๐ข What's new
reminder
If you want help trying our latest features, try asking Otto, your intelligent data engineering Agent!
๐๏ธ Week of 2025-07-21โ
๐ Featuresโ
- ๐ค๐ New Otto capabilities:
- Otto now provides smart code completion suggestions when youโre developing in the UI, powered by context from rules and files.
- Otto can now be configured with an Ascend-native Automation to send activity summary emails! This feature keeps you in the loop about all the behind-the-scenes action on your Flow runs without manual monitoring. See our how-to guide for detailed instructions.
- Otto now provides smart code completion suggestions when youโre developing in the UI, powered by context from rules and files.
- The Files panel just got smarter! You can now drag and drop existing files directly into place, making file management faster and more intuitive.
- Hold down the option/alt key while dragging files to create copies on the fly.
- The Files panel right-click menu now includes a convenient
Duplicate
option, letting you clone files with just two clicks.
โ ๏ธ Breaking changesโ
- The default Write Component strategy changed from Smart (partitioned) to Simple to align with other areas of the product. Although Smart Components are more scalable, they're also more difficult to get started with and can be slower for small, simple datasets.
- If you were relying on the previous Smart Component default behavior, you can restore it by explicitly setting
strategy: partitioned
in your Write Component configuration. See our write strategies documentation for more details.
- If you were relying on the previous Smart Component default behavior, you can restore it by explicitly setting
๐ ๏ธ Bug fixesโ
- Previously, the SSH public key input box was appearing for all secret fields, not just SSH-specific ones, causing confusion in forms. Now, the SSH public key input knows its place and appears only for SSH secret fields where it belongs!
- Before, date indicators in the Flow runs timeline view were jumpy and unstable due to CSS issues. Now, we've ensured a smooth and consistent timeline experience with stable positioning.
- Fixed BigQuery Transform queries that failed when referencing newly created columns in the same query (e.g.,
SELECT '1' as foo, foo as bar
). These queries now work by automatically moving column references to a separate CTE.