# New features
## Shared features
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for more components for Job lineage in Qlik Cloud | Talend Studio
can now generate datasets and lineage to Qlik Cloud
for the tSplitRow component. |
| Support for new authentication modes in Google BigQuery metadata | The BigQuery metadata wizard now supports additional authentication modes:
Workload Identity Federation, Application
Default Credentials, OAuth2 - Authorization Code
grant, OAuth Access Token, and
Service account. |
| Support for lineage local test before Qlik Cloud
deployment | You can now test lineage generation locally before publishing Jobs to
Talend Management Console. A new Lineage Testing button in the
Run view allows you to enable lineage testing for Jobs
that support runtime lineage. When enabled, the system automatically sets the log
level to INFO and generates lineage data in JSON format in a configured folder,
allowing you to identify and resolve lineage issues before deployment to Qlik Cloud.
For more information, see [Testing lineage locally](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-r202512-studio-integration-and-rn/testing-lineage-locally). |
| PKCS12 keystore support for custom Job artifact signing | Talend Studio
now supports PKCS12 keystore format when configuring a custom signing key for Job
artifacts, in addition to the existing JKS format.
For more information, see
[Configuring a custom Job artifact
signature](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/configuring-custom-java-keystore-for-artifact-signature).
Corresponding configuration is also required in
Talend Administration Center and Talend JobServer. See [Talend Administration Center](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/release-notes/8.0/r2026-03-administration-center "Talend Administration Center R2026-03 is available. For more information, see QTAC-1885 (cumulative patch).") and [Talend JobServer](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/release-notes/8.0/r2026-03-jobserver "This release adds PKCS12 keystore support for custom Job artifact signature verification in Talend JobServer."). |
## Big Data
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for Amazon Athena connectivity that allows interoperability with
Open Lakehouse in Spark Batch Jobs | Amazon Athena is now supported in your Spark Batch Jobs with the following
components:
- tAthenaConfiguration
- tAthenaInput
You can connect to Athena and read data. Writing data to Athena is not
available. |
| Support for Spark Universal 4.0.2 in Spark Batch Jobs in Local runtime
mode | You can now run your Spark Batch Jobs with Spark 4.0.x in
Local mode. You can configure it either in the
Spark Configuration view of your Spark Jobs or in the
Hadoop Cluster Connection metadata wizard.
The
following components are not supported with Spark 4.0.x:
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Redshift
- Cassandra
- ElasticSearch
- Google BigQuery
- MongoDB
- Snowflake
 |
## Data Integration
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for Amazon Athena connectivity that allows interoperability with
Open Lakehouse in Standard Jobs | The generic database components now officially support connecting to Amazon
Athena, and the following components are added to the palette:
- tAthenaClose
- tAthenaCommit
- tAthenaConnection
- tAthenaInput
- tAthenaOutput
- tAthenaRollback
- tAthenaRow
|
| Support for S3 Express One Zone and Directory buckets for Amazon S3
components in Standard Jobs | The S3 components now support Amazon S3 Express One Zone directory buckets.
Directory buckets require standard AWS credentials and appropriate IAM permissions
for regional endpoint operations. |
| New authorization method for BigQuery components to use recommended OAuth
2.0 authorization code in Standard Jobs | The **OAuth 2.0 (Authorization Code grant)** authentication mode has been
added to the BigQuery components. Authorization is completed via a one-time
browser flow launched from the Run console, and the
configuration is then saved so subsequent Job runs can access BigQuery without
repeating the setup. |
| New property in tEmbeddingAI component to allow users to define the base URL
for AI platforms in Standard Jobs | The Base URL option has been added to the
Advanced settings of the tEmbeddingAI component,
allowing you to enter the base URL address of the API server you want to access.
This option is available for the Ali Bailian, Cohere, Hugging Face, and Mistral AI
platforms. |
## Data Mapper
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for copying and pasting schema columns from a component to a
structure | You can now copy schema columns from Talend Studio
components and paste them as elements in hierarchical mapper structures. The
schema columns are automatically converted to structure elements with the
appropriate data types. You can paste columns either as child elements or as
sibling elements.
For more information, see [Copying schema columns from Studio
components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-mapper-user-guide/8.0/copying-schema-columns-from-studio-components). |
| Support for HTTP and HTTPS schemes in ReadURL function in the non-Eclipse
runtime | The ReadURL function now supports HTTP and HTTPS schemes in the non-Eclipse
runtime. |
| Enhancement of schema column output options in tDSQL4JSON | The Set output column(s) option is enhanced allowing
you to select how to map your JSON transformation results. With the new
Output column mode dropdown list, you can now either
choose to map your JSON output to multiple schema columns or in a single column.
 |
## Data Quality
| Feature | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Support for more operators in tDQRules | You can now use the following operators in the tDQRules component:
- Matches regex / Does not match regex
- Is one of / Is not one of
- Is before / Is after
- Is before or equal to / Is after or equal to
- Is equal to / Is not equal to
The case sensitivity in the String operators is also now
supported. |
| Displaying recent items | You can now display the recent items.
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