diff --git a/RELEASING/README.md b/RELEASING/README.md index 8724cd1642c89..32fb1aef34cab 100644 --- a/RELEASING/README.md +++ b/RELEASING/README.md @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ partaking in the process should join the channel. ## Release notes for recent releases +- [1.5](release-notes-1-5/README.md) - [1.4](release-notes-1-4/README.md) - [1.3](release-notes-1-3/README.md) - [1.2](release-notes-1-2/README.md) diff --git a/RELEASING/release-notes-1-5/README.md b/RELEASING/release-notes-1-5/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..7444fa4d7c8e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASING/release-notes-1-5/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ + + +# Release Notes for Superset 1.5 + +Superset 1.5 focuses on polishing the dashboard native filters experience, while +improving performance and stability. Superset 1.5 is likely the last minor release of +version 1 of Superset, and will be succeeded by Superset 2.0. The 1.5 branch +introduces the notion of a Long Term Support (LTS) version of Superset, and will +receive security and other critical fixes even after Superset 2.x is released. +Therefore, users will have the choice of staying on the 1.5 branch or upgrading to 2.x +when available. + +- [**User Experience**](#user-facing-features) +- [**Feature flags**](#feature-flags) +- [**Database Experience**](#database-experience) +- [**Breaking Changes and Full Changelog**](#breaking-changes-and-full-changelog) + +## User Facing Features + +- Complex dashboards with lots of native filters and charts will render considerably + faster. See the videos that shows the rendering time of a complex dashboard go from + 11 to 3 seconds: [#19064](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/19064). In + addition, applying filters and switching tabs is also much smoother. +- The Native Filter Bar has been redesigned, along with moving the "Apply" and + "Clear all" buttons to the bottom: + +![Filter bar](media/filter_bar.png) + +- Native filters can now be made dependent on multiple filters. This makes it possible + to restrict the available values in a filter based on the selection of other filters. + +![Dependent filters](media/dependent_filters.png) + +- In addition to being able to write Custom SQL for adhoc metrics and filters, the + column control now also features a Custom SQL tab. This makes it possible to write + custom expressions directly in charts without adding them to the dataset as saved + expressions. + +![Adhoc columns](media/adhoc_columns.png) + +- A new `SupersetMetastoreCache` has been added which makes it possible to cache data + in the Superset Metastore without the need for running a dedicated cache like Redis + or Memcached. The new cache will be used by default for required caches, but can also + be used for caching chart or other data. See the + [documentation](https://superset.apache.org/docs/installation/cache#caching) for + details on using the new cache. +- Previously it was possible for Dashboards with lots of filters to cause an error. + A similar issue existed on Explore. Now Superset stores Dashboard and Explore state + in the cache (as opposed to the URL), eliminating the infamous + [Long URL Problem](https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/17086). +- Previously permanent links to Dashboard and Explore pages were in fact shortened URLS + that relied on state being stored in the URL (see Long URL Problem above). In + addition, the links used numerical ids and didn't check user permissions making it + easy to iterate through links that were stored in the metastore. Now permanent links + state is stored as JSON objects in the metastore, making it possible to store + arbitrarily large Dashboard and Explore state in permalinks. In addition, the ids + are encoded using [`hashids`](https://hashids.org/) and check permissions, making + permalink state more secure. + +![Dashboard permalink](media/permalink.png) + +## Feature flags + +- A new feature flag `GENERIC_CHART_AXES` has been added that makes it possible to + use a non-temporal x-axis on the ECharts Timeseries chart + ([#17917](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/17917)). When enabled, a new + control "X Axis" is added to the control panel of ECharts line, area, bar, step and + scatter charts, which makes it possible to use categorical or numerical x-axes on + those charts. + +![Categorical line chart](media/categorical_line.png) + +## Database Experience + +- DuckDB: Add support for database: + [#19317](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/19317) + +- Kusto: Add support for Azure Data Explorer (Kusto): + [#17898](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/17898) + +- Trino: Add server cert support and new auth methods: + [#17593](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/17593) and + [#16346](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/16346) + +- Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL): support using CTEs in virtual tables: + [#18567](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/18567) + +- Teradata and MSSQL: add support for TOP limit syntax: + [#18746](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/18746) and + [#18240](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/18240) + +- Apache Drill: User impersonation using `drill+sadrill`: + [#19252](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/19252) + +## Developer Experience + +- `superset-ui` has now been integrated into the Superset codebase as per + [SIP-58](https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/13013) dubbed "Monorepo". This + makes development of plugins that ship with Superset considerably simpler. In + addition, it makes it possible to align `superset-ui` releases with official Superset + releases. + +## Breaking Changes and Full Changelog + +**Breaking Changes** + +- Bump `mysqlclient` from v1 to v2: + [#17556](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/17556) +- Single and double quotes will no longer be removed from filter values: + [#17881](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/17881) +- Previously `QUERY_COST_FORMATTERS_BY_ENGINE`, `SQL_VALIDATORS_BY_ENGINE` and + `SCHEDULED_QUERIES` were expected to be defined in the feature flag dictionary in + the `config.py` file. These should now be defined as a top-level config, with the + feature flag dictionary being reserved for boolean only values: + [#15254](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/15254) +- All Superset CLI commands (init, load_examples and etc) require setting the + `FLASK_APP` environment variable (which is set by default when `.flaskenv` is loaded): + [#17539](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/17539) + +**Changelog** + +To see the complete changelog in this release, head to +[CHANGELOG.MD](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/1.5/CHANGELOG.md). +As mentioned earlier, this release has a MASSIVE amount of bug fixes. 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