Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector Release Notes¶
Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation
Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation
April 17, 2024¶
Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector: Version 2.2.0¶
Enhancements¶
Support for PowerBI Column Level Lineage¶
Column level lineage is now available for reports created from table-based datasets and dataflows from Alation version 2024.1.2.
Fixed Issues¶
Lineage Not Visible for Datasets Created from Dataflows in Different Workspace¶
Lineage fails for datasets created from a dataflow in present different a workspace. (AL-149160, AL-141424)
December 06, 2023¶
Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector: Version 2.1.3¶
Compatible Alation Version - 2023.3.2 or higher
Enhancements¶
Support for Plus Character (+) in Ingested SQL Queries¶
Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector supports a plus sign (+) in the ingested SQL queries for dataset expressions. This enables the extraction of connection information from dataset expressions with queries having ‘+’ (plus character) to generate lineage.
Fixed Issues¶
Metadata Extraction Fails for Parameters with Same Name As Table Name in Datasets¶
In Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector, MDE fails if a dataset expression has a parameter with the same name as the table name and value as an expression. This is because the length of the object identifier exceeds the limit set by Alation.
November 22, 2023¶
Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector: Version 2.1.0¶
Compatible Alation version: 2023.3.2 or higher
Enhancements¶
Support for Cross-System Lineage Between PowerBI and Databricks Unity Catalog, Azure SQL, and Azure Synapse¶
Alation now supports cross-system lineage between PowerBI and the following data sources:
Databricks Unity Catalog
Azure SQL
Azure Synapse
To start using this feature, perform the following:
Upgrade to Alation version 2023.3.2 or later.
Set the following flag to True using alation_conf:
alation_conf alation.resolution.DEV_bi_connector_returns_db_for_two_part_schema -s TrueInstall the latest Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector.
For details, see Azure Power BI Scanner OCF Connector.