# New features
## Shared features
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Change of the default background color for subJobs and Joblets in the
canvas | SubJobs and Joblets are now hightlighted in a blue square by default. You
can change or remove the background color of a subJob or Joblet as needed.
 |
| New Select and Move modes for canvas navigation | Talend Studio
now provides Select and Move modes for the graphical editor of Job, Joblet, Route,
and Routelet. For more information, see [Navigating the canvas](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/navigating-the-canvas). |
| Support for more components for Job lineage | Talend Studio
can now generate datasets and lineage for more components to Qlik Cloud. |
## Application integration
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for Prometheus endpoint activation through Microservice
configuration | You can now use the
management.endpoint.prometheus.enabled=true/false parameter in
an additional properties file to activate or deactivate the Prometheus endpoint
for a Microservice. For more information, see [Running a Microservice](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/running-a-microservice). |
| Support for Batch Consumer and partitioning in cKafkaCommit
component | cKafkaCommit now supports Batch Consumer and use of partitions. |
| Display the folder structure of API definitions in API import
wizard | When importing an API definition from Talend Cloud API Designer, the API import wizard now reflects the folder structure of Talend Cloud API Designer. For more information, see [Creating a new REST API metadata from API
Designer](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/creating-new-rest-api-metadata-from-api-designer).
 |
## Big Data
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for CDP Private Cloud Base 7.1.7 with Spark Universal 3.3.x | Talend Studio
now supports CDP Private Cloud Base 7.1.7 (Spark 3.2) SP1 with JDK 11 with Spark
Universal 3.3.x in Spark Batch and Standard Jobs. |
| Availability-note[Beta](https://help.talend.com/r/en-US/Cloud/labels-on-talend-help-center/availability-beta)
Beta content
New tIcebergSQL component in Spark Batch Jobs | The new tIcebergSQL component is now available in Beta version in Spark Batch
Jobs allowing you to execute SQL queries for Polaris and Snowflake Open Catalog
managed Iceberg tables.
 |
| Support for Hive 3 in Impala components | Talend Studio
now supports Hive 3 in Impala components in Standard Jobs. |
## Data Integration
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| New tQVDOutput component in Standard Jobs | The new tQVDOutput component is now available in Standard Jobs, and allows
you to create QVD files. |
| New partition options in tKafkaInput in Standard Jobs | The Use offset partition option has been added to
tKafkaInput, allowing you to specify the partition to read from, and define the
starting offset for message retrieval. |
## Data Mapper
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for EXISTS operator in DSQL maps | The EXISTS operator is now available in DSQL maps allowing
you to check if an argument is not empty nor null. The argument can be an array, a
record, a primitive, a choice or a map. |
| Support for arithmetic operation between string operands representing
numbers | Arithmetic operations like '2' + '1' are now calculated and
supported as numeric string operands. |
| Support for complex parameterized expressions in DSQL maps | Talend Studio
now supports complex parameterized expressions in DSQL map editor. You can now use
a block in a parameterized expression:
And you can also use a query in a parameterized expression:
 |
| New options to copy and paste expressions in DSQL maps | You now have the possibility to copy and paste expressions when you
right-click an output element in the DSQL map editor.
 |
| Support for custom start index value in queries in DSQL maps | You can now use a custom start index value in your queries in DSQL maps by
defining an expression after the INDEX keyword. For example, you
can define your index to start at
1:
```
FROM customer INDEX $i 1
```
By default and if it is not
specified, the start index value is 0. |
| Support for the NOT operator in front of conditional
expressions in DSQL maps | The NOT and ! operators can now be
followed by a conditional expression:
```
FROM item
SELECT {
da = !(IF (hasValue(note)) true ELSE false),
}
``` |
## Data Quality
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Availability-note[Beta](https://help.talend.com/r/en-US/Cloud/labels-on-talend-help-center/availability-beta)
Beta content
Support for new authentication methods for Snowflake
connection | When connecting to Snowflake as a database connection on the repository, you
can now use the key-pair and OAuth 2.0 authentication methods. |