# Data Mapper: new features

| Feature | Description | Available in |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flattener | The new flattening algorithm allows you to create a flat<br>structure based on an existing hierarchical structure.<br>![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/release-notes/Resources/images/rn_flattener.png) | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| Support of Variable Blocked Cobol files | Talend Data Mapper can now read Cobol files containing Record Descriptor<br>Words and Block Descriptor Words. A new parameter allows you to enable this<br>feature in the Cobol representation properties.<br>![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/release-notes/Resources/images/rn_cobol_vb.png) | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| Support of features and functions on the new<br>runtime | The new non-Eclipse runtime now supports:<br><br><ul> <li>The DatabaseLookup and DatabaseLookupAndUpdate functions</li> <li>The <span>tHConvertFile</span> component</li> <li>X12 HIPAA and EDIFACT documents</li> </ul> | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| Merge option in tHMapFile | The tHMapFile<br>component has a new option which allows you to merge the part files created<br>when using a large input file.<br>![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/release-notes/Resources/images/rn_merge.png) | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| JSON sample importer improvements | Talend Data Mapper can now<br>parse JSON sample files containing arrays of mixed data types. | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| ObjectId extension support | The Mongo extension ObjectId is now supported in JSON<br>files. | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| tAzureFSConfiguration<br>support | Data mapping components now support the<br>tAzureFSConfiguration component, which allows you to<br>read from and write to the Azure File System. | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |
| Log4j2 support | Talend Data Mapper now<br>supports both Log4j1 and Log4j2 through an SLF4J implementation. | <ul>Available in:<li>Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud API Services Platform</li><li>Cloud Big Data Platform</li><li>Cloud Data Fabric</li><li>Cloud Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Fabric</li><li>Data Management Platform</li><li>Data Services Platform</li><li>MDM Platform</li><li>Real-Time Big Data Platform</li></ul><br><br>All Talend Platform and Data Fabric products |