:
- Jupyter notebooks integrated with Version Control Systems: GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
- You can schedule Jupyter notebooks from the Scheduler page of the QDS UI.
- You can view and edit Jupyter notebooks when the clusters are down.
- Account level and object level Access Control.
Beta, Via Support.
Enhancements in Zeppelin 0.8.0.
Zeppelin notebooks integrated with Bitbucket.
Other enhancements and bug fixes.

Presto 0.208 on GCP is now GA.
Presto 317 (Beta) is available and implements new features. Beta | Cluster Restart Required
JOIN reordering and JOIN type determination based on table size works with partitioned tables.
Presto Version 0.193 is deprecated.
Supports proactive removal of unhealthy cluster nodes. Disabled | Cluster Restart Required.
Supports cluster buffer capacity management. Disabled | Cluster Restart Required
Other enhancements and bug fixes.

Dynamic Filtering improvements in Spark 2.4.3 and later versions.
Other enhancements and bug fixes.