DataStax Studio 6.8.x Release Notes

Added support for gzip files on Notebook imports. (STUDIO-2299)

Notebooks can be imported into Studio using GitHub URLs. (STUDIO-2299)

Fixed issues displaying the results of a Graph elementMap query when the graph schema contains id or label properties. (STUDIO-3152)

Fixed a issue in CQL cells where certain table properties were not recognized and reported as a validation error. (STUDIO-3139)

Fixed an issue when the provided import URL contained spaces or other characters that needed to be URL encoded. (STUDIO-3155)

Added the last updated date/time to the status line of cell results in Studio. (STUDIO-2298)

To use Studio when authentication and authorization are enabled, you must set database permissions on system and system_schema keyspaces and on specific tables. Related settings are needed via GRANT EXECUTE and other commands, depending on the components used. (STUDIO-3046)

The Test Connection feature now checks user permissions for the specific keyspaces and tables that Studio queries. (STUDIO-3048)

Added Studio support for CQL BACKUP commands. See Backup and Restore Service CQL Command Reference. (STUDIO-3076)

Added Studio support for the following cqlsh commands:

Improved CQL cell validation of maximum length of keyspace and table identifiers to be version specific.

Improved the execution time of the first CQL or Spark SQL cell execution. (STUDIO-3126)

A Gremlin cell can be executed in Studio when there is no Graph selected for the Notebook. This support enables the execution of Gremlin code that does not require a Graph. (STUDIO-3128)

system.graph("my_graph_keyspace").
   fromExistingKeyspace().
   create();

Duration data type syntax highlighting in CQL cells. (STUDIO-1277)

ConcurrentModificationException periodically appeared in standard out. (STUDIO-2216)

DateRangeTypes now display properly in Studio results. (STUDIO-2945)

In Studio, CQL cells using ALTER TABLE commands containing certain WITH clauses previously did not run properly. (STUDIO-3115)

Null Pointer Exception encountered in Studio when trying to execute a CQL cell that only contained comments. (STUDIO-3117)

In Studio 6.8.0, attempts to use an unreserved DSE keyword as the User Defined Type (UDT) name caused an org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.SyntaxException. (STUDIO-3120)

In CQL cells, Search query parameters useFieldCache and timeAllowed are now recognized. (STUDIO-3123)

Fixed an issue in CQL cells when the selected keyspace value in the Keyspace dropdown was an identifier that must be quoted. (STUDIO-3132)

Addressed issues with the server startup script on Windows OS when java_home was not defined in the environment. (STUDIO-3136)

In CQL cells, the following Datetime functions are now recognized. (STUDIO-3137)

Create and share links to direct cells with the new Copy Cell Link option in the Other Cell Action (…) menu. (STUDIO-645, STUDIO-2817)

You can now import a notebook using a URL. (STUDIO-1814)

You can now click the connection name in notebook header to open the connection dialog and make changes. (STUDIO-1762)

DataStax Graph (core) provides more versatility in application development. See About DataStax Graph. To learn about the redesign of DataStax Graph, take a tour with the DataStax Graph QuickStart v6.8.0 notebook from the Studio home page. (STUDIO-2263, STUDIO-2403, STUDIO-2499)

New execution options and connection management options in configuration.yaml. Options from earlier versions that are not present in the file are ignored and can safely be removed. (STUDIO-1696)

Select Edit Connection in the notebook header to edit the current connection, add a new connection, or select a different connection directly from within the notebook.

Clustering Key columns are no longer sorted by name. (STUDIO-1792)

Improved user experience when you create or edit a Connection. After you click the Save button, a spinner now displays to indicate progress and prevent other changes to the Connection. (STUDIO-2322)

Improved usability inside notebooks. The cursor pointer is now consistent in dropdowns. (STUDIO-2487)

Changes to the Create Graph dialog include the addition of a cluster node count. (STUDIO-2574)

Studio now supports the export of query results to CSV and JSON formats. (STUDIO-316, STUDIO-2628)

Studio notebook versions are updated for v6.8.0. (STUDIO-2676)

CQL duration data type is now supported in CQL cells. (STUDIO-2814)

Changes in the New Graph dialog. (STUDIO-2499, STUDIO-2574, STUDIO-2678)

Neighborhood expansion query is optimized to reduce expensive server side operations for super nodes. (STUDIO-2663)

You can now execute only the highlighted statement or statements in a cell. (STUDIO-2892)

In the Create Notebook dialog, the connection now auto-fills if there is only a single connection. (STUDIO-2973)

Execution configuration changes. (STUDIO-2946)

Graph dropdown must be updated when connection is changed. (STUDIO-2775)

Error message when trying to connect to an unsupported cluster type, for a cluster other than DSE, is not clear. (STUDIO-2836)

Table using non-frozen UDTs can throw Codec not found error. (STUDIO-3004)

The server.bat file did not handle Windows user directories that contained spaces and caused Studio startup to fail. (STUDIO-3023)

Cell execution results causing OOM. Use new cell execution settings in configuration.yaml. (STUDIO-3068)