This topic describes the release notes of DataWorks features and related documentation.
2026
April 2026
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks builds a personalized AI assistant based on the OpenClaw framework | DataWorks builds a personalized AI assistant for users based on the OpenClaw framework. | 2026-04-30 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo) | All DataWorks users | |
Increased free quota and pay-as-you-go billing for Open API calls in Standard Edition and Professional Edition | For DataWorks Standard Edition and Professional Edition users, the daily API call limit is removed. The free quota for Standard Edition is adjusted to 100,000 calls per month, and for Professional Edition to 500,000 calls per month. Excess calls are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis for Open API. Basic Edition and Enterprise Edition remain unchanged. The QPS limits for all editions remain unchanged. For details, see the Alibaba Cloud announcement. | 2026-04-23 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
March 2026
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Full database batch synchronization from MySQL to DLF (Paimon) | Full database batch synchronization from MySQL to DLF is supported, with Paimon as the target format. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | / |
Upgrade a workspace from basic mode to standard mode | Workspaces can be upgraded from basic mode to standard mode. Workspaces that have enabled the new Data Studio IDE are supported. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | / |
DLF tables support permission request | DLF supports the permission request feature. You can initiate a data access permission request directly from Data Map. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | / |
DLF tables support data preview based on Serverless Spark | DLF supports data preview based on Serverless Spark. You can use Spark compute resources in DataWorks and custom query scripts to quickly preview data. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | / |
ChatBI provides deep analysis mode | DataWorks ChatBI introduces a deep analysis mode that supports multi-dimensional drill-down, root cause analysis, time series comparison, anomaly detection, and intelligent attribution, suitable for exploratory analysis scenarios. | 2026-03-26 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Chengdu), China (Shenzhen), China (Beijing), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Hong Kong), Indonesia (Jakarta) | All DataWorks users | / |
Data Service supports Cloud-native API Gateway | DataWorks Data Service adds support for Cloud-native API Gateway. You can use wizard mode or script mode to create data APIs and deploy them to Cloud-native API Gateway with one click for online API services. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks supports highly available Kyuubi Gateway for Serverless Spark | If high availability is enabled for Serverless Spark that has been associated with DataWorks as a compute resource, both Serverless Spark SQL and Serverless Kyuubi tasks can be submitted to the compute resource through the highly available Kyuubi Gateway. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | / |
Data Analysis provides full data query mode for Hologres, ClickHouse, and MySQL data sources | DataWorks Data Analysis supports full data query mode for Hologres, ClickHouse, and MySQL data sources, suitable for large data query and analysis scenarios where a single query exceeds 10,000 rows or 10 MB. | 2026-03-26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | / |
February 2026
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio SQL nodes support data quality test rules | Data Studio MaxCompute SQL nodes support configuring data quality test rules to validate the development and production data tables produced by the node. This feature deeply integrates quality rule definition, testing, and SQL development workflows to address issues such as delayed quality rule configuration, late discovery of data issues, and high rule maintenance costs in traditional approaches. | 2026-02-20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio SQL nodes support deep pre-check for data governance | Data Studio SQL nodes support deep pre-check for data governance. You can define custom rules based on AI capabilities to detect and fix code issues in real time during coding, improving code quality and data security. | 2026-02-20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Operation Center Agent | DataWorks data operations Agent supports AI-powered end-to-end diagnostics, can output structured diagnostic reports, and supports executing operations such as rerun and modifying resource groups directly in the dialog (with manual confirmation required), improving data operations efficiency. | 2026-02-20 | China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo) | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio supports offboarding transfer | Data Studio supports the offboarding transfer feature to help enterprises smoothly transfer data development assets when employees leave. | 2026-02-20 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia) | All DataWorks users | / |
Operations assistant supports batch operations | DataWorks operations assistant supports batch operations. You can manually enter or upload a file to perform batch operations on all instances in the file. | 2026-02-20 | China (Ulanqab) | All DataWorks users | / |
2025
December 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Integration capability enhancements |
| 2025-12-20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Map adds support for Paimon Catalog and MongoDB metadata collection | DataWorks adds Paimon Catalog metadata collection, supporting users who use non-DLF self-managed Paimon Catalog (on OSS FileSystem) to collect and manage metadata and view details. MongoDB periodic metadata collection is also supported, helping data developers quickly discover, understand, and manage collections and column structures in MongoDB, improving the visibility and governance efficiency of semi-structured data assets. | 2025-12-20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Open Data adds Data Quality open data views | Based on DataWorks Open Data, the quality instance view is released, supporting MaxCompute SQL queries on daily Data Quality instance status and statistical metrics for custom multi-dimensional quality analysis. | 2025-12-20 | All regions | DataWorks Enterprise Edition users |
November 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
For-each nodes support multi-concurrency | For-each nodes support configuring the execution policy as serial or parallel execution. | 2025-11-27 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
New Dependent node | DataWorks adds the Dependent node. You can configure complex cross-cycle dependencies through the Dependent node. | 2025-11-27 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Notebook adds support for ADB Spark compute resources | In DataWorks Notebook, you can use Magic Commands to quickly connect to ADB Spark compute resources for PySpark data development scenarios. | 2025-11-27 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Analysis SQL query results support export to OSS | After running an SQL query in Data Analysis to generate query results, you can quickly export the results by clicking Export > OSS for data archiving and reuse. | 2025-11-27 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Integration supports public data sources as source | Data Integration supports public data sources as data sources, enabling single-table batch synchronization to any supported destination. | 2025-11-20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Integration capability enhancements |
| 2025-11-20 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
October 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio supports connecting to local editors | Developers can use their familiar local IDEs for cloud project development, combining the advantages of personal development habits with cloud-based collaboration and version management. | 2025-10-25 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Ulanqab), China (Beijing), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok), Japan (Tokyo), US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Virginia), China (Hong Kong), Singapore | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Code synchronization between the new IDE and Git | Support for automatic code synchronization to Git and merging from Git to Data Studio is completed. This feature provides comprehensive DevOps support for enterprise customers and enhances team collaboration capabilities. | 2025-10-25 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Ulanqab), China (Beijing), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok), Japan (Tokyo), US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Virginia), China (Hong Kong), Singapore | Users of the new Data Studio | |
New Serverless Spark/StarRocks nodes | Full OpenLake adaptation is completed, including support for OpenLake workspaces with new Serverless Spark/StarRocks nodes, providing a seamless and efficient development experience for OpenLake users. | 2025-10-25 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Ulanqab), China (Beijing), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok), Japan (Tokyo), US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Virginia), China (Hong Kong), Singapore | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Data development agent | The data development agent has end-to-end autonomous development capabilities. Based on requirement documents submitted by users, it can autonomously complete the entire ETL development process from task planning to final deployment, assisting with requirement analysis, code generation, workflow generation, schedule settings, and deployment, aiming to significantly improve development experience, reduce code error rates, and shorten project delivery cycles. | 2025-10-25 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo) | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Copilot Rule engine | The Copilot Rule engine is released, allowing users to influence Agent behavior based on team standards or personal preferences. Through flexible rule configuration, it better meets the standardization and personalization needs of enterprise scenarios. | 2025-10-25 | China (Zhangjiakou), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo) | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Multimodal dataset search | DataWorks supports tenant-level search of managed multimodal datasets, enabling unified search and viewing of datasets created and managed in DataWorks and PAI datasets. For PAI datasets with tags and indexes, semantic search on dataset details is supported. | 2025-10-17 | All regions | All users in the supported regions | |
New LLM node | The LLM node integrates large language models to provide intelligent data processing and analysis capabilities for developers, significantly lowering technical barriers and empowering more business users to participate in data work. | 2025-10-17 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia) | Users of the new Data Studio | |
DataWorks Open Data | DataWorks Open Data provides a centralized, unified, and easy-to-use metadata collection covering detailed information about tables, task nodes, instances, workspaces, members, and projects under the current tenant. By installing Open Data into a workspace associated with a MaxCompute compute resource, you can use MaxCompute Package view authorization to share metadata in data development and analysis, quickly obtain standardized and traceable metadata, and achieve efficient data governance and analysis. | 2025-10-14 | All regions | DataWorks Enterprise Edition users |
September 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Integration capability enhancements |
| 2025-09-22 | All regions | All users in the supported regions | |
Data Integration alert rule templates | Alert templates can be configured in the Data Integration console, allowing one alert configuration to be used across multiple tasks, improving alert configuration efficiency. | 2025-09-22 | All regions | All users in the supported regions | |
Data processing LLM supports custom models | Custom large language models can be configured for AI-assisted data processing in single-table batch synchronization in Data Integration, allowing you to use your own trained models for AI-related work. | 2025-09-22 | All regions | All users in the supported regions | |
Data Integration processing supports embedding | The data processing feature for single-table batch synchronization in Data Integration introduces an embedding vectorization feature. It supports extracting data from heterogeneous sources such as OSS, MaxCompute, and HDFS, converting the data into vectors, and writing them to vector databases such as Milvus, Elasticsearch, and OpenSearch, as well as Hologres vector tables. This significantly simplifies ETL workflows, efficiently vectorizes knowledge, and supports RAG and other AI scenarios. | 2025-09-22 | All regions | All users in the supported regions | |
DataWorks resource groups support deploying and using LLM services | DataWorks LLM services provide one-stop capabilities for efficient deployment, secure communication, and convenient invocation. You can easily deploy models on DataWorks serverless resource groups and directly invoke models in data development tasks. All traffic is transmitted through private network channels established via PrivateLink, ensuring that data never leaves the network and effectively protecting data security. | 2025-09-22 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia) | All users in the supported regions |
August 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks workspaces support workspace templates | Workspace templates define the tools, resources, and features that can be used in a DataWorks workspace. You can add more types of compute resources and data sources as needed. | 2025-08-18 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen) | All users in the supported regions | |
DataWorks OpenLake solution page supports creating OpenLake workspaces | You can quickly create workspaces for the OpenLake solution through the workspace module of DataWorks. | 2025-08-18 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen) | All users in the supported regions | |
EMR Serverless Spark compute resource adds support for Open LDAP and EMR Kyuubi | EMR Serverless Spark compute resource adds support for Open LDAP account mapping and Kyuubi configuration, enabling more efficient permission management and EMR Kyuubi node task development based on EMR Serverless Spark compute resources. | 2025-08-14 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Notebook node adds Magic shortcut connection commands | During Notebook development, Magic commands can be used in Python cells to quickly create and start Livy services, connecting to MaxCompute Spark and EMR Serverless Spark compute resources for efficient development and debugging. | 2025-08-07 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio |
July 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio node schedule settings add compute quota parameter | Data Studio supports configuring compute quotas in the schedule settings of MaxCompute SQL nodes and MaxCompute Script nodes. | 2025-07-31 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Data Studio adds clone and version restore features | Data Studio supports clone and version restore operations on workflows, nodes, and components for quick reuse and historical version recovery. | 2025-07-31 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Use datasets | Data Studio supports using datasets in Shell nodes, Python nodes, Notebooks, and personal development environments. | 2025-07-28 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Manage datasets | DataWorks adds dataset management, enabling version control for unstructured data such as images and documents. | 2025-07-28 | All regions | All users | |
Data Security Guard | The Data Security Guard entry point is adjusted. Before: All Products > Data Asset Governance > Data Security Guard After: All Products > Data Asset Governance > Security Center. In the left-side navigation pane of Security Center, click Sensitive data management. | 2025-07-10 | China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Beijing), China (Chengdu) | All users in the supported regions | - |
Data Studio adds trigger-based workflows | Trigger-based workflows are suitable for scenarios without a fixed schedule. You can manually or trigger event-based runs of trigger-based workflows. | 2025-07-07 | China (Hangzhou), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen) | Users of the new Data Studio |
June 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Convert pay-as-you-go resource groups to subscription | Pay-as-you-go serverless resource groups can be converted to subscription billing. | 2025-06-19 | All regions | All users | |
Data synchronization | For full database real-time synchronization tasks from MySQL or PolarDB to MaxCompute, function expressions can be used to define column values in target table column assignments. | 2025-06-11 | All regions | All users | Use function expressions to assign values to destination table fields |
PAIFlow | PAI Flow provides end-to-end machine learning workflow development capabilities. It offers the same workflow features as the Designer visual modeling of Platform for AI (PAI), and supports periodic scheduling of workflows. | 2025-06-10 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia) | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Smoke testing | Smoke testing is now supported to verify whether parameter substitution logic and execution results of scheduled node tasks meet expectations, preventing basic configuration errors from affecting production data. | 2025-06-10 | All regions | All users | |
Operations dashboard adds manual tasks | The operations dashboard now supports viewing task execution status for manual workflows and internal task instances. | 2025-06-04 | All regions | All users |
May 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Personal development environment | When creating a DataWorks custom image in the personal development environment, a MaxCompute custom image is generated simultaneously. | 2025-05-23 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Code review | Code review aims to optimize production code through manual intervention to improve the code quality of production scheduled tasks and ensure that production code meets specifications. Based on business management requirements, you can decide whether to enforce manual code review before tasks are deployed to the production environment. Once mandatory code review is enabled, only reviewed tasks can be deployed to the production environment. | 2025-05-23 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio |
April 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
New DataWorks on Lindorm | Lindorm compute resources can be associated with workspaces. You can develop tasks through Lindorm Spark and Lindorm Spark SQL nodes, and manage and maintain Lindorm data lineage in Data Map. | 2025-04-18 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen) | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Data Integration | MongoDB data source adds support for versions 6.x and 7.x. | 2025-04-14 | All regions | All users | |
Data Studio/data development | Metadata mapping and data synchronization between MaxCompute and Hologres are now supported. | 2025-04-10 | All regions | All users | |
Data Studio/data development | DataWorks Agent is released, supporting data development tasks through natural language interaction. | 2025-04-08 | All regions | All users |
March 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Integration | Milvus data source is supported. | 2025-03-27 | All regions | All users | |
Data Integration | Full database real-time synchronization from MySQL to LogHub (SLS) is supported. | 2025-03-12 | All regions | All users | Real-time synchronization: Entire MySQL database to LogHub (SLS) |
Operation Center | Copilot intelligent search and view saving features are supported. | 2025-03-03 | All regions | All users |
February 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Operation Center | Accessing the internal EMR Web UI in task execution logs through the public network via intelligent diagnostics is supported. | 2025-02-26 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), UAE (Dubai) | DataWorks Professional Edition and higher users | |
Operation Center | When baselines are enabled, the | 2025-02-14 | All regions | All users | |
Data Studio/data development | Data Studio PyODPS 3 nodes support upgrading the PyODPS version. | 2025-02-14 | All regions | All users | |
Intelligent assistant (Copilot) | DataWorks Copilot supports DeepSeek models ( | 2025-02-14 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu) | All users | |
Intelligent assistant (Copilot) | DataWorks Copilot adds support for code optimization and code testing features. | 2025-02-14 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta) | All users | |
Personal development environment |
| 2025-02-12 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Operation Center | Automatic operations adds an automatic rerun policy. | 2025-02-10 | All regions | All users | |
Data Studio adds new nodes | SUB_PROCESS is a special task type that can reference another defined workflow task within a workflow. This task type is suitable for breaking down complex tasks into multiple subtasks, each of which can be independently defined and managed, improving task maintainability and reusability. | 2025-02-06 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio |
January 2025
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data source | PolarDB-O (sharded) data source is supported. | 2025-01-14 | All regions | All users | |
Legacy resource groups support availability zone replacement | Resource disaster recovery capabilities are enhanced, supporting quicker and more convenient fault response. | 2025-01-02 | All regions | All users |
2024
December
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio adds new nodes | Data Studio adds the ADB Spark SQL node for developing AnalyticDB Spark SQL tasks with periodic scheduling and integration with other jobs. | 2024-12-19 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Data Studio adds new nodes | Data Studio adds the ADB Spark node for developing AnalyticDB Spark tasks with periodic scheduling and integration with other jobs. | 2024-12-19 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Hologres dynamic table usage | DataWorks Data Catalog integrates the Hologres dynamic table engine, providing visual tools for dynamic table management, scheduling dependencies, and task maintenance. | 2024-12-13 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Data source | TiDB data source is supported. | 2024-12-04 | All regions | All users | |
Data Quality | Data Quality adds format matching quality check templates, allowing you to define custom regular expressions and expected data format. Built-in templates for common content validation such as email, phone number, mobile number, and ID number are included. | 2024-12-02 | All regions | All users |
November
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Integration | Full database real-time synchronization from ApsaraDB for OceanBase MySQL tenant to MaxCompute is supported. | 2024-11-21 | All regions | All users | Real-time sync of an entire OceanBase database to MaxCompute |
Data Map | Data Map metadata collection supports collecting and managing AnalyticDB for Spark metadata. | 2024-11-21 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Data Map | Data insights can be created on the MaxCompute table details page in Data Map to obtain data statistics and distribution through deep data analysis and interpretation. | 2024-11-21 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab) | All users | |
Data Map | Searching StarRocks External Catalog tables is supported. | 2024-11-19 | All regions | All users | |
Data Asset Governance | Data governance center is upgraded to Data Asset Governance, which can automatically discover issues across data storage, task computing, code development, and data quality dimensions based on pre-configured governance plans. Through health score quantitative assessments from multiple perspectives, it helps you efficiently achieve governance goals. It also provides business asset management, asset analysis, task resource consumption details, and cost estimation features to help you effectively track resource usage details. | 2024-11-14 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia) | All users | |
Compute resource | Associating AnalyticDB for Spark compute resources is supported. | 2024-11-05 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Personal development environment connects to Git | Integration between the personal development environment and Git repositories is supported for code version management and team collaboration. | 2024-11-04 | All regions | Users of the new Data Studio |
October
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Image management | DataWorks supports building custom images as persistent images. You no longer need to redeploy the image environment each time. Using the same image environment for each task node run ensures runtime environment consistency and effectively saves task execution time, computing costs, and traffic costs. | 2024.10.18 | China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Hangzhou), China (Hong Kong), China (Zhangjiakou), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia) | All DataWorks users | |
Serverless synchronization tasks | Data Integration adds the Serverless synchronization task type without the resource group concept. You only need to focus on the synchronization business itself. | 2024.10.12 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), UK (London), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | All DataWorks users |
September
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio | For data development and analysis scenarios in an OpenLake House environment, Data Studio provides multi-engine collaborative data development, visual workflow orchestration, and Data Catalog management capabilities. It also supports Python programming and debugging, and uses Notebook for interactive data exploration and analysis with AI integration. You only need to select Use Data Studio (New Version) when creating a workspace to get started. | 2024.9.18 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen) | Users of the new Data Studio | |
Real-time synchronization tasks | Single-table real-time ingestion from LogHub (SLS) to Data Lake Formation 2.0 is supported, writing table data in Paimon format with simple data processing in between. | 2024.9.13 | All regions | All DataWorks users | Real-time synchronization from a single LogHub (SLS) table to Data Lake Formation |
Real-time synchronization tasks | Resource allocation for real-time synchronization tasks can be dynamically adjusted during execution without stopping the task. You can set an adjustment plan for scheduled adjustments. | 2024.9.13 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
August
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Real-time synchronization tasks | Full database real-time synchronization from MySQL to SelectDB or Apache Doris is now supported. | 2024.8.29 | All regions | All DataWorks users | Real-time synchronization from a full MySQL database to SelectDB |
Hologres data access control | DataWorks Security Center provides access control capabilities for Hologres data, including setting authorized identities, permission requests, and permission approvals. It also supports viewing permission request and approval records. | 2024.8.22 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Export SQL query results to DingTalk spreadsheet documents | After running an SQL query in DataWorks, you can directly export query results as DingTalk documents via the DingTalk app, avoiding data security risks associated with downloading query data as Excel files. | 2024.8.14 | China (Zhangjiakou) China (Chengdu) | All DataWorks users | |
Reduced permission requirements for changing MaxCompute data source default access identity | When the default access identity of a MaxCompute data source is another RAM user, the requirement is changed from "having the RAM AdministratorAccess permission" to "having the admin or super_administrator permission of the MaxCompute project". | 2024.8.8 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Enterprise Edition supports Cloud SSO | DataWorks Enterprise Edition supports Cloud SSO. Through Alibaba Cloud's Cloud SSO, you can use a third-party or self-built IdP (Identity Provider) to log in to Alibaba Cloud and use DataWorks. | 2024.8.8 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
July
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
RAM permission policy update |
| 2024.7.10 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
E-MapReduce cluster registration feature update | The following features are added for E-MapReduce cluster registration in DataWorks:
| 2024.7.10 | Currently, only the China (Zhangjiakou) region supports EMR Serverless Spark. | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio adds new nodes | Data Studio adds the CDH Spark SQL node for developing CDH Spark SQL tasks with periodic scheduling and integration with other jobs. | 2024.7.10 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
June
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Integration adds new synchronization link | Data Integration supports synchronizing MySQL data to StarRocks through full database batch synchronization or full database real-time synchronization. | 2024.06.28 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio supports Data Push nodes | Data Push nodes allow you to produce data tables through upstream data processing tasks in a workflow, and then attach a Data Push node downstream to push the upstream data results to DingTalk groups or Feishu groups via message cards on a scheduled basis. Note To use Data Push nodes, submit a ticket to contact technical support to upgrade your scheduling resource group. | 2024.6.28 |
| All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks serverless resource group released | To enhance resource management across DataWorks features and unify user experience, DataWorks launches the serverless resource group that covers the core features of the original exclusive resource group for scheduling, exclusive resource group for Data Integration, and exclusive resource group for Data Service. A single resource group can handle data synchronization, task scheduling, and API service invocation and management. | 2024.6.11 |
| All DataWorks users | |
New best practice: Task development using Lindorm compute engine | Lindorm compute engine is compatible with CDH (Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop). You can register a CDH cluster and configure Lindorm compute engine connection information in DataWorks to perform interactive SQL queries, SQL task development, and JAR task execution based on the Lindorm compute engine. | 2024.6.5 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Integration adds new data source | Data Integration adds support for Azure Blob Storage data source. | 2024.6.3 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
May
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
MySQL data source supports OSS Binlog | Data Integration MySQL data source adds support for OSS Binlog. When you add a MySQL data source, if you set Configuration Mode to ApsaraDB for RDS and your RDS for MySQL instance is in the same region as your DataWorks workspace, you can enable Read binlogs from OSS. With this feature enabled, DataWorks fetches binlogs from OSS if direct access to the RDS for MySQL binlogs fails, preventing interruptions to real-time synchronization tasks. | 2024.5.24 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Quality module redesigned | Data Quality is redesigned. Based on quality monitoring with specific monitoring rules, it validates data ranges of tables and optimizes the data quality monitoring process. | 2024.5.21 | The new Data Quality is being gradually rolled out. For specific supported regions, check the console. If the new Data Quality features are not available in your region, see the legacy Data Quality documentation. | All DataWorks users | |
Data Integration adds new synchronization link | Data Integration supports synchronizing Hologres data to other Hologres instances through full database batch synchronization. | 2024.5.20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | Batch synchronization from a full Hologres database to Hologres |
DataWorks supports remote script execution on servers | DataWorks SSH nodes can remotely access the host connected to the specified SSH data source and trigger script execution on the remote host. | 2024.5.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio adds EMR Kyuubi node | The DataWorks EMR Kyuubi node enables Kyuubi task development with periodic scheduling and integration with other jobs. | 2024.5.11 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio adds multiple database type nodes | DataWorks Data Studio supports DRDS, PolarDB MySQL, Doris, and other database node types for task development with periodic scheduling and integration with other jobs. | 2024.5.11 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
April
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
PostgreSQL data source configuration supports SSL authentication | SSL authentication can be configured when adding a PostgreSQL data source in Data Integration. | 2024.4.26 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data governance center supports Hologres data source | Data governance center adds support for Hologres data source. Before you can use a Hologres data source in Data Governance Center, you must collect metadata of Hologres in Data Map. For more information, see Metadata collection. | 2024.4.24 | Hologres data sources support Data Governance Center only in the following regions: China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Hangzhou), and China (Shenzhen). | All DataWorks users | |
Data governance center adds materialized view feature | If you frequently run big data computing tasks with many similar subqueries, DataWorks offers an intelligent, automated solution. The automated governance feature recommends materialized views by automatically identifying and classifying similar subqueries in MaxCompute. You can then create a materialized view with a single click to significantly improve query performance and reduce resource consumption. | 2024.4.12 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks on CDH/CDP supports OPEN LDAP authentication | When registering CDH/CDP clusters in DataWorks, custom mapping between Alibaba Cloud accounts and CDH/CDP cluster OPEN LDAP accounts is supported. After mapping, CDH/CDP tasks submitted by an Alibaba Cloud account in DataWorks are executed by the mapped OPEN LDAP account. This method is used to isolate data access permissions for different cloud accounts within CDH clusters. | 2024.4.8 | China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Hangzhou), China (Shenzhen), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Chengdu) | All DataWorks users |
March
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
New backfill data feature released | After a scheduled task is developed, submitted, and deployed, it runs on schedule based on the schedule settings. If you want to run a scheduled task for a specific time period, you can use the backfill data feature. Backfilling writes data to corresponding time partitions by backfilling historical or future data. The new backfill data feature supports the following methods: | 2024.3.28 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Open Platform supports deploying Extensions through Function Compute | In DataWorks Extensions, you can define custom checkpoint logic for event messages to supervise user operations (for example, intercepting and blocking inappropriate behavior). By deploying Extensions through Function Compute, specific event messages are directly delivered to the corresponding Function Compute service. This approach:
| 2024.3.19 |
| DataWorks Enterprise Edition users | |
Data Modeling supports custom model deployment policies | Data Modeling supports custom model deployment policies. After a policy is enabled, you can select the corresponding deployment mode based on the policy configuration when deploying models. | 2024.3.12 | All regions | DataWorks users who purchased the intelligent Data Modeling product |
February
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Billing and cost supports bill data subscription and query analysis | Billing and cost supports subscribing to different types of bill data, such as billing item detail bills and daily aggregated billing item bills. After subscription, bill data is periodically synchronized to MaxCompute. You can use the Data Analysis feature of DataWorks to query and analyze bill data, generate visual chart cards and reports, and share your Alibaba Cloud consumption analysis reports with other users. | 2024.2.22 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
New introduction for using CDP/CDH in DataWorks | This topic describes the basic development workflow, billing, environment preparation, and access control for using CDP/CDH in DataWorks. | 2024.2.21 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Service supports instance-mode StarRocks data source | After activating an E-MapReduce Serverless StarRocks cluster, you can add a StarRocks data source in instance mode in DataWorks. DataWorks Data Service supports quickly creating data APIs for StarRocks data sources to enable data sharing and openness. | 2024.2.20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Map adds code search for data development | DataWorks Data Map adds a code search feature for data development, supporting cross-workspace global code search. You can precisely locate target code by keyword, improving development efficiency and reducing project redundancy. | 2024.2.20 | All regions | DataWorks Standard Edition and higher users | |
New Data Upload & Download feature | DataWorks Data Upload & Download supports uploading local CSV files and OSS file data to MaxCompute for processing and analysis. It also manages the list of uploaded files and files downloaded from DataWorks Data Analysis and other modules for convenient data management and operations. | 2024.2.20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio adds CDH cluster nodes | You can develop and periodically schedule CDH-related Hive, Spark, MR, Presto, Impala, and other tasks in DataWorks. | 2024.2.19 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Security Guard new system configuration page released | Through system configuration, you can:
This helps you promptly identify and handle potential security risks. | 2024.2.6 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
January
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio and Data Analysis query results support masked display | Data Security Guard supports data classification, sensitive data identification, and masked data display for E-MapReduce table data. When you execute SQL statements to query data in Data Studio and Data Analysis, if the data is identified as sensitive, the platform masks it with obfuscation, encryption, or other patterns according to masking rules, enhancing enterprise data security management. | 2024.1.25 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Map supports displaying real-time synchronization link data lineage | Data Map adds parsing and displaying data lineage for the following real-time synchronization links:
Combined analysis of real-time synchronization lineage and batch synchronization lineage helps you gain a more comprehensive understanding of data flow. | 2024.1.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
2023
December
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio (DataStudio) associates data sources | To perform data modeling, data development, or use Operation Center for periodic task scheduling in DataWorks, you must first associate created data sources or clusters with Data Studio (DataStudio). After association, you can read data from data sources or clusters and perform related development operations. | 2023.12.29 | All regions | All DataWorks users | Preparations before data development: Associate a data source or a cluster with DataStudio |
Compute resource released | To provide a more unified product experience, DataWorks merges MaxCompute, Hologres, AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL, AnalyticDB for MySQL, and ClickHouse compute engines into compute resources, and merges E-MapReduce (EMR) and CDH/CDP engines into open-source cluster management. After the merge, operations on the original compute engines (such as creating and editing) are performed through the compute resources/open-source cluster interfaces. | 2023.12.29 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
New extension point events |
| 2023.12.27 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
New extension point scope | Extension point events add scope:
When registering an extension, you can only select extension point events of one type. | 2023.12.22 |
| All DataWorks users | |
Data governance center adds SQL efficiency optimization check items | Data governance center adds 5 check items for ODPS, Hive, and Spark SQL including Cartesian product checks, invalid full table JOIN checks, and brute force scans, helping you perform proactive pre-checks and timely optimizations during development, improving computing efficiency, avoiding significant computing resource waste, and ensuring timely data delivery. | 2023.12.22 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
New StarRocks data source adaptation | DataWorks fully adapts to StarRocks data source:
| 2023.12.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
New E-MapReduce Hadoop cluster version adaptations | DataWorks adds adaptations for over ten E-MapReduce Hadoop cluster versions, including:
| 2023.12.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio Check node adds new check objects | Check nodes can verify whether target objects (MaxCompute partitioned tables, FTP files, or OSS files) are available. Once the check policy is met, the Check node returns a success status. If a task depends on a target object, you can use a Check node to verify the target object and set the task as a downstream task of the Check node. Once the check policy is met, the Check node succeeds and triggers the downstream task. | 2023.12.08 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Studio adds PAI DLC node | You can use PAI DLC nodes to periodically schedule and run PAI DLC tasks. | 2023.12.08 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Security Center adds real-time risk identification rules | Security Center allows administrators to register risk identification capabilities as Extensions in DataWorks, which serve as risk identification rules to identify risks in operational behaviors. Currently, pre-set/custom Extensions support risk identification for data download operations, with options to request download approval or block download behavior as needed. | 2023.12.08 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
November
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Studio (DataStudio) adds Check node | The DataWorks Check node can verify whether a MaxCompute partitioned table is available (i.e., the target partition exists or partition data write is confirmed complete). When a downstream task depends on the MaxCompute partitioned table, you can use this feature to verify whether the partition data is available before proceeding, avoiding operations on incorrect data. | 2023.11.20 |
| All DataWorks users | |
Exclusive resource group for Data Service available in new regions | The exclusive resource group for Data Service is available in the following regions: China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hong Kong), and Singapore, along with the corresponding specifications and billing standards. | 2023.11.29 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
October
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Copilot preview release | DataWorks Copilot can quickly perform various SQL-related operations based on natural language (such as SQL generation, SQL rewriting, SQL correction, and SQL comments), helping you easily and efficiently complete data ETL and data analysis work, saving significant time and effort. | 2023.10.30 |
| Users who registered for the preview | Use Copilot and enhanced analysis for data query and visualization |
Data governance center adds governance plans | Governance plans help data governance managers plan governance work in a scenario-based manner, enabling multi-person collaborative governance with clear goals, easy execution, and quantifiable results. The product provides multiple governance plan templates, such as resource cost optimization and data stability governance, with preset governance goals for quickly selecting assets to be governed and automatic periodic evaluation of governance effectiveness. | 2023.10.25 |
| DataWorks Enterprise Edition and higher users |
August
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks supports custom schedules | Building on existing schedule types, a scheduling calendar is added, allowing you to mark scheduling days or non-scheduling days on the calendar to achieve custom scheduling cycles. | 2023.08.24 | All regions | DataWorks Enterprise Edition users | |
Data governance center supports E-MapReduce data lake development governance | DataWorks data governance center adds proactive governance analysis based on the E-MapReduce cluster + DLF + DataWorks data lake development pipeline, including:
| 2023.08.24 |
| DataWorks Enterprise Edition and higher users | |
New visual enhanced analysis capabilities released | Data analysis > SQL Query supports the following operations through the enhanced analysis feature on analysis results:
This significantly improves enterprise data analysis efficiency. | 2023.08.15 |
| All DataWorks users |
June
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Modeling releases industry model templates | Based on Alibaba Cloud model building project experience, free retail industry model templates and paid automotive industry model templates are provided, including data warehouse layering and domain division, data standards, model tables, data metrics, and other rich examples to help enterprises quickly establish standardized data warehouse construction. | 2023.06.01 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Kafka data source real-time synchronization to Hologres with ETL |
| 2023.06.01 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Full database real-time synchronization from MySQL to OSS data lake in Hudi format | Full database real-time synchronization from MySQL to OSS data lake, writing in Hudi format.
| 2023.06.01 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Integration supports AWS RDS data source | AWS RDS is configured as a MySQL data source. All capabilities of the MySQL data source also apply to AWS RDS. | 2023.06.01 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
April
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Save Data Analysis results directly as MaxCompute tables | Data Analysis results can be saved directly as MaxCompute tables without creating tables through code, for subsequent queries or combined analysis. | 2023.4.20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Analysis supports downloading up to millions of query results | The default download limit for Data Analysis SQL queries is 10,000 rows. For DataWorks Standard, Professional, Enterprise, and Flagship editions, administrators can set the maximum download limit in Security Center: Standard (200,000), Professional (2,000,000), Enterprise (5,000,000), and Flagship (5,000,000). The download feature can also be disabled. | 2023.4.18 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Big data public datasets released | Using big data AI public datasets (Taobao, Fliggy, Ali Music, GitHub, TPC, etc.), you can quickly perform TB-level big data analysis through DataWorks and MaxCompute. | 2023.4.11 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
March
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data governance center supports notification-based governance issue management | Administrators and individual users can send daily governance issues to be resolved from the governance workbench as notifications via system prompts, emails, DingTalk groups, and Webhooks to specified recipients, enabling governance owners to promptly track governance progress and quickly access the system for issue resolution. | 2023.3.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data governance center adds storage long lifecycle governance item | The storage long lifecycle governance item helps you set appropriate lifecycles for MaxCompute partitioned tables, reducing storage resource waste. | 2023.3.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Service acceleration service commercialized | The acceleration service generates online API services for MaxCompute data sources, providing good query performance and efficiency for online query requirements without exporting MaxCompute data. | 2023.3.1 | China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Hangzhou), and China (Shenzhen). | All DataWorks users |
January
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks adds purchased resource management | The following features are added: DataWorks displays all currently purchased and unreleased products, enabling you to quickly upgrade, downgrade, refund, or renew subscriptions. | 2023.1.11 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks data governance center adds batch graceful task undeploy | The following features are added:
| 2023.1.9 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataStudio basic mode supports code review | The following features are added: Basic mode supports code review. After enabling mandatory code review, node tasks take effect in the production environment only after review approval. | 2023.1.5 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
2022
November
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks Data Service supports creating APIs for development and production environment data sources | In a standard mode workspace, DataWorks adds the following features:
| 2022.11.29 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks Data Map supports requesting Hive table permissions | DataWorks Data Map > EMR Hive Table Details page adds the Requested Permissions button, supporting navigation to Security Center for table permission requests. | 2022.11.29 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks Data Map adds Data Collection feature | DataWorks Data Map adds the Data Album page with the following features:
| 2022.11.16 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks Data Analysis upgrade with a brand-new SQL query experience | DataWorks Data Analysis adds the following features:
| 2022.11.15 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks Data Service supports parsing request and response parameters in advanced SQL | In Data Service, the following feature is added:
| 2022.11.10 | All regions | All DataWorks users | N/A |
October
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling supports E-MapReduce Hive with modeling capabilities on par with MaxCompute | DataWorks Data Modeling > Dimensional Modeling adds the following two features:
| 2022.11.25 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling supports model version management | DataWorks Data Modeling > Dimensional Modeling adds the following two features:
| 2022.11.25 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks Data Service API details page displays call addresses for each domain | The API details page displays the call addresses generated for the current API based on public domain, VPC domain, and independent domain. You can flexibly use different domains for API calls. | 2022.10.21 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks Data Map lineage diagram fully upgraded | The new data lineage information provides a better lineage analysis experience. On the lineage details page, you can:
| 2022.10.21 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks data governance center adds 4 development dimension check items | DataWorks data governance center adds 4 check items:
Key features include:
| 2022.10.20 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
DataStudio basic mode supports code review | When mandatory code review is enabled in basic mode, the code takes effect in the production environment only after review is completed. | 2022.9.22 | All regions | All DataWorks users |
August
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Operation Center adds workflow-based task management | DataWorks Operation Center supports viewing task execution status from the workflow perspective and performing workflow operations such as rerun, freeze, and terminate. | 2022.8.22 | All regions | All DataWorks users | |
Data Service adds accelerated query for MaxCompute data source | DataWorks Data Service supports generating online APIs for MaxCompute data sources. Without exporting MaxCompute data, it provides good query performance and efficiency to meet online query requirements. Acceleration options include:
| 2022.8.17 | China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen) | All DataWorks users | |
Data Service adds intelligent diagnostics and call chain analysis | DataWorks Data Service supports analyzing API call logs. You can use this feature to analyze the call chain of individual requests, promptly detect anomalous requests, and quickly identify issues with diagnostic results and recommendations. | 2022.8.7 | All regions | DataWorks users | |
Data Map adds fine-grained permission control at project and table levels | DataWorks Data Map supports various granularity levels of metadata permission control through diverse configurations, including:
| 2022.8.5 | All regions | DataWorks users | |
Data Integration supports wizard mode batch synchronization for DM Database | DataWorks Data Integration supports using the visual wizard mode for batch synchronization of DM Database data, which is easier to operate compared to script mode. | 2022.8.2 | All regions | DataWorks users |
July
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling supports dimensional modeling | DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling supports the following features:
| 2022.7.29 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, China East 2 Finance, China South 1 Finance, China North 2 Ali Gov 1, Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley) | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling supports viewing associated table information | You can open the edit page of a derived metric or atomic metric, and view the associated model table name and column name in the right-side navigation pane, with navigation to the target table edit page for managing associations. | 2022.7.29 | All DataWorks users | ||
Intelligent Data Modeling supports setting naming rule checkers for models and metrics | Under the data warehouse layering in data warehouse planning, you can set naming checkers for model or metric types. When designing models and metrics, the naming checker validates entity names to improve naming standardization throughout the development process. Naming rules:
| 2022.7.29 | All DataWorks users | ||
DataWorks Data Analysis supports configuring exclusive resource groups | The primary account can configure Data Analysis in system settings. You can run SQL queries on a specified exclusive resource group. | 2022.7.29 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Germany (Frankfurt) | All DataWorks users | |
Data Integration DataStudio intelligence | Supports Postgres database. SSL authentication supports dual-file mode with | 2022.7.26 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), UAE (Dubai) | All DataWorks users | |
DataWorks supports EMR new data lake DataLake | DataWorks supports the new EMR data lake DataLake based on the EMR compute engine, enabling data integration, data modeling, data development and scheduling, data quality, data map, data security, data analysis (exclusive resource groups), data service, and other full data lifecycle capabilities based on the EMR engine. | 2022.7.8 | China (Chengdu), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), US (Silicon Valley), China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Virginia), Indonesia (Jakarta), UK (London), China (Hangzhou), Singapore, China (Hong Kong), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), UAE (Dubai) | All DataWorks users | |
DataStudio intelligent editor supports visual column insertion and table permission verification |
| 2022.7.2 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong) | All DataWorks users |
June
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data governance center fully available | Data governance center features include:
Note
| 2022.6.27 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Singapore, US (Silicon Valley) | All DataWorks users | |
Data governance center supports task 360 feature | The task 360 panoramic feature centrally displays key information associated with a task, including governance item issues, change event records, affected baselines, and task execution information, enabling you to perform scheduling task governance based on this information. | 2022.6.24 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), Singapore, US (Silicon Valley) | All DataWorks users | |
Intelligent Data Modeling supports finding and creating views |
| 2022.6.22 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), China East 2 Finance, China South 1 Finance, China North 2 Ali Gov 1 | All DataWorks users | |
Intelligent Data Modeling supports reverse engineering models by table name keywords | During reverse modeling, you can fuzzy match by table name keywords to reverse engineer logical models. | 2022.6.19 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), China East 2 Finance, China South 1 Finance, China North 2 Ali Gov 1 | All DataWorks users | |
Approval center supports managing Data Integration | To protect your data transfer security, the approval center provides approval triggers based on source-destination combinations when saving or running Data Integration tasks, enabling more flexible management of data synchronization processes. | 2022.6.15 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), Germany (Frankfurt). | All DataWorks users | |
Data Security Guard adds sensitive data lineage visualization | The sensitive data lineage visualization feature includes:
Note This feature is available only for DataWorks Enterprise Edition. | 2022.6.14 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai) | All DataWorks users | |
Data Security Guard adds anomalous lineage relationship analysis | The anomalous lineage relationship analysis feature includes:
| 2022.6.14 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai) | All DataWorks users |
May
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Data Security Guard risk identification redesigned (migration required for existing users) | The new risk identification feature provides built-in risk identification scenarios, supports multi-dimensional risk identification combining data classification, operation methods, and personnel permissions, adds alert event aggregation to reduce false positives, supports high, medium, and low granular risk management, and provides comprehensive insight into various enterprise data risks. Note
| 2022.5.16 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong) | All DataWorks users. |
April
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
DataStudio improves file management capabilities for data development |
| 2022.4.7 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong) | All DataWorks users. | |
Data Quality adds global quality rule batch management | A quality rule list is added with the following features:
| 2022.4.11 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong) | All DataWorks users. | |
DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling commercialized | The product starts commercial billing on April 26, 2022. Models created during the preview are retained at no cost, but you cannot perform create, delete, or update operations. To perform these operations, you must purchase DataWorks Standard, Professional, or Enterprise Edition along with the intelligent Data Modeling product. | 2022.4.26 | All regions | All DataWorks users. | |
Operation Center intelligent baseline supports more flexible alert management settings | After the intelligent baseline upgrade, the features include:
| 2022.4.26 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong) | All DataWorks users. |
March
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Target user | Documentation |
Deployment Center supports cross-workspace deployment with enhanced deployment management | Deployment Center supports deploying tasks, resources, and functions from one workspace to another, solving the task deployment problem across multiple workspaces. | 2022.3.2 | All regions | Users in the financial and government sectors with strong deployment management requirements. | |
Data Analysis operation records integrated into security auditing | In DataWorks Data Analysis, the following operation records are integrated into security auditing:
| 2022.3.20 | All regions | All DataWorks users. | |
Data governance center governance leaderboard optimization | Data governance center governance leaderboard optimization adds the following features:
| 2022.3.21 | All regions | Data governance center users participating in the preview. | |
Data Integration task configuration performance optimization | When using exclusive Data Integration resource groups to run One-Click Real-Time Sync to Maxcompute and One-Click Real-Time Sync to Hologres tasks, each task can select more than 1,000 tables for more efficient synchronization. | 2022.3.25 | All regions | SaaS platforms, financial sector, and other users needing to synchronize large batches of table data. | |
Intelligent Data Modeling code mode enhancement |
| 2022.3.27 | All regions | All DataWorks users. |
2021
December
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Data Quality supports batch rule configuration by rule templates | DataWorks Data Quality supports selecting rule templates for batch data quality rule configuration, simplifying configuration:
| 2021.12.14 | All regions. | |
Data governance center adds resource usage analysis feature | DataWorks data governance center adds the resource usage analysis feature, displaying resource consumption overview, anomalies, and details from four dimensions: MaxCompute Storage Resource Consumption, MaxCompute Computing Resource Consumption, DataWorks Scheduling Resource Consumption, and DataWorks Batch Synchronization Consumption. | 2021.12.9 | All regions. |
November
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Data Studio adds resource group orchestration feature | The DataWorks resource group orchestration feature helps you batch modify the scheduling resource groups used by target nodes under a specified workflow during data development. When your workspace has multiple scheduling resource groups, you can use this feature to quickly reassign resource groups to target nodes based on actual business needs, promoting rational resource usage. | 2021.11.30 | All regions. | |
Data Studio adds batch operations feature | DataWorks supports batch editing operations such as changing owners for nodes, resources, and functions, and supports batch submission and deployment to apply changes to the production environment. | 2021.11.11 | All regions. |
October
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks intelligent Data Modeling adds reverse modeling and naming dictionary features |
| 2021.10.30 | This feature is currently in public preview. Regions with public preview enabled: China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Hangzhou), China (Shenzhen), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Chengdu), Singapore, US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), China (Hong Kong), China East 2 Finance, China South 1 Finance. | |
Data Studio adds code search feature | The DataWorks code search feature searches for code snippets in nodes by keyword and displays all nodes containing the code snippet along with detailed content. When target table data changes and you need to find the operation source (the task that caused the change), you can use this feature. | 2021.10.27 | All regions. |
September
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Data Service API assets fully integrated into Data Map | Data Service API assets (wizard, script, registered, and other API types) are integrated into Data Map, supporting enterprise-level and global data interface search and management, including global API search, popular API statistics, independent API detail pages, and API distribution under each data source. | 2021.09.30 | All regions. | |
Data governance center released | The DataWorks data governance center automatically discovers and quantifies governance issues across data storage, task computing, code development, data quality, and data security dimensions from global, workspace, and personal perspectives. Using a health score model with governance reports and leaderboards, it helps you effectively resolve governance issues and achieve governance goals. | 2021.09.12 | This feature is currently in public preview. Regions with public preview enabled: China (Shanghai), China (Hangzhou), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen). |
August
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Exclusive resource group for Data Service launched in China (Hangzhou) and China (Shanghai) | When API calls in Data Service require high QPS and SLA guarantees, exclusive Data Service resources are needed to ensure call success. The exclusive resource group for Data Service meets high-concurrency, high-frequency API call requirements and returns results in a timely manner. | 2021.08.06 | China (Hangzhou) and China (Shanghai). | |
DataWorks Migration Assistant officially commercialized on August 1 | Migration Assistant helps you quickly replicate development results across different DataWorks versions, primary accounts, regions, and workspaces. It supports migrating scheduled tasks, manual tasks, resources, functions, data sources, table metadata, ad hoc queries, and components. You can choose full export, incremental export, or selective export methods based on business needs. | 2021.08.01 | All regions. |
July
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks data governance module adds approval center with customizable approval workflows | DataWorks approval center is a module for managing data authorization and sensitive behavior control workflows, including approval scope definition and approval process definition, meeting approval requirements of different enterprises under various internal compliance scenarios. | 2021.07.16 | All regions. | |
DataWorks supports dispatching tasks to EMR gateway nodes | Through task advanced parameters, tasks can be dispatched to EMR gateway nodes with EMR load balancing support. Workspace-level task dispatch node settings will be available in the future. | 2021.07 | All regions. |
June
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks supports EMR real-time task development and operations | DataWorks supports developing EMR Spark Streaming and EMR Streaming SQL tasks and performing operations. Key features include: real-time task development, task dry runs, task submission to the production environment, task error retry, viewing task status and details, starting, terminating, or undeploying tasks, and monitoring failed tasks with alerts. | 2021.06 | All regions. | |
One-click migration of EMR data development tasks to DataWorks | DataWorks provides two migration methods to migrate workflows (nodes and schedule configurations), manual tasks, resources, and data sources from EMR clusters to DataWorks workspaces through DataWorks Migration Assistant. You can view migration progress, results, and reports through the DataWorks console Migration Assistant. | 2021.06 | All regions. | |
Operation Center adds resource operations with exclusive resource group watermark monitoring | The resource operations feature monitors the usage of resource groups used for task execution in DataWorks. | 2021.06.09 | All regions. | |
Data Service supports creating APIs from MaxCompute data sources | DataWorks Data Service now supports directly accessing and using MaxCompute tables to create APIs in gray release. API call requests leverage MaxCompute accelerated query (MCQA) for data queries, achieving fast and efficient call returns. (Note: MaxCompute data sources are only supported with exclusive resource group for Data Service.) | 2021.06 | All regions. | N/A |
DataWorks adds alert contact center | You can add target RAM users or RAM roles as alert contacts on the alert contacts page. After adding, DataWorks sends alerts generated by task execution errors to the corresponding contacts, helping you promptly discover and handle exceptional tasks. | 2021.06 | All regions. |
May
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks Data Integration adds real-time synchronization to AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0. | DataWorks supports real-time synchronization of MySQL, OceanBase, PolarDB, and other database data to AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0. You can perform full synchronization first, then start real-time incremental synchronization for uninterrupted data synchronization. Additionally, real-time synchronization automatically supports adding corresponding columns to the target table when the source adds columns. | 2021.05.25 | All regions. | |
Open Message Service (Open Message) public preview | DataWorks provides open messaging capabilities. You can enable the message subscription feature on the DataWorks Open Platform. This feature is available only for DataWorks Enterprise Edition users for public preview. Enterprise Edition users can directly participate in the preview and try the open message feature for free. You can use open messages to obtain metadata and task change events from DataWorks for deep integration between DataWorks and your own systems. | 2021.05.21 | China (Beijing), China (Hangzhou), China (Shenzhen), and China (Shanghai). | |
DataWorks task scheduling adds yearly and month-end schedules | DataWorks scheduled task scheduling adds yearly scheduling and month-end scheduling, enabling scheduling by year, quarter, and the last day of specified months. DataWorks currently supports the following schedule types: Minute, Hour, Sunday, Week, Month, and Year. | 2021.05.19 | All regions. | |
DataWorks supports ClickHouse engine | DataWorks supports the ClickHouse engine, providing ETL operations and management capabilities including data integration, data development, task scheduling, and task operations for the engine.
| 2021.05.15 | All regions. |
April
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks Data Integration supports real-time synchronization to AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0 | Real-time synchronization to AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0 supports synchronizing real-time information of multiple tables in a single task. Real-time synchronization automatically supports DDL synchronization for column additions, where columns added at the source are also added to the target tables. | 2021.4.20 | All regions. | Create a real-time synchronization solution to synchronize data to AnalyticDB for MySQL 3.0 |
Data Studio adds FTP Check node | The FTP Check node periodically checks whether a specified file exists via the FTP protocol. If the file exists, it triggers downstream scheduled tasks. If not, it repeats the check at configured intervals until the check stop conditions are met. This node is typically used to pass signals between the DataWorks scheduling system and other scheduling systems. | 2021.4.15 | China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Hangzhou), China (Shenzhen), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Chengdu), Singapore. |
March
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks Enterprise Edition adds custom role feature | The custom role feature enables you to define permission capabilities tailored to actual business needs. | 2021.3.22 | All regions. | |
DataWorks Data Integration supports Kerberos authentication file mechanism | For data sources such as Hive and Kafka that sometimes require Kerberos authentication files for access, Data Integration supports the Kerberos authentication file mechanism, allowing you to freely upload data source authentication files and use them during configuration to ensure data source access security. | 2021.3.16 | All regions. | |
DataWorks console adds new Security Center feature | DataWorks Security Center helps you quickly build security capabilities for data content, personal privacy, and related areas on the platform, meeting various security requirements for high-risk scenarios (such as auditing) without additional configuration. | 2021.03.13 | All regions. | |
Operation Center adds DAG aggregation view and upstream/downstream analysis feature | You can aggregate nodes in the DAG by dimensions such as workspace, owner, and priority to view the total number of nodes in the target dimension. You can also perform upstream/downstream analysis on specific nodes to quickly locate upstream nodes blocking the current node and view the number of downstream nodes, giving you insight into task execution status. | 2021.03.10 | China (Shenzhen). |
February
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Data Modeling commercialized | DataWorks Data Modeling Datablau is officially commercialized. You can purchase this module to integrate data model design management, standard implementation, and other capabilities into the DataWorks standardized development workflow, helping you achieve data asset value output, build a solid data foundation throughout the data lifecycle, and provide strong support for data value realization. | 2021.02.20 | All regions. | |
Data discovery supports batch creation of metadata collectors | Data Map > Collect Metadata supports batch creation of metadata collectors to help you quickly view table internal structures and related relationships in Data Map. | 2021.02.17 | All regions. | |
Migration Assistant supports Airflow | Migration Assistant supports migrating tasks from the Airflow scheduling system to DataWorks. | 2021.02.16 | All regions. | |
Data Service adds metering API | The Data Service metering API, including the metering dashboard and metering details, provides various visual charts and statistics, including the total number of APIs and total call count under a workspace, helping you understand API call status from a global perspective. You can also view monitoring charts for individual APIs with detailed information such as API Gateway status codes and Data Service error codes. | 2021.02.16 | China (Beijing). | |
DataWorks console adds Open Platform feature | The DataWorks console Open Platform feature displays Open API metering reports for viewing Open API call details for specified dates. | 2021.02.13 | All regions. |
January
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks Data Integration adds support for HTTP data sources | Some data sources only provide data through HTTP REST APIs or receive data. For such data sources, Data Integration supports batch reading and writing. | 2021.1.4 | All regions. |
2020
December
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks Data Integration adds full and incremental synchronization to Elasticsearch | Supports one-time full synchronization of all or some tables from a specified database to Elasticsearch, with subsequent real-time incremental synchronization mode to continuously synchronize new data to Elasticsearch. | 2020.12.30 | All regions. |
September
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
DataWorks Data Integration adds real-time synchronization feature | The real-time data synchronization feature synchronizes data changes from part or all of the source database tables to the target database in real time, keeping the target database in sync with the source database. Solutions enable full and incremental integrated synchronization. | 2021.4.15 | All regions. |
July
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Exclusive resource group monitoring feature | DataWorks exclusive resource groups support resource watermark monitoring, providing detailed resource usage trends. You can view task execution and queuing status to support fine-grained resource group scaling. | 2020.07.17 | All regions. | |
Open API public preview for customizing DataWorks features | DataWorks opens tenant, metadata, data development, Operation Center, Data Quality, Data Service, and other APIs, giving you more freedom to use DataWorks. Note You must purchase DataWorks Enterprise Edition or higher to use the Open API feature. | 2020.07.16 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Beijing), and China (Zhangjiakou). | |
Migration Assistant public preview | Migration Assistant supports migrating scheduled tasks, manual tasks, resources, functions, data sources, table metadata, ad hoc queries, and components. You can choose full export, incremental export, or selective export methods based on business needs. | 2020.07 | China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), and Singapore. | |
Data Service update | DataWorks Data Service releases a brand-new directory tree structure. | 2020.07.28 |
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June
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Query from data source feature | You can use the query from data source feature on the spreadsheet editing page to quickly read data from data sources for analysis. | 2020.06.09 | China (Shanghai). |
April
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | Documentation |
Operation Center supports phone alert feature | Operation Center supports three alert methods: Text Message, Email, and Telephone. Important You must purchase DataWorks Professional Edition or higher to use the phone alert feature. | 2020.04.15 | All regions. |