Excel Add-In for Amazon Athena

Build 24.0.9060

Changelog

General Changes

DateBuild
Number
Change
Type
Description
08/20/20248998Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for the following AWS regions: HYDERABAD, MELBOURNE, CALGARY, SPAIN, ISOLATEDUSEAST, ISOLATEDUSEASTB, and ISOLATEDUSWEST.
07/24/20248971Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added 'Description' as a custom column for sys_schemas. 'Description' returns a description of the schema.
06/28/20248945Amazon AthenaRemoved
  • AwsMFA has been removed as an AuthScheme value. Use MFA properties with AwsRootKeys, AwsIAMRoles, and TemporaryCredentials schemes where necessary.
06/18/20248935GeneralAdded
  • Added support for the "TELAVIV" region (Israel) in the AWSRegion connection property.
05/09/20248895GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function previously did not accept negative precision values. That feature has now been restored.
04/22/20248878Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added [sys_tables].[S3Path] column. This column will specify the S3 location of the respective table.
04/06/20248862Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for the AwsWebIdentity authentication scheme.
03/15/20248840GeneralAdded
  • Created a new SQL function called STRING_COMPARE that provides java's String.compare() ability to SQL queries. Returns a number representative of the compared value of two strings
12/31/20238765ExcelAdded
  • Added support for dialect SELECT queries in UI, VBA, and UDF =CDATAQUERY function.
11/29/20238733GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function doesn't accept the negative precision values anymore.

Changed
  • The returning types of the FDMonth, FDQuarter, FDWeek, LDMonth, LDQuarter, LDWeek functions are changed from Timestamp to Date.
  • The return type of the ABS function will be consistent with the parameter value type.
11/28/20238732GeneralAdded
  • Added the HMACSHA256 formatter to allow for secrets to be decoded if it is in base64 format
06/20/20238571GeneralAdded
  • Added the new sys_lastresultinfo system table.
05/10/20238530ExcelAdded
  • Added the ability to cancel an in-progress test connection in the Connection Dialog Box.
04/25/20238515GeneralRemoved
  • Removed support for the SELECT INTO CSV statement. The core code doesn't support it anymore.
04/20/20238510Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added UseLakeFormation connection property, which can be used to retrieve temporary credentials through AWS Lake Formation service when authenticating through OKTA, ADFS, AzureAD or PingFederate.
12/14/20228383GeneralChanged
  • Added the Default column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
11/22/20228361Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for INSERT queries.

Changed
  • The value of [sys_tables].[TableType] column is changed from VIEW to TABLE.
10/31/20228339Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for flattening STRUCT and ARRAY data types.
09/30/20228308GeneralChanged
  • Added the IsPath column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
09/28/20228306ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option STATUSBAR_UPDATE=TRUE. This indicates whether the Excel Add-In will update the Excel Status Bar with progress status on completed tasks. The default value is TRUE. This way, there is the option to NOT update the Status Bar by setting it to FALSE.
09/14/20228292ExcelChanged
  • Improved the User Experience of the Connection Editor by introducing a Basic tab for the most imporant connection properties.
07/27/20228243Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for SSO authentication via Azure AD as the identity provider.
03/17/20228111ExcelChanged
  • Changed the behavior so that auto-refreshing continues even if the worksheet is not active anymore or loses focus.
03/16/20228110Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) when authenticating from an Amazon EC2 instance.
03/05/20228099ExcelAdded
  • Added support for inserting rows on tables when no primary key is defined on a given table.
02/19/20228085ExcelAdded
  • The button "Get Data -> From ProviderX" now displays a submenu with existing connections buttons and a separator, with the "New ProviderX Connection" button, if a connection exists. If no connections exist, then clicking "Get Data -> From ProviderX" will prompt the user to create a new connection before selecting the data.

Removed
  • In the "Table Selection" form, the "Source", "New Connection", "Connection", and "Edit Connection" fields are removed as they are out of the scope of the "Table Selection" form.
12/31/20218035ExcelAdded
  • Added batch support for CDATAINSERT, CDATAUPDATE, and CDATADELETE user-defined functions.
12/17/20218021Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support to automatically resolve the fully qualified name of the schemas and views based on the specified schema and view name in the query.
  • Added the CrossAccountId connection property used to retrieve metadata from a different AWS Glue account.
11/11/20217985ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option called RETRIEVE_DATA_ROWS_PERCOUNT. When getting data, this indicates how many rows will be populated into the sheet at a time. The default value is 1000.

Changed
  • Improved performance when loading data from Get Data/Refresh and the CDATAQUERY function.
11/03/20217977ExcelAdded
  • Added new VBA functions: GetLastErrorCode and GetLastError.
10/29/20217972ExcelAdded
  • Added new VBA functions: GetUpSertedRows, UpSertRows, UpSertAll and UpSert.

Changed
  • The "Update Rows" button will now update changes made to existing rows or insert newly created rows.

Removed
  • The "Add Rows" button has been removed.
09/28/20217941ExcelAdded
  • When loading data, table columns are auto-fitted to display all cells' content. In cases when cells have large amounts of text and the table has many rows, this operation might be slow.
  • Added a config file option DISABLE_AUTOFIT_COLUMN. Setting DISABLE_AUTOFIT_COLUMN==TRUE will speed up the process in those cases. The default value is FALSE.

Changed
  • Changed the maximum characters that a cell can retreive from the data source from 8,192 to 32,767.
09/02/20217915GeneralAdded
  • Added support for the STRING_SPLIT table-valued function in the CROSS APPLY clause.
08/07/20217889GeneralChanged
  • Added the KeySeq column to the sys_foreignkeys table.
08/06/20217888GeneralChanged
  • Added the new sys_primarykeys system table.
07/26/20217877ExcelAdded
  • You can sort and reorder columns on the "CData Query" form to alter the sort order.
07/23/20217874GeneralChanged
  • Updated the Literal Function Names for relative date/datetime functions. Previously, relative date/datetime functions resolved to a different value when used in the projection as opposed to the predicate. For example: SELECT LAST_MONTH() AS lm, Col FROM Table WHERE Col > LAST_MONTH(). Formerly, the two LAST_MONTH() methods would resolve to different datetimes. Now, they will match.
  • As a replacement for the previous behavior, the relative date/datetime functions in the criteria may have an 'L' appended to them. For example: WHERE col > L_LAST_MONTH(). This will continue to resolve to the same values that were previously calculated in the criteria. Note that the "L_" prefix will only work in the predicate - it not available for the projection.
07/21/20217872ExcelRemoved
  • Removed support for .NET 3.5. Before upgrade/downgrade, a clean uninstall and then the same product versions install should be performed. So, if you want to downgrade, all the downgrade build versions must support .NET 3.5. If you want to upgrade, all the upgrade build versions will drop .NET 3.5 support.
07/12/20217863Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for federated queries. The provider now supports queries ( joins, unions etc ) on cross catalogs and schemas.
07/06/20217857ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option REPLACE_SYSTEM_LOCALE=TRUE. This indicates whether Office culture replaces system locale. The default value is TRUE. This way, there is the option to disable overriding system locale by setting it to FALSE.
06/26/20217847ExcelAdded
  • Added the ability to move the columns up and down on the "CData Query" form grid view and change their order via the UI.
06/25/20217846Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for dynamic data sources ( catalogs ). DataSource or Catalog connection properties can be used to specify a custom data source to work with.
06/24/20217845ExcelAdded
  • Added the default parameter "showPopups" so the user may decide whether to show popups when calling VBA functions.
06/23/20217844Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added the ShowS3Filepath connection property, which sets whether or not to expose the _S3Path column for each source table.
05/25/20217815Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for FIPS endpoints via the EnableFIPSMode connection property.
05/21/20217811ExcelAdded
  • A new UI implementation is added for "in" and "not in" filter options on the "CData Query" form. The user is able to select via an interface from a list of distinct column values.
05/17/20217807Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for Single Sign On (SSO) connection with PingFederate as the Identity Provider (IdP).
05/10/20217800Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for the CreateSchema stored procedure and for the GenerateSchemaFiles connection property.
04/30/20217790Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for AthenaVPCEndpoint. It may be used to specify a custom VPC endpoint to connect with instead of the standard Amazon endpoint.
04/23/20217783GeneralChanged
  • Updated how display sizes are determined for varchar primary key and foreign key columns so they will match the reported length of the column.
04/16/20217776GeneralChanged
  • Reduced the length to 255 for varchar primary key and foreign key columns.

Changed
  • Updated index naming convention to avoid duplicates.
12/30/20207669ExcelAdded
  • Implemented user awareness during the upgrade process from 2019 to 2020 or 2021 editions.
12/18/20207657ExcelAdded
  • Added the "is null" and "is not null" filters on the "CData Query" form.
10/08/20207586Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for specifying an ExternalId using the connection property AWSExternalId anytime role authentication is used.
09/25/20207573Amazon AthenaAdded
  • Added support for authenticating with a RoleARN on credentials received from EC2 or temporary credentials.

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