Deprecation of GoodData Writer v2

The old version of GoodData Writer (v2) was already unpublished a few months ago and does not allow you to create new configurations since then. Now the time has come to deprecate the component entirely and set a date for its final shut down. 

The date is September 31, 2019, so you are encouraged to migrate old configurations until then. The ui shows a deprecation notice and offers you to run the migration process.

Jobs failures

One of our core databases in US region has been restarted due to some failures by AWS. All running jobs failed or will fail due to this reason.

UPDATE: The problem affected ca 26 jobs. There was some unspecified low-level failure on the database or its underlying hardware and AWS automatically switched to a backup instance. We are going to investigate if our platform can handle the failure and restart the jobs automatically next time. Thanks for your understanding, we are sorry for any inconvenience.

New version of GoodData Writer

We have released a new version of GoodData writer. It runs fully in our Docker infrastructure and so uses its full potential. 

The UI was rewritten and the UX was brought closer to other writers. The component itself handles only updates of data model and data loads. Provisioning of projects and users is a standalone app with backend in AWS Lambda and is used by the ui seamlessly. (You can look to API documentation in Apiary.)

Other custom features of the old Writer like mandatory user filters and cloned projects have to be handled in a custom way outside of the Writer.

The old Writer was unpublished but you can still use existing configurations. Its depreciation and a way of configuration migration will be announced in the near future. But you are strongly encouraged not to create new configurations anymore.

Deprecation of GET method in GoodData SSO login

GoodData SSO login using GET links will stop working on March 18. It means that property link in the response of SSO login using GoodData Writer will stop working too. 

If you use any custom solution built upon our Writer, you need to migrate it to the new POST login, i.e. take property encryptedClaims from our resource and call this GoodData API call: https://help.gooddata.com/display/doc/API+Reference#/reference/authentication/sso-pgp-login which will login your user. SSO links to GoodData in our Connection UI are already migrated to the new method.


Snowflake issues

Some Snowflake transformations fail with such error: odbc_exec(): SQL error: [unixODBC]SQL execution internal error: Processing aborted due to error 300010:1087106694; incident 5370475., SQL state XX000 in SQLExecDirect. It seems that there is some issue in the Snowflake warehouse. We will keep you informed.

Update 19:30 UTC: The problem should be fixed in the US region. (Last occurrence in our infrastructure is from 12:08 UTC.) It seems there was an issue specific to some CREATE TABLE AS SELECT and INSERTs that use window functions.

Security enhancements to GoodData projects access

Direct single sign-on access to GoodData projects from Keboola Connection has been improved and its security enhanced. Due to it, access has been disabled to all existing users and you have to enable it again in Writer's configuration. 

Also, you are no longer able to switch between projects, once you are in GoodData. You have to return back to Connection and access the other project from there. Although it can be a little less comfortable, it brings improved security and we believe it is a better solution for you.

New version of AdWords Extractor

We have just released a new version of AdWords Extractor. It works with AdWords API v201809 (see the Release notes).

The previous version of the extractor is deprecated and you can use our migration tool which will migrate your AWQL queries. As usual, you have to reauthorize the extractor and give it access to your AdWords data again. The previous version uses AdWords API v201802 which will be switched off on 30 January 2019.

Week in Review -- February 19, 2018

New components

Bug fixes and smaller improvements

  • Bug fix in Currency extractor - exchange rates for Danish Krone (DKK) and Icelandic Krona (ISK) were not updated for some time because of a bug in its configuration.
  • Snowflake extractor now offers views in the tables list too.

New version of AdWords Extractor

We have just released a new version of AdWords Extractor. It works with AdWords API v201710 (see the Release notes) and you no longer need your own developer token to use it.

The previous version of the extractor is deprecated and you can use our migration tool which will migrate your AWQL queries. However, you have to reauthorize the extractor and give it access to your AdWords data again. The previous version uses AdWords API v201705 which will be switched off on 28 March 2018.

Week in Review -- November 21, 2017

New Features

  • There is a new extractor for what3words service (https://what3words.com/)

Improvements

  • Configuration of MySQL Extractor allows parameter database to be optional
  • Loading data to Storage Workspace allows renaming of columns
  • Configuration errors from DarkSky Extractor are properly marked as user errors
  • Unified incremental load settings for all database writers