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Talend Data Catalog Bridges

General changes

Item Description
Upgrade of third-party and open source software All third-party and open source tools have been upgraded to their latest versions for better security and vulnerability protection.
New capability to store credentials on cloud secret managers Talend Data Catalog now supports the following cloud secret managers:
  • Amazon AWS Secrets Manager
  • Microsoft Azure Key Vault
  • Google Secret Manager
JSON file modeling: improvements The JSON file modeling has been improved including the new support for root object types and arrays.
The following types of import bridges have been redesigned and require a full import:
  • File systems with JSON files inside, such as File System (JSON), AWS Simple Storage Service File System, Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Google Cloud Storage File System or OpenStack Swift Object Store File System.
  • NoSQL databases based on JSON, such as MongoDB NoSQL Database or Apache CouchDB NoSQL Database.
  • ETL, ELT, Data Integration and Business Intelligence bridges reading or writing JSON file based data stores, such as Data Mapping Script, Talend Data Integration or Informatica PowerCenter (Repository).
New support for complex types The following types of import bridges now support complex types (arrays and structures) often on tables implemented or externalized as JSON files:
  • Databases supporting complex types implemented as external files, such as Apache Hadoop Hive Database (HCatalog and Metastore via JDBC), Google Cloud Platform Hadoop Hive Database, Google BigQuery Database or Snowflake Database.
  • ETL, ELT, Data Integration and Business Intelligence bridges reading or writing database complex types, such as Data Mapping Script, Apache Hadoop Hive Database SQL DML Script, Talend Data Integration or Informatica PowerCenter (Repository).

Data Stores

Bridge Description
New import bridges for relational databases The following bridges have been added:
  • Amazon Athena Database (via JDBC) - Technical Preview
  • Apache Druid Database - Technical Preview
  • Google Spanner Database (via JDBC) - Technical Preview
  • Presto Database (via JDBC)
New import bridges for NoSQL databases Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL Database bridge has been added as technical preview.
Improved import bridges for database and data lake technologies The following bridges have been improved and redesigned:
  • Confluent Kafka File System (API and Schema Registry)
  • Google BigQuery Database
  • Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 File System
  • SAP Sybase ASE Database
Hadoop Hive JDBC based import bridges: new support for metadata listener technology The following bridges now support the metadata listener technology for fast incremental harvesting:
  • Apache Hadoop Hive Database
  • Cloudera Data Platform Hadoop Hive Database
  • Cloudera Hortonworks Data Platform Hadoop Hive Database
  • Databricks Delta Lake Hadoop Hive Database
  • HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric (MapR Data Platform) Hadoop Hive Database

Data Integration

Bridge Description
Talend Data Integration: improvements The import bridge now supports new data connectors and transformations.

It also supports the overwrite of internal parameters to improve the lineage.
Data Mapping Script - Technical Preview: new import bridge The new import bridge helps you to capture the data flow lineage involved in proprietary Data Integration tools and technologies used for ETL/ELT/CDC data movements.
Informatica PowerCenter (Repository): improvement for fast incremental harvesting The import bridge has been improved for fast incremental harvesting based on the PowerCenter Repository XML incremental generation and rebuild.
Snowflake Database SQL DML (DI/ETL) Script (SnowSQL): new support for ETL processes The import bridge has been improved to support the ETL aspects like SnowPipe, Stream or Task.
Improved import bridges The following bridges have been improved:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Glue ETL (via Apache Spark)
  • Databricks Unified Data Services (via Apache Spark)
  • Microsoft Azure Data Factory (ADF) - Technical Preview

Business Intelligence

Bridge Description
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) XMLA file: improvements The import bridge has been redesigned in Java and now supports new multi-dimensional modeling and tabular modeling.
Microsoft Power BI import bridges: new support for remote browsing authentication The following bridges now support remote browsing authentication:
  • Microsoft Power BI (File) - Technical Preview
  • Microsoft Power BI Report Server (Repository)
  • Microsoft Azure Power BI Service (Repository)
Tableau Server: improvements The import bridge has been improved including the support for the latest version and API.

Business Applications

Bridge Description
SAP Business Warehouse 4 HANA (BW/4HANA): improvements The import bridge now supports Query Reports. The ABAP scripts have been improved.

For more information about the bridges, see Talend Data Catalog Bridges on Talend Help Center.

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