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12-04-2025​

🕓 Full Metadata History​

The History tab now logs all metadata changes on assets.

Why you'll care?

  • Traceability for governance: Get a complete audit trail of who changed what and when on tables, dashboards, and knowledge pages.

  • Smoother collaboration: Everyone can quickly verify updates in one place, aligned with what notifications show. No more confusion.

Full Metadata History tab

11-28-2025​

🖼️ Data Product Images in Catalog Marketplace​

You can now add an image to every Data Product in the Catalog Marketplace — a feature many of you have been asking for since the Marketplace launch to make it nicer to scan.

Images can be added by uploading your own or generating one with AI.

Data Product Images in Catalog Marketplace

🧪 In-app Catalog API Playground​

Make it easier and faster for teams to start using the Catalog API directly from the product.

🎯 What it does:

  • New API playground in the app where users can experiment with the Catalog API in a safe, guided way
  • Users simply paste the API token provided by the catalog support team and can immediately run real requests
  • A pre-configured example query is available out of the box—click "Run" to see live results right away
  • The query editor supports autocomplete (for example, when typing folders and related paths), helping users discover the right endpoints and parameters much faster

💡 Why it matters:

  • Reduces friction for developers and data teams to start integrating with the Catalog API
  • Accelerates API-based initiatives by shortening the time from idea to first successful request

🚧 Coming soon

  • Admin users will be able to generate API tokens directly in the app, then immediately test them in the playground with pre-written queries
  • This will provide a fully self-service API onboarding flow: generate token → test requests live → integrate into your own workflows

Catalog API Playground

11-07-2025​

🔍 Search Assistant - Natural Language Filtering​

Filtering capabilities are now released in the Search assistant!

🎯 What's new:

Users can now filter search results directly through natural language queries, without needing to switch to manual filters. The assistant automatically understands and applies filters based on:

  • OWNER – Filter by business owner (partial or full match)
  • TAG – Filter by asset tags
  • NAME – Filter by asset name (partial or full match)

💡 Examples:

  • "Which tables are owned by Alice?"
  • "Show me dashboards tagged GDPR"
  • "Find assets named customer"

This makes the Catalog fully explorable through conversation and significantly speeds up asset discovery! 🚀

Search Assistant Filtering

10-27-2025​

🔍 Metadata Editor - Filter by Upstream Table​

Enhanced the metadata editor with powerful lineage-based filtering capabilities to streamline bulk metadata operations.

🎯 What it does:

  • Added "Ancestors" filter in the metadata editor's table tab
  • Filter tables by their ancestors using lineage relationships
  • Supports case-insensitive search with flexible naming formats (database.schema.table or database schema table)
  • Considers all lineage types: AUTOMATIC, MANUAL_CUSTOMER, MANUAL_OPS, and OTHER_TECHNOS

💡 Why it matters:

  • Enables data governance managers to efficiently propagate ownership and tags downstream
  • Eliminates manual navigation through lineage tabs for each table
  • Leverages existing lineage relationships for smarter bulk metadata operations
  • Streamlines governance workflows by focusing on dependent assets

🗃️ Metadata Editor - Hierarchical Source/Database/Schema Selection​

Improved the metadata editor with intelligent cascading filters for better navigation and selection accuracy.

🎯 What it does:

  • Database options now depend on selected sources
  • Schema options now depend on selected databases
  • Creates a logical hierarchy: Source → Database → Schema
  • Prevents invalid combinations and reduces selection errors

💡 Why it matters:

  • Provides more intuitive and logical navigation through data assets
  • Reduces user errors by showing only valid options at each level
  • Improves efficiency when working with large, multi-source environments
  • Creates a more structured approach to metadata management

10-20-2025​

🔍 Unified Search Experience: ASK + SEARCH in One Place​

We've merged AI-powered and keyword-based search into a single, intelligent search bar on the homepage — making it easier than ever to find what you need, however you prefer to search.

Unified Search

🎯 What it does:​

  • Single entry point: Access both AI Assistant (ASK) and keyword search (SEARCH) from one unified search bar on the homepage
  • Smart persistence: Your last search mode choice is automatically remembered across sessions
  • Seamless switching: Toggle between search modes without losing context

💡 Why it matters:​

  • Cleaner interface: No more hunting between two separate search locations — everything you need is in one place
  • Better AI adoption: Making AI Assistant more discoverable increases usage and helps users get faster, smarter answers
  • Personalized experience: The system remembers how you like to search, adapting to your workflow

10-18-2025​

📊 New: Data Quality Dashboard​

Monitor your data quality health across Transform and Catalog integrations in one unified view.

🎯 What it does:​

The Data Quality Dashboard aggregates quality tests from Transform and external tools (Monte Carlo, dbt test, Soda, Sifflet) into a single dashboard with two views:

Overview Tab:

  • Overall test pass rate for all tables
  • Tables grouped by status (Alert, Warning, Passed)
  • Test coverage metrics showing which tables have tests vs. no tests
  • Test distribution by technology (Coalesce, Monte Carlo, dbt, Soda, etc.)

Result Details Tab:

  • Detailed table list with test results (Failing, Warning, Passing)
  • Table popularity metrics
  • Direct links to investigate specific assets

Filtering: Filter by Warehouse, Database, Schema, Table Tag, Owner, and Result Status to focus on specific areas.

💡 Why it matters:​

Get a complete picture of data quality across all your tools without jumping between Transform, Monte Carlo, and dbt dashboards. Quickly identify coverage gaps and quality issues to report to leadership.

Data Quality Dashboard

10-17-2025​

🎉 New native integration: Count connector now available​

We're thrilled to announce the release of our Count connector, the newest addition to our suite of BI tool integrations.

10-15-2025​

🔧 API Public Types Alignment​

We've aligned our public API types for better consistency and accuracy.

🎯 What changed:

  • Changed nbPerPage parameter from Float to Int type
  • Changed page parameter from Float to Int type

💡 Why it matters:

  • Ensures type consistency across our API endpoints
  • Provides better validation for pagination parameters
  • Improves developer experience with more accurate type definitions

10-13-2025​

🚀 New: Sigma Data Models are now supported in our Sigma connector!​

Our Sigma connector just got an upgrade: it now supports Data Models, Sigma's asset type introducing a semantic layer for organizing and reusing data.

10-09-2025​

🎛️ Admin Widget Settings​

Admins now have full control over widget visibility on the homepage, allowing for a more customized user experience.

🎯 What it does:

  • Admins can activate or deactivate widgets for all users from the admin settings
  • When widgets are deactivated, users get a sleek, focused experience centered on search and AI assistant
  • When enabled, users can choose which widgets they want to see on their homepage
  • Provides flexibility to tailor the interface based on organizational preferences

💡 Why it matters:

  • Gives admins control over the user interface and experience
  • Allows organizations to create a more focused, distraction-free environment when needed
  • Maintains user choice and customization when widgets are enabled

10-03-2025​

📝 Company Context for AI Descriptions​

Make AI-generated knowledge descriptions more accurate and relevant by adding business context.

🎯 What it does:

  • Admins can now set a short company & industry description in Settings → AI System
  • This context is automatically included (by default) when generating new knowledge descriptions
  • Users can choose to include or exclude the company context per description

💡 Why it matters:

  • AI-generated content is now better tailored to your business and industry
  • Admins gain more control over how the AI understands their environment
Examples

09-04-2025​

📝 Bulk Edit Column Descriptions​

Quickly apply the same description to multiple columns in Catalog.

  • Search, filter, and select similar columns
  • Use smart suggestions or write your own
  • Save time and ensure consistency

Watch the demo

Live now for all Catalog customers

New: Data Quality Dashboard 📊​

You have Data Quality integrations? If yes,

Discover a unified dashboard that brings ALL your data quality metrics into one place - no more jumping between Transform, Monte Carlo, dbt, and other tools to get the full picture of your data health.

🎯 What it does: This new dashboard aggregates quality signals from multiple sources into a single, executive-friendly view. You'll see:

  • Overall data quality health across your entire data ecosystem
  • Test coverage and pass rates from all your quality tools (Transform, Monte Carlo, dbt test, Soda, etc.)
  • Assets grouped by health status (failing, warning, passing, no tests)
  • Powerful filtering by warehouse, database, schema, tags, and owner
  • Quick drill-down to investigate specific issues

07-31-2025​

New: Data Marketplace is Live! 🛍️​

Turn your Catalog content into a business-friendly experience for data consumers.

The Data Marketplace allows you to showcase consumption-ready data assets (Data Products) in a clear, curated view — organized by domain and easy to explore.

Built for data consumers to discover valuable resources and for data builders to boost the visibility and adoption of their work.

What to do next:

✔️ Set clear publishing guidelines for your team

✔️ Select & document the right assets for the Marketplace

✔️ Start sharing your Marketplace with business users!

The marketplace feature isn't currently available to all accounts. Please reach out if you'd like to activate it

07-29-2025​

Bulk Tag Columns in Metadata Editor​

You can now tag multiple columns at once directly from the metadata editor—making it faster to manage sensitive data and scale your governance workflows.

🔍 Use Cases​

  • Tag all columns matching a pattern (e.g. phone) as PII, sensitive, and more
  • Use filters to target columns by tag, data type, documentation status, primary key presence, and more
  • Apply tags across entire domains in one click for streamlined governance

New Assistant Intelligence: Disambiguate User Questions​

Catalog Assistant now helps users clarify ambiguous questions by proactively offering follow-up suggestions.

🔍 What’s New​

When users ask vague queries like “How are we doing this month?”, the Assistant now responds with clarifying options (e.g., “Are you asking about sales, engagement, operations?”).

🤔 Why it matters​

  • Many user questions are underspecified and led to irrelevant or partial answers
  • Disambiguation improves the quality of answers and builds trust in the Assistant
  • Makes the Assistant feel more conversational and helpful—just like a real analyst would

07-24-2025​

Knowledge Duplicate Warner​

Avoid duplicate knowledge pages by flagging existing similar content as you're creating a new one.

Use Case

  • Say you're about to create a knowledge page on Revenue. You type in the title…
  • A warning appears: “There are 5 existing pages with similar names.”
  • You can then: Review existing pages, Edit one of them instead, Avoid adding redundant content

This helps to

  • Keep knowledge clean and well-organized
  • Prevent confusion and rework
  • Minimize governance overhead for data teams

07-15-2025​

You can now choose AND/OR behavior in the Advance Search Filters for Owners and Tags

📊 Analytics: Column Monitoring​

Find it here

Gain visibility over your column metadata at scale:

  • Total number of columns
  • Description coverage by percentage
  • Count of distinct column names
  • Distribution of column name occurrences (e.g., "C Phone" appears in 2,500+ tables)

Clicking a column name redirects you to its detailed view.

🔍 Analytics: Column Details​

Find it here

Dive deeper into individual columns:

  • See which tables use a specific column
  • View column descriptions directly
  • Prepare for upcoming support for inline column metadata editing

🏷️ Analytics: Column Tag Filtering​

Find it here

You can now filter columns by tags—e.g., see all columns tagged as sensitive:email. Quick stats are available:

  • Total tagged columns
  • Distinct column names
  • Distribution breakdown

06-19-2025​

🎉 New native integration: Strategy connector now available​

We're excited to announce the launch of our Strategy connector, the latest addition to our suite of BI tool integrations.

With this new Strategy connector, you can:

  • Seamlessly connect your Cubes, Reports, Documents and Dashboards to our platform
  • Gain visibility into column-level lineage, providing a clear understanding of your data's journey
  • Access all relevant metadata and get instant answers to your questions directly within Strategy, thanks to our Chrome Extension that appears on each asset

Check out our documentation for setup instructions!

04-17-2025​

Introducing Catalog’s AI Assistant in Microsoft Teams​

Get instant data insights right from your everyday communication tool!

  • How it works: Chat 1-on-1 or mention @Coalesce in a group conversation to instantly get trusted answers to questions like: • What is ARR? • What dashboards track user activity? • How is customer margin calculated?
  • Stay focused: No need to switch tools, get the insights you need without ever leaving Microsoft Teams
  • Extra support, anytime: The data team is always here if you need a hand

04-16-2025​

Mentions users​

You can mention users using the "@" handle. They will receive a notification of mention.

New Homepage​

The Homepage now allow:

  • Each user can pick the relevant widget they want to see
  • The Admins can add company news

Dashboard & Table Description AI Generator Upgrade​

AI generated description now leverage all available metadata for Tables and Dashboards, now 100% of them can be described with AI, it used to be 15%

03-26-2025​

New Role Data Steward​

How to use it? A steward can do everything an admin can, except user and integration management.

User Roles in Catalog

02-28-2025​

Show Quality issues on Dashboards​

If a dashboard is using tables with failing quality tests, Catalog will show it in the app and the chrome extension.

Export all downstream from a given column​

We've offered for a few years the ability to download table downstream nodes list, now you can do with any given column. You want to know the impact of changing one single column? Simply click the button and you'll get the list of downstream columns and dashboards using it.

API for SQL Assistant​

We enabled you to to build your own SQL assistant using our building blocks. How to use it? Here is the public code repository that can be shared with customers. It relies on existing and new API endpoints available here https://apidocs.castordoc.com/

Pinned Assets: Suggestions by AI​

How to use it? Simply open the Pin Asset, you'll get suggestion of assets to pin based on title and nam. Updated documentation for asset pinning is here

Looker Studio Native Integration​

The Looker Studio connector is now live in Catalog! This is a big deal because Catalog is the only one on the market to offer this integration.

Here is how to set it up

UI Improvements​

  • Editing Readme now sits behind a dedicated button to avoid misclicks
  • The menu spacing has changed to allow for more space
  • We’ve also updated the text block color and background in the rich text (Readme).

01-23-2025​

ThoughtSpot connector: govern your Answers with Catalog​

We have enhanced our ThoughtSpot connector to enable you to govern Answers directly within Catalog.

You can now:

  • Track the popularity of each Answer
  • View descriptions and tags, automatically retrieved from ThoughtSpot
  • Visualize the complete lineage between Datasource ↔ Answer

01-17-2025​

Knowledge Pages: simplified creation and more intuitive navigation​

We’ve worked to make your Knowledge Pages even easier to manage and explore. Discover the new features:

1️⃣ New view for sub-pages

The sub-pages of a given page are now displayed in the “Sub-pages & Map” tab. This provides a clear and organized view of your documentation structure

2️⃣ Simplified sub-page creation

Creating sub-pages has never been faster and more accessible:

  • From the left menu, by hovering over your assets
  • Directly from the “Sub-pages” tab of a Knowledge Page

12-02-2024​

Enhance your "ReadMe" Sections with table elements​

You can now enhance the “ReadMe” sections (of all your technical assets and documentation) by adding tables elements.

Why use it?

  • Boost readability: organize your content into a structured format
  • Simplify understanding: present your information concisely for improved comprehension

11-25-2024​

Sync Your Notion and Confluence Content with Catalog!​

What’s New? We’ve made it easier than ever to maintain a complete and up-to-date knowledge base by integrating Notion and Confluence with Catalog.

Here's what you gain:

  • Enhanced AI Assistant: The synced content feeds your AI Assistant, allowing it to provide smarter, more accurate answers to your questions
  • Always Up-to-Date Content: Automatic synchronization ensures that your documentation stays accurate, eliminating manual copy-pasting and reducing maintenance efforts

How It Works Find step-by-step instructions to connect your workspaces here:

11-25-2024​

Something new in AI-generated descriptions for your assets​

Your AI assistant for automatically generating descriptions just got even more powerful! What’s changing: generated descriptions now align with your templates The result: your documentation is both:

  • Fully compliant with your internal standards, thanks to template integration
  • Accurate (leveraging SQL sources for technical assets and document type for knowledge assets)

10-22-2024​

AI Assistant: Improvement of result relevance through the popularity of assets ⭐​

The search results for the Assistant are evolving!

We are now taking popularity of assets into account.

When you ask a question to the AI Assistant, the most popular assets are highlighted more prominently. This helps improve relevance.

What does that mean?

  • Popular assets are boosted 🆙
  • Less popular assets are less visible 🔽
  • Assets without popularity (such as Knowledge assets) are neither boosted nor diminished in visibility, which means they are treated as equivalent to assets with a popularity rating of 2.5/5.

08-31-2024​

Never Lose Track: Unified History of conversation​

  • Unified Conversation History: Easily revisit past interactions with the Assistant in both the Chrome Extension and In-App.
  • Seamless Continuity: Access your latest conversations across Dashboard Q&A, SQL CoPilot, and AI Search, even after navigating away or refreshing the page.

07-18-2024​

Real-Time Response Streaming​

  • Instant Feedback: Watch responses build in real-time as you ask your questions.
  • Reduced Wait Times: No more long waits for complete answers—see results immediately.

👉 Available on both the Catalog app and Chrome extension.

07-12-2024​

Optimize Chrome Extension Usability: Sleek & Mobile in Collapsed Mode!​

  • Compact Design: The extension now takes up less space in collapsed mode.
  • Enhanced Mobility: Easily move the extension around your screen to fit your workflow.

06-14-2024​

🌟 Introducing SQL Copilot Integration in Catalog App!​

What's New​

We are excited to introduce the SQL Copilot feature directly within the Catalog application. While the Chrome extension version remains available, you can now enjoy the convenience of accessing SQL tools without leaving the app!

How it Works​

  • Integrated Access: SQL Co-Pilot is now available directly in the Catalog app, located next to the AI search tab.
  • Easy Switching: Seamlessly switch between AI search and SQL Co-Pilot within the same interface.
  • Enhanced Practicality: Utilize advanced SQL tools directly within Catalog, streamlining your workflow and enhancing productivity.

Experience the enhanced practicality of having SQL Co-Pilot at your fingertips within the Catalog app. Try it out today and see how it simplifies your data analysis tasks!

06-12-2024​

Introducing: Dashboards Access Control​

Admins can now manage who can access which dashboard folders/subfolders in Catalog!

More Documentation here

05-21-2024​

Previously, our AI could search for knowledge assets and dashboards. Now, it has improved to support natural language queries specifically about data tables.​

How it Works 🔽 1. Natural Language Processing for Table Queries​

  • Our AI can now understand and interpret specific questions about data tables.
  • Simply ask the AI about the table you need, and it will recognize your request.

2. Direct Access to Data Tables​

  • When you query the AI, it will confirm the existence of the table.
  • You'll receive direct links or shortcuts to access the tables quickly (only in App for the moment), eliminating the need to manually search through databases or consult colleagues.

05-06-2024​

Catalog's AI Assistant now within Slack!​

What's New:

  • Effortless Interactions: Just "ping" the assistant in your #ask-data channel. When you're in a channel, simply type in @CastorDoc and ask your question, the Assistant will answer you!
  • Instant Insights: Access instant, reliable data insights without leaving Slack.
  • Enhanced Support: The data team is on standby for additional help if needed.

03-22-2024​

Introducing templates for assets documentation​

Full documentation here: Templates

Define your documentation good practices and must-have. Guide your contributors and improve your overall documentation quality by sharing the same formatting throughout your company.

Create your templates under the Governance page

Then your contributors apply templates to the asset's read-me sections

02-20-2024​

Introducing AI-Powered Dashboard Insights in Chrome Extension​

Dive deep into the 'hows' and 'whys' behind your data dashboards. Understand not just what your data shows, but how it’s structured and why it matters.

You can ask questions related to those attributes: Dashboard Name, Source Name, Technology, Type, isVerified, Folder Path, isDeprecated, Description User, Description External, Pinned Assetsand Mentioned in

02-13-2024​

  • Delete a team - You can now fully manage teams: create, edit team information, edit members and delete the team

01-30-2024​

Introducing Advanced Filtering: Search by Source and Database​

Filter your searches more precisely by selecting specific sources and databases.

01-17-2024​

  • UI update on the "Mentioned In" section
  • Notification for teams - teams as owner can now get Slack notifications. Set it up on your account

Admin features

  • Assets access control at Schema granularity

  • Tag edition: Color Picker - more info

  • Integration settings page

12-27-2023​

Enriched tooltip for teams as owner

Admin features

  • Tag renaming from the Tag Manager page - More info here
  • Reportings: tag column has been split in three columns for each type of tags: User tags, Catalog tags, External tags
  • API new endpoints for user and team management

12-13-2023​

Fivetran Integration​

Catalog

  • represents objects extracted and loaded by each Fivetran connector
  • computes lineage between Fivetran assets and the warehouses where tables are loaded

12-7-2023​

External Lineage​

Your data is sometimes used somewhere else than warehouses or dashboards: ML algorithms, data apps or third party services. Catalog materializes these usages in catalog and lineage.

Representing data apps and reverse ETL reading into a Snowflake table

Lineage to service accounts

12-1-2023​

From a table in Catalog, jump back to either Snowflake, Airflow or the URL of your choice 🔗

BigQuery and Snowflake Tables now have their link to redirect to respectively the BigQuery console or the Snowsight interface.

Tables can be associated with links (Airflow, Gitlab, Github, other), via the Catalog API.

Tables

dbt test managed by Catalog​

Catalog now manages the dbt test integration, no more files to push and schedule. All Tables present in Catalog and that dbt tests evaluate will display these tests in their Data Quality tab.

dbt tests

11-30-2023​

AI Search over your knowledge content. Like a Q&A, your users get their questions directly answered if the answer is within one or several knowledge pages.

11-20-2023​

Asset Access Control​

Admins now have a way to manage who can access which database in Catalog!

Assets Access Control

Next iteration will introduce assets management at schema granularity!

10-18-2023​

InApp Selection of Database and Schemas​

It is quite common to have to finetune content extracted from a warehouse. You may want to exclude that particular schema or later add back that other database. You can now do that autonomously in the app.

Integration settings

Notifications via Emails​

Catalog, while pushing for Slacks notifications, understands that some customers prefer having their notifications via email, it is now available

Native Column Tags Extraction​

  • Snowflake and BigQuery column tags are now extracted natively

Chrome Extension Improvements​

  • New technologies covered now: Domo, Sigma and Qlik. Refer to the page to get an overview of the capabilities
  • You can now see "Mentioned Assets" on the snippet"

Salesforce Native Integration​

Search, leverage, and govern all your Salesforce Data Assets from day 2 with Catalog. See here how to connect your Salesforce Instance to Catalog. This connector is also available for Client-Managed configuration.

Catalog extracts Object metadata as well as reports and dashboards.

Salesforce

Holistics Native Integration​

Catalog now supports Holistics BI Tool

Domo Native integration​

Domo can be used as a BI tool but as well to store data itself. Catalog now fully supports all Domo implementations, federated or not.

Domo

9-14-2023​

Ingestion Report​

You want to know what was loaded by Catalog when we last extracted metadata from your warehouse? This new report is made for you

View Ingestion report details

9-07-2023​

API Warehouse Management Endpoints​

You can now fully manage a warehouse using our API. This means you can add, update or delete tables, columns, or lineage to a warehouse. Please note that this warehouse must be entirely managed via API, to avoid conflicts with the catalog-run extraction

Create Source endpoint

Create Source endpoint

API Data Quality Endpoint​

After releasing integrations to MonteCarlo and Soda, we now enable our customers to load observability and quality tests from any tools, SaaS or home made

View our Data Quality Endpoint documentation here

Upsert data quality test endpoint

Upsert data quality test endpoint

Teams as owners​

We all agree that having a team owning a dataset is ten times better than having an individual user. This is now possible in Catalog.

Team ownership will also appear on teams profile page.

Lineage from S3 to Snowflake, out of the box​

Just by looking at your Snowflake queries Catalog can now the origin of data loaded from S3. We can identify buckets, paths, and files used to load data into your snowflake tables.

From that we create an S3 source, add all these buckets, paths and files and finally automatically create lineage to your Snowflake tables.

8-31-2023​

Columns Tagging​

You can now tag columns in Catalog, these tags can be added by a user or come from an external source such as dbt or snowflake

New: dbt Owners​

Catalog analyses the contributions to each of your dbt models to determine the top contributors and display them in the app as Technical Owners.

8-15-2023​

New: Chrome Extension​

Catalog can now be leveraged directly from your BI tool or SQL editor. There is a lot more coming from the team but lot of value to get from already

See how to install the chrome extension here

Improvement: "Struct" Column Lineage​

The Catalog SQL Parser can now retrieve column for STRUCT elements. This increases heavily our coverage for customers relying on that pattern.

8-8-2023​

New: AI Knowledge draft generation​

Do you think the definition of ARR, Customer Success, or Churn may be somewhat similar across different companies? We do too!

That is why you can now generate a draft for your Knowledge Metric/Domains/... pages, leveraging OpenAI capabilities.

See the full details here:

New: Source Tags Automated​

For several years, Catalog has been able to identify data extracted from popular SAAS tools. Think about SAP, Salesforce, Google Ads, and 53 more.

Now Catalog will automatically tag any tables or dashboard leveraging data from one of these SAAS tools

So if one of your Dashboards uses Salesforce data, it will be tagged with "source:saleforce" as on the example below

Improvement: dashboard popularity for more BI tools​

Catalog now automatically computes popularity for

  • PowerBI
  • Sigma Computing

8-1-2023​

New: Curated Content​

For business users, information about schemas, tables, and columns can be overwhelming. This is why Catalog has released a Business User view, simplifying the UI by removing technical data elements. It also changes the defaults search filters to exclude searching within technical data assets.

See more here

Improvement: Looker Lineage upgrade​

Your Lookml is full of User Attributes and Constants? Catalog now resolves these with any issue

7-25-2023​

New: Catalog Scribe​

Writting description for tables and dashboards is bothersome and at least a part of the description can be inferred from their underlying SQL queries and metadata.

This is exactly what Catalog Scribe does. Ask AI to write a description for you.

New: Teams Editable​

You can now create and edit teams directly within Catalog.

Find more information here

Teams in Catalog

Improvement: lineage partial matching​

Sometimes, due to missing context, our parser in only able to retrieve a table name but without its schema or database.

From now on, if that table name is unique in your catalog, the lineage link will be created. Huge improvement coming, especially for users of Postgres and Redshift.

7-18-2023​

Dashboard Frequent Users​

Who uses which dashboards? Answering that question can bring a lot of trust in a given dashboard! Catalog now enables it on Looker

This comes out of the box for any customer with a live looker integration. If you are using the Client-Side set up, make sure to update your castor-extractor package.

7-11-2023​

New: Integration to Domo​

Catalog now connects to Domo dashboards and datasets, including lineage.

6-27-2023​

New: Unused Assets Report​

You can now generate an unused assets report to clean up your unused data assets and build an efficient data stack. You can download the unused assets report directly from the Governance > Reports section of Catalog. You can read more here.

6-23-2023​

New: Rich Text Images​

Our rich text fields now support images! Now you can supplement you documentation with image assets, with more rich text improvements on the way.

New: Sigma Integrations - Datasets Support​

Catalog's Sigma Integration now supports Sigma Datasets. You can read more about integrating with Sigma here.

New: Sync a Tag to a Knowledge Page​

You can now sync a tag to a specific knowledge page. This means you can easily link all assets with a tag to a specific knowledge page.

Improvement: Certified and Deprecated Details​

You can now see more details on who certified or deprecated an asset by hovering on the respective icon.

Improvement: Looker Column Field Lineage​

We have improved the lineage for Looker, so you can now see the lineage between a field of an Explore and its related columns.

6-13-2023​

New: User Teams​

Assign users to teams, so you can build context around teams and access associated knowledge pages that document the context of their domains.

6-7-2023​

Early Access: Assistant AI for asset descriptions and knowledge pages​

Assistant AI now supports generating column, table and dashboard descriptions and drafting knowledge pages, so you never have to start with a blank slate.

Read more about Assistant AI here.

6-6-2023​

New: Knowledge Map​

We are excited to introduce Knowledge Map, a full visual overview of your organization’s knowledge pages. With Knowledge Map, you can now see the complete hierarchy of how your organization’s data spans domains, metrics, and KPIs you’ve documented.

5-5-2023​

New: Catalog API​

Catalog now has a public API available with new endpoints for integrations. You can read more here.

New: PowerBI Datasets Integration​

Catalog now integrates with PowerBI datasets. You can set up your PowerBI integration directly from the Integrations tab in the Settings. You can read more on how to integrate here.

5-2-2023​

Early Access: Sync Back to Snowflake, BigQuery, Tableau & Looker​

We are excited to announce Sync Back early access with more tools, now supporting Snowflake, BigQuery, Tableau, and Looker in addition to dbt. So you can now push your data documentation out across your entire data stack.

These new Sync Backs are available by request for Early Access, and current customers can reach out now to get started. If you’re not yet a customer and would like to learn more, get in touch today to discuss how Sync Back improves your data experience.

Read the full announcement here.

4-25-2023​

New: Surface Data Quality with dbt Tests & Soda​

You can now see data quality tests from dbt Tests and Soda directly alongside your assets in Catalog. Easily stay up to date on your data’s health at a glance and let everyone in your organization know they can trust your data.

Read more about using data quality integrations here.

4-21-2023​

New: Source Tagging​

Catalog now supports source tagging on tables and will be rolled out to customers starting April 25th. These source tags will appear alongside your existing tags, supporting tools like Intercom, Stripe, Mixpanel, Salesforce and more, so you can see exactly which tool your data originates from.

Read more about source tagging here.

New: Tableau Data Source Field Lineage​

Catalog now supports field lineage for published Tableau Data Sources. Lineage will be available for table columns and dashboards connected to Data Sources, from Columns to Field to Workbooks.

4-14-2023​

New: Databricks Integration​

Catalog now integrates with Databricks. You can set up your Databricks integration directly from the Integrations tab in the Settings. You can read more on how to integrate here.

New: Tag Styles​

We made tags prettier with new styling options. Tags can now be colored, support emoji use and have new formatting options to support subcategories like Priority: Low, Priority: High.

4-12-2023​

New: Catalog AI Query Explainer​

Catalog AI is here with the first AI powered feature, Query Explainer. This translates queries into natural language and lets anyone in your organization easily understand the logic behind queries with a single click.

Read more on using Catalog AI's Query Explainer here.

3-31-2023​

New: Tableau Data Sources​

Catalog now supports Tableau Data Sources as assets, similar to Looker Explore. These will now appear in the side navigation under Dashboards, as the related visualization models as well as in lineage.

Read more on using Tableau DataSources in here.

3-03-2023​

New: Export Reports for Excel​

You can export Reports in an Excel format in addition to the previously available CSV format. You can read more about exporting reports here.

New: dbt Cloud Integration​

We now integrate with dbt Cloud, you can set up your dbt Cloud integration directly from the Integrations tab in the Settings. You can read more on how to integrate here.

Improvement: Column Lineage​

These improvements surface column lineage directly in the Lineage tab. So you can now select Lineage and choose between dashboard lineage or selecting a specific column to view column lineage. This update also makes additional UI improvements to the Snowflake column lineage experience.

Improvement: Looker Explore UI Updates​

These improvements update the experience for Looker Explores by adding view labels, filters for view labels, displaying field usage, as well as ordering by field usage and filtering on field type.

2-24-2023​

New: Report an Issue​

Let your whole team help keep an eye on your data’s health. You can now report an issue with a table from within Catalog. When the issue is reported, a comment will added to the asset in Catalog and the owner will be notified.

Read more on using Report an Issue here.

2023-02-06​

New: dbt Sync Back​

You can now push table and column descriptions back to your dbt github repo. To start using, grant contributor access to our technical Github user techcastor and trigger a sync using the “Sync back to dbt” button in the integrations section.

Read more on how to use dbt Sync Back here.

2023-02-04​

New: Manual Lineage​

Incorporate your full lineage in Catalog with manual lineage. You can now link directly to the backend and delete links via Ops notebooks for tables and columns for sources where Catalog cannot retrieve data.

2023-02-02​

New Integration: Amazon Athena​

We added a new integration with Amazon Athena. You can read more on setting this integration up here.

2023-01-31​

New: Request Data Access​

You can now request access to a table directly in Catalog without needing to hunt down an admin to grant permissions.

Request access while viewing a table.

The access request will be logged in the asset comments.

2023-01-27​

New Integration: Glue​

We added a new integration with AWS Glue. You can read more on setting this integration up here.

2023-01-25​

Coming Soon: Data Quality​

Soon you will be able to easily keep an eye on your data’s health, with Data Quality on tables. You will soon be able to see data quality at a glance when searching for tables, along with a detailed breakdown of the tests and statuses. Expect the first test integration in the coming weeks.

See results of your latest data quality check.

Data quality status for tables at a glance.

2023-01-23​

New: Request Documentation​

You can now request documentation for a table or column. This will trigger a slack or email notification to the table owner to update the documentation for the related asset. If no owner is specified, admins are notified of the request. Read more here.

New Reports Available: Deeper insights on user activity and data usage.​

Admin can now access metadata on user activities in their warehouse, table analytics and dashboard analytics. These new reports can be used for insights to identify tables and dashboards with high compute costs, see who is running the most queries, or identify gaps in documentation.

The following tables were added:

  • PII Columns: Includes metadata on columns like Catalog URL and data type of a column.
  • Knowledge Metadata: like path and tags for a knowledge page.
  • User activities in the warehouse: Includes user activities in your warehouse for the last 30 days.
  • User activities in the warehouse per table: Includes user activities by table in your warehouse for the last 30 days.
  • Table analytics: Includes tables usage data like number of queries and number of parent tables.
  • Dashboard analytics: Includes dashboard usage data like, url path, and number of parent tables.

Read more on what is included in each table here.

2023-01-20​

  • Increased coverage for large queries
  • LookML lineage improvements

2023-01-13​

  • Updates user mentions with link formatting
  • Updates UI for invite modal
  • Updates to column lineage for Tableau

2023-01-06​

  • Reports to include Tag metadata
  • Updates UI of Lineage tab to provide clearer view of lineage

2023-12-30​

  • Adds Knowledge Metadata report
  • Add PII Column report
  • Enables dbt self onboarding in integration setup

2022-12-23​

  • Reports update to include dashboard analytics report

2022-12-16​

  • Added loader for pinned assets so users know they are loading
  • Metadata Bulk Edit - Add tags to tables
  • Bug fixes:
    • Catalog icon size issue
    • Make horizontal scrolling possible when there are long menu items

2022-12-09​

  • New feature: Metadata bulk Edit
    • Bulk add owners to tables

2022-12-02​

  • Renamed tags to attributes on table’s columns page
  • Bug fixes
    • Selecting an asset in the pinned asset modal causes the search to reset
    • Modal overflow
  • Column lineage coverage improvements
  • Tableau tags are not dropped anymore when name’s too long

2022-11-18​

  • Added clickable breadcrumb paths on dashboards
  • Bug fixes:
    • Toast error message
    • Resolve incorrect user count in People page

2022-11-11​

  • Support table of type CLONE for BigQuery
  • Allow self onboarding for all warehouses and BI tools in Catalog managed mode

2022-11-04​

  • Direct lineage from dashboard to table for Metabase

2022-10-21​

  • Hide Google service accounts from People page
  • Allow self onboarding for all warehouses and BI tools in Client managed mode
  • Download table and dashboard metadata

2022-10-14​

2022-10-06​

  • Search improvements: more context on assets location, search by database
  • Fix on dashboard popularities
  • BigQuery extractor safe mode

2022-09-23​

  • Download all downstream nodes as CSV file
  • Hide “Sources” in lineage when asset has no parent
  • Order History in reverse chronology
  • Contribution links in home page redirects to user contribution tab
  • dbt manifest parsing upgrade
  • Table lineage: handle INSERT_INTO patterns

2022-09-16​

  • More context in search: table and dashboard descriptions are systematically displayed in search
  • More assets in profile pages: tables, where user is a technical owner, and dashboards, where user is an editor
  • Added a toggle/input on the lineage graph to recompute it on less than 30 days
  • Qlik integration is live

2022-08-26​

  • New native integration: Qlik in Catalog
  • Export lineage children as CSV file
  • Column lineage: official release and UI improvements
  • Complete search for very large Looker explores

2022-08-12​

  • Lineage Graph: Ability to decrease the 30 days default period in order to visualize recent changes
  • Slack Notification on user signup to Catalog

2022-07-29​

  • Lineage: added sources (first ancestral tables) of element & improved perf issue on fetching it

2022-07-22​

  • Profile tabs performance improvements

2022-07-15​

  • Column lineage developments

2022-07-01​

  • Quotes added to BQ Table descriptions
  • PyPi package - Looker: Add timeout as parameter and allow using all_looks end point to fetch Looks
  • Lineage revamp: group tables by schemas and group BI assets by type and technology

2022-06-24​

  • Support MERGE statement in column lineage
  • Tableau syncs can be Catalog managed

2022-06-17​

  • Dashboard Fields can be pinned
  • Slack avatars are synced
  • DBT owners automatically added
  • Support SAML SSO loggin
  • Support line breaks in Looker fields descriptions
  • Revamp of lineage (step 1)

2022-06-10​

  • Larger assets nodes in graph lineage
  • Upgrade from linked to Pinned assets

2022-06-03​

  • Fix DBT last refresh
  • Clean blank Looker avatar pictures
  • Exclude users only present on Slack from people page
  • Dependency resolution for PyPi package

2022-05-27​

  • Handle null characters in Looker Dashboard titles
  • Handle Looks with no directory
  • Remove deprecated assets from home page
  • Show last Catalog sync for each integration

2022-05-20​

  • Fix Okta sign-in bug
  • Add "source queries" for Generic viz

2022-05-13​

  • Add Dashboards from Metabase "Our Analytics"
  • Admins can now deprecate dashboards and knowledge pages

2022-05-06​

  • Handle generic warehouse ingestions
  • Improve data catalog sync performance

2022-04-29​

  • Display by default the most 5 popular linked assets in lineage - click on "+" to display all links
  • Support additional SQL statement for column lineage
  • Owners get Slack notification when a comment is added on their assets

2022-04-22​

  • Handle markdown table rendering and h3-6 headings
  • Deal with Snowflake latency issues: avoid empty tables

2022-04-15​

  • Fix: can use spaces in "refers to" search bar
  • Display all "+" and "-" on lineage graph
  • Handle more thoroughly sync with warehouse descriptions

2022-04-08​

  • Possibility to "deprecate" table assets
  • Update of Column lineage target metric
  • Ability to batch upload "Knowledge pages"
  • Handle of "Update" queries for table lineage

2022-04-01​

  • Support multiple domains for independent user creations
  • Trial count downs now present in app
  • Knowledge "Drag and drop" (easily move knowledge subpages) is now live
  • Read only role now live

2022-03-25​

  • Prep of external users as asset owners: allow users without Catalog account to be set as an asset owner
  • Prep of knowledge "Drag & Drop"

2022-03-11​

  • Ingestion of multiple DBT manifests now possible
  • Slack unfurls Dashboard and Knowledge links
  • Hide Dashboards in lineage graph

2022-03-04​

  • Top Dashboards appear on homepage
  • Dashboard source queries added
  • Added additional filters in advanced search: owner, PII and verified
  • Deleted transient filter for Snowflake accounts: all transient objects on imported into Catalog

2022-02-25​

  • By default, advanced search does not contain columns and fields
  • Added external description to column description suggestion (AutoDoc) and column describer
  • Improved column description suggestion performance

2022-02-18​

  • Fixed broken favorite links: tables appear in user pages
  • Added new warehouse technology icons
  • Fixed query mismatch in user pages

2022-02-11​

  • Added "Tables", "Dashboards", and "Knowledge" tabs to user pages
  • Filtering by schema and tags now possible in advance search

2022-02-04​

  • All BI tools extraction agents merged into 1 package
  • Scheduling now possible for Mode

2022-01-28​

  • External descriptions can now be rendered as markdown
  • Advanced search applies filters based on quick search

2022-01-21​

  • External description for tables used as fallback on Table Explorer
  • Dashboard editors appear in addition to dashboard owners

2022-01-14​

  • On people pages, view queries performed by user
  • Display "is Certified" in search results

2022-01-07​

  • Save your favorite queries with "Pin queries"

2021-12-31​

  • Hide links in Graph lineage
  • Mode package release

2021-12-17​

  • Display labels of Looker Explore fields
  • Dbt Tags Automated Sync
  • Client-side Extractors for Redshift, BigQuey and Snowflake
  • Extended search filtering design preparation

2021-12-10​

  • Lineage graph with expansion and details
  • Nested Knowledge pages
  • View all active members on your Data Stack in People page
  • View on which technology each member is active
  • Invite to Catalog from People page
  • Catalog Slack App can be installed from the Admin's integration page

2021-12-03​

  • Lineage graph first version: table parents and children
  • Sharded tables Exploration for BigQuery

2021-11-26​

  • Slack: show message snipped in Catalog
  • Redshift Spectrum is supported by Catalog
  • Datastudio is compatible with Generic Dashboard

2021-11-19​

  • Slack App allow to trace back Slack message to Catalog
  • Users can link columns in any text area of Catalog
  • BigQuery nested fields are handled

2021-11-12​

  • Catalog integrated natively with Tableau
  • Table freshness information is refreshed hourly
  • Users can describe schemas and databases

2021-10-22​

  • Admin can edit Warehouse credentials
  • Improved python module to push to GCP bucket

2021-10-15​

  • BigQuery Views now have popularity and lineage
  • Catalog URLs are formatted prettily in table and column descriptions
  • Looker Lineage Dashboard ↔ Explores
  • Richtext Toolbar now always appears in descriptions

2021-10-08​

  • Catalog Auto Doc is live. See the dedicated page here
  • Admins can change user roles and deactivate/reactivate them
  • Source queries for dbt tables are now available

2021-10-01​

  • Users can use table schemas to find tables
  • Admin can see their company's employees on Catalog
  • Users can see SQL queries that created/edited the tables
  • Catalog sync your tags from BigQuery

2021-09-24​

  • Users can link data assets together, with backlinking activated
  • URLs in Catalog are nicely formatted everywhere in the app
  • Catalog offers a python package to push content to a GCP Bucket
  • Lineage Parent and Child are redesigned