Release Notes
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Major Features and Changes

SmartSense 1.4.0 includes the following new features:

  • A new "Recommendations" tab in the SmartSense View in Ambari, which allows you to:

    • Review recommendations without going to the Hortonworks Support Portal.

    • Apply recommendations automatically (where possible).

    • Track all configuration changes made when applying SmartSense recommendations.

    • Review and revert previously applied recommendations.

    • Export recommendations as an Excel spreadsheet.

    • Rate applied recommendations and view average customer rating for each recommendation.

    For more information, refer to Viewing SmartSense Recommendations.

  • Capture for YARN applications, allowing you to capture data required for YARN app troubleshooting. Refer to Capturing for Troubleshooting.

  • Capture for Hive queries, allowing you to capture data required for Hive query troubleshooting. Refer to Capturing for Troubleshooting.

  • Scalability improvements.

  • Redesigned anonymization rules. Refer to Configuring Data Anonymization Rules.

  • Anonymization performance improvements, significantly cutting down capture time on large clusters and large datasets.

SmartSense 1.4.0 includes the following behavioral changes:

  • In Ambari 2.5, SmartSense 1.4.0 is installed by default and the installation is mandatory (i.e. you cannot uncheck the box).