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What's New for Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud
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January 2019
What’s New for Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud
The following sections describe what’s new in Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud.
As soon as new features become available, cloud tools for managing Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud instances are upgraded in the data centers where Oracle Cloud services are hosted. You don't need to request an upgrade to be able to use the new features.
Except where noted, upgrades are available to use on your existing Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud instances. However, new features that change how service instances are created do not affect your existing service instances.
January 2019
| Feature | Description |
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| Updates to Agents |
Architectural changes to Remote Agents require you to recreate the agent if you want to perform new Synchronize Data jobs using Initial Load. See Set up a Remote Agent for ODI. Microsoft SQL Server is now available for Windows Remote Agents. |
| Support for new Connection types |
Data Integration Platform Cloud now supports the following data sources:
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| Synchronize Data |
Data Integration Platform Cloud now supports remote execution of a Synchronize Data Task that includes Initial Load from behind a firewall. Before you perform a Synchronize Data Task with Initial Load from inside a firewall, you must download, install, and configure a Remote Agent with Oracle 12c (OGG) and Data Integrator (ODI) components. |
| Replicate Data |
You can now deliver data to Autonomous Data Warehouse targets. |
| Add Data to Data Lake |
You can now create a Data Lake using the Data Lake Configuration Element. After you create your Data Lake, you can select it when creating an Add Data to Data Lake task. Data Integration Platform Cloud now also supports remote execution of the Add Data to Data Lake task from Spark Execution on Big Data Cloud and YARN. |
| ODI Execution |
The ODI Execution task now supports Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud and Oracle Object Storage Connection types. |
| Data Preparation |
Data Integration Platform Cloud now supports for Oracle Object Storage Classic as a source or target Connection type. |
| Scheduling Policies |
You can now create Policies to schedule job executions. See Create Policies. |
| Catalog |
The Catalog now lists Data Assets and Execution Environments after you create them. You can create, view, and edit Data Assets and Execution Environments from the Catalog. |
August 2018
| Feature | Description |
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Oracle-Managed Data Integration Platform Cloud |
You can now perform these tasks using Oracle-Managed Data Integration Platform Cloud
Note: Adding Data to Data Lake and Data Preparation tasks are not certified for Oracle-Managed Data Integration Platform Cloud. For these tasks use user-managed instances. |
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Heterogeneous Support for Agent |
Based on the operating system you select (Windows 64–bit or Linux 64–bit), you can download an agent that could connect to multiple source/target systems. And, you can select the connection binaries in the agent so that the size of the binaries are limited to what you use. See Downloading Agent Package. The components available for different platforms will be different. See Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud Certifications. |
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Replicate Data Task |
You can use the Data Integration Platform Cloud console to capture new transactions in your Oracle data sources and deliver them to Oracle and Kafka targets. See Setting up a Replicate Data Task. |
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Data Lake Automation |
You can add data from a variety of sources into Data Integration Platform Cloud's Data Lake. It allows you to store vast amounts of data, enabling deep analytics, big data processing, and machine learning. See Adding Data to Datalake. |
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ODI Support for Remote Agent |
The ODI plug-in for agents enables you to perform data integration tasks remotely in an on-premises environment. After you download and configure the agent with its ODI component, then you can run it on the remote environment. This agent gets registered in Data Integration Platform Cloud and appears in the Agents list. See Setting up ODI Remote Agents. |
June 2018
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
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Oracle Stream Analytics upgrade |
If you have an existing Oracle Stream Analytics 18.1.0.0.0 installation, use these steps to upgrade to Oracle Stream Analytics 18.1.0.0.1. See Upgrading Oracle Stream Analytics. |
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Oracle Stream Analytics — User Management |
Allows you to create, new users, change passwords for the users, and delete users. See Managing Users in Stream Analytics |
May 2018
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
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Oracle-Managed Data Integration Platform Cloud |
Data Integration Platform Cloud instances are now self-managed! Hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, all patching, upgrade, rollback, VM start/stop/restart, WebLogic Admin and Managed server start/stop/restart operations are done automatically for you. See Creating Autonomous Data Integration Platform Cloud Instances. |
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QuickStart your Data Integration Platform Cloud instances |
You can now create Data Integration Platform Cloud instances quickly and easily using the QuickStart option without having to perform prerequisites. There are now QuickStart templates for both Oracle-managed and user-managed instances. See Creating Autonomous Data Integration Platform Cloud Instances and Creating User-Managed Instances with QuickStart. |
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New Elevated Integration Tasks |
This release introduces two new elevated integration tasks, Data Preparation and ODI Execution.
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Enhancements to the Synchronize Data Task |
Enhanced features added to the Synchronize Data Task include:
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Oracle Stream Analytics |
You can now use Oracle Stream Analytics Data Integration Platform Cloud’s Enterprise and Governance Editions. Download and install Stream Analytics on your Data Integration Platform Cloud instance VM. Consume data streams through Data Integrator or GoldenGate to Kafka for Stream Analytics to process and analyze enabling you to gain actionable insights from your data. See Analyzing Data Streams. |
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Replicate data to Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse |
You can now set up Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud as a target database to replicate data to. Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud is a fully-managed data warehouse designed to support all standard SQL and business intelligence tools and deliver scalable analytic query performance. See Replicating Data to Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud. |
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Monitor jobs with the Monitor Dashboard |
View information about all Jobs ever started in Data Integration Platform Cloud and whether they’re running, stopped, finished successfully, or failed. Review metrics such as instance health, job health, lag and data reports, and other job details. See Monitor. |
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Check your Data Usage |
View the total data processed and amount of data processed per hour. You access Data Usage reports from the user menu. This page is especially useful for getting information about your volume of processed data, to decide what to choose for the Data processing per hour field when you create an Oracle-managed instance. See Data Usage. |
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Stop a Job |
You can now stop a running job from the Jobs, Job Details, and Monitor pages.Monitoring and Stopping Jobs. |
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Connection Metadata |
In the Catalog, Connections now include a Metadata tab, where you can explore Data Entities harvested from these Connections. See Connections. |
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Data Entity Editor |
You now have the ability to edit Data Entities in the Catalog using the Data Entity Editor. See Data Entity Editor. |
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View your component’s Job History |
Also in the Catalog, when you view the details of a Data Integration Platform Cloud component (Task, Data Entity, or Connection), you can view its edit history in the component’s History tab. See Catalog. |
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Support for Flat File type connections |
Data Integration Platform Cloud now supports Flat File type connections as data sources for Data Preparation Tasks. See Creating a Connection. |
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SID field reintroduced for Connections |
In the Connection dialog, you can now specify either a Service Name or SID for Service. See Creating a Connection. |
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Use the Instances page to manage tags for categorizing service instances |
You can now use the Data Integration Platform Cloud Instances page to create and manage tags for categorizing Data Integration Platform Cloud instances, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment. You can easily identify and search for service instances based on the tags you have assigned to the service instances. You can:
Previously, this feature was available only in the REST API. |
February 2018
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
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Automatic creation of GoldenGate |
You no longer have to manually configure the GoldenGate |
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Support for GoldenGate 12.3 |
Data Integration Platform Cloud now supports GoldenGate 12.3 Classic Architecture. See Oracle GoldenGate Certifications. |
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Support for Oracle Database 12.2 |
Data Integration Platform Cloud now supports Oracle Database 12.2. See Source and Target Database/Application Certifications. |
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Tags for categorizing Instances |
Create tags for categorizing Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud instances, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment. Then, identify and search for instances based on the tags that you’ve assigned to the instances. See Creating an Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud Service Instance. |
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SID field removed from Create Connection dialog |
The Oracle System ID (SID) field has been removed from the Create Connection dialog. You'll now use the Service Name field instead. See Creating a Connection. |
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CDB menu added to Create Connection dialog |
With added support for Oracle Pluggable Databases, a CDB menu is added to the Create Connection dialog to support replication when a PDB is used as a source. Creating a Connection. |
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Changes to the user interface |
Some elements in the Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud user interface have a new look and feel. For example, there are changes to page layout, tabs, icons, and menus. Overall, the word Service is replaced with Instance. For example, Service Overview page is called Instance Overview and Create Service is called Create Instance and the Services page is now called the Instances page. |
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Fully automated patching |
You don’t need to stop and restart your Data Integration Platform Cloud instances when you patch them. If you have instances of 17.4.5, patching is available to upgrade to 18.1.3. After you apply a patch through the Administration tile of your instance, a Roll Back button appears in case you want to roll back to 17.4.5 again. Every new patch is accumulative, so whenever a new patch is available, you don’t need to apply any of the older patches. |
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Instance rollback |
You can roll back your instances to a previous version if you upgrade an instance and then change your mind. When you patch an instance, a backup copy of the metadata schema is saved. When you roll back, the rollback replaces all the current schemas with the ones from the previous version. |
December 2017
| Feature | Description |
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New user experience |
Data Integration Platform Cloud’s new user experience includes a new landing page where you’ll find shortcuts to guide you towards common activities such as creating new Connections and Tasks, browsing the Catalog, or creating Policies. See Data Integration Platform Home Page. |
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Catalog |
The Data Integration Platform Cloud Catalog provides you with access to a unified metadata repository. You’ll be able to browse Connections, Data Entities, and Tasks. Advanced search capabilities with inline results and property search is also available for you to use. See Catalog. |
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Task |
Synchronizing data between a source and target schema has never been easier. With Data Integration Platform Cloud, you can easily set up a Synchronized Data Task. Initial load is powered by Oracle Data Integrator, while data capture and delivery is powered by Oracle GoldenGate; proven Oracle technologies offering the best-in-class service in the Cloud. See Setting up a Synchronize Data Task. |
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Monitoring |
Filter and search job instances or drill-down into detailed runtime information with Data Integration Platform Cloud’s powerful monitoring capabilities. You can also set up Policies and receive notifications related to job activities. See Running and Monitoring a Job. |
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Support for remote agents |
Install remote agents anywhere and help Data Integration Platform Cloud move data from on-premises systems to the Cloud, and vice versa. Remote agents can also help you create custom replication policies to move data between two on-premises systems without routing any data to cloud. See Agents. |
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