8.4.sw Release Notes

When you download a table in XLSX format, the downloaded table now shows the same column width, number formatting based on the format pattern, and date formatting as the table in ThoughtSpot. Refer to Download your search.

Databricks connections now support OAuth. For more information, see Configure OAuth for a Databricks connection.

Snowflake connections now support Okta OAuth. For more information, see Configure Okta OAuth for a Snowflake connection.

The new Data Workspace is now GA and on by default. It redesigns the Data section of the product. To access it, select Data from the top navigation bar. The redesign introduces several new features, such as SQL-based views and dbt integration, and makes the UI more intuitive.

SQL-based views are now GA and on by default. Users can create views based on custom SQL queries, and use those views as data sources. This type of view has the same functionality as a view based on searching your data.

The dbt integration is now GA and on by default. You can provide your existing dbt models and automatically create worksheets in ThoughtSpot that you can use to perform searches on your data.

ThoughtSpot now supports querying external tables in data stores, after you create these tables in your Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, or Snowflake environments.

For ThoughtSpot-managed CentOS clusters hosted on AWS, Azure, and GCP, Python 3.9 is now the default Python version. ThoughtSpot does not support downgrading to an earlier Python release for these clusters. For customer-managed RHEL, OEL, or Amazon Linux 2 clusters, and for ThoughtSpot-managed CentOS clusters hosted on VMware, SMC, and Dell, the default Python version is still either 3.6 or 3.7. For customer-managed RHEL and Amazon Linux 2 clusters, you can upgrade the cluster’s Python version to 3.9.

We moved several system monitoring Liveboards to new areas of the product. The System information and usage Liveboard is now in the Admin Console, under System Information. The Table status Liveboard is now in the Admin Console, under Table Status. The Connections Liveboard is now in the Data Workspace, under Usage statistics. For more information, see Admin Console and Data workspace.

ThoughtSpot now certifies VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 for VMware deployments of the ThoughtSpot product. ThoughtSpot certifies VMware 7.0 only for ThoughtSpot version 8.4.1.sw. See VMware configuration overview.

In this release, we introduced new functions for computing time intervals between two dates. In addition to the existing diff_days and diff_time functions, you can now use diff_years, diff_quarters, diff_months diff_weeks, diff_hours, and diff_minutes to calculate time intervals at these additional granularities.

When you download a table in XLSX format, the downloaded table now shows the same conditional and number formatting as the table in ThoughtSpot. Refer to Download your search.

ThoughtSpot now combines the Liveboard follow and Liveboard Schedule features into a single action called "Schedule." To create a new schedule to receive an email containing a pdf of your Liveboard, users now select the Schedule button to the left of the more options menu .

The new SpotIQ experience is now available. The functionality remains the same, but we reorganized the UI to make it more intuitive. The new experience is off by default, but you can manage your individual SpotIQ experience from your profile. Note that the new SpotIQ experience is dependent on the new answer experience; to use the new SpotIQ experience, you must first enable the new answer experience. For more information, refer to SpotIQ.

The new answer experience is now available. It contains multiple new features and feature enhancements. It is part of ThoughtSpot’s move to a new stack. The new experience is off by default, but you can manage your individual answer experience from your profile. To learn more about the new answer experience, refer to New answer experience.

The following features are not available with the new answer experience. The new answer experience is off by default, but the option to turn it on or off individually is on by default. If it is on in your environment, and you would like your company to be able to use these de-supported features, you can turn the new answer experience off for your company from the Admin Console. Alternatively, users can turn it on or off individually from their profile.

We simplified the steps to set up an analyst account on ThoughtSpot. Now, you can create a connection, create a worksheet to model your business use cases, immediately search your data, and automatically create Search visualizations. See Analyst Onboarding for further details.

You can now create visualizations of your data’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). When you search for a measure with a time-related keyword (for example, Sales weekly), you can create sparkline visualizations of your data’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). ThoughtSpot also supports conditional formatting to add visual cues for KPIs or threshold metrics to easily show where you are falling short or exceeding targets. For more information, see KPI charts.

When a new user first uses Search, ThoughtSpot intelligently selects a data source for them to search on. ThoughtSpot chooses the most popular data source in the cluster that the user has access to. This allows users to begin to search data easily, without looking through all the existing data sources on their cluster.

We now support more detailed geographic maps for France. You can now create maps based on postal codes, as well as region and city name. For more information, see Geo map reference.

This release redesigns the Data section of the product. The new Data Workspace is still in the same place in the product. To access it, select Data from the top navigation bar. The redesign introduces several new features, such as SQL-based views, and makes the UI more intuitive.

This release introduces beta support for SQL-based views. Users can create views based on custom SQL queries, and use those views as data sources. This type of view has the same functionality as a view based on searching your data.

ThoughtSpot now offers an integration with dbt. You can provide your existing dbt models and automatically create worksheets in ThoughtSpot that you can use to perform searches on your data.

Databricks connections now support OAuth. See Configure OAuth for a Databricks connection.

ThoughtSpot-managed CentOS deployments only: If you upgraded to Python 3.9 while on ThoughtSpot version 7.2.1, you must upgrade your Python version to 3.9 again after you upgrade to ThoughtSpot version 8.4.0.sw.