What's new in Cloudera Data Visualization 8.0.6

Cloudera Data Visualization 8.0.6 was released on September 3, 2025, introducing the following changes.

New features and improvements

This release includes several enhancements and new features to improve collaboration, AI-assisted insights, data connection management, dashboard editing, and security. Key updates include the technical preview of commenting on dashboards and visuals, improvements to AI visuals and annotations, enhanced data connection handling, and usability improvements across the application.

AI visual improvements

VIZ-3193, VIZ-3316, VIZ-3384 – AI visual improvements: The AI visual can now dynamically aggregate data within a dataset for answers to your questions on any data connection, without requiring a vector database. Transparency has been improved, showing the data, requests, and results used to generate responses. For more information, see the AI visual documentation.

Collaboration and annotations

VIZ-2985, VIZ-2986, VIZ-2988, VIZ-2990, VIZ-2997, VIZ-3514, VIZ-3522 – Commenting on dashboards and visuals [Technical Preview]: You can now leave comments and reply to comments directly on visuals and dashboards for easier collaboration. To enable the feature, go to the Administration menu, open Site Settings > Dashboard > Config, and select Enable Commenting (Tech Preview). For more information, see Commenting on visuals and dashboards.
VIZ-3267 – AI annotation improvements for visuals: Annotations generated with AI are now more accurate for visuals like KPI, sparkline, bullet, and gauge charts, explaining what the visual shows. Prompts now include shelf and visual-specific information customized for specific visual types, producing more accurate analysis. For instructions on using annotations, see Creating annotation for visuals and Creating annotation for dashboards.
VIZ-3450 – Visual artifact annotations preserved during export and import: Annotations added to dashboards and visuals are now included when exporting or importing. This enhancement ensures annotations are retained when moving the visual artifacts across environments, improving portability and collaboration.

Data connectivity and integration

VIZ-3169 – Auto-discovery of data connections: Cloudera Data Visualization now automatically discovers and creates data connections for Solr, SQL Stream Builder, Hive, and Impala in Cloudera Base on premises environments. Data connections are synced by default at application startup. This ensures that connections reflect the current state of your Cloudera Base on premises cluster.
VIZ-3257 – Bulk syncing and out-of-sync alerts for Cloudera Data Warehouse data connections: You can now bulk sync Cloudera Data Warehouse Impala/Hive connections to keep configurations up to date, similar to Cloudera AI connections. Connections that are out of sync or reference non-existent warehouses are marked with an alert icon, making it easy to identify and resolve issues directly from the UI. For more information, see Synchronizing data connections.
VIZ-3358 – Improved data connection modal: A new Info tab in the Edit Data Connection modal displays the connection configuration in JSON format, allowing you to view and copy data connection details. This information can be imported through the Import from JSON tab in the New Data Connection modal to quickly clone connections. This enhancement simplifies sharing and recreating data connections. For more information, see Reusing data connection settings.
VIZ-3482 – Trino and Phoenix data connection icons on the homepage: Trino and Phoenix data connections now show the respective icons on the Cloudera Data Visualization homepage.

Dashboard and visual experience

VIZ-2143 – Dashboard title visibility in Edit mode: Dashboard titles and subtitles are now shown by default in Edit mode, even when they are empty. The visibility preference is preserved for the browser session, so you do not need to reapply it each time.
VIZ-3327 – Custom styles table improvement: The layout and usability of the Manage Custom Styles and Create Custom Style pages have been improved.

Asset and data management

VIZ-3462 – Static assets page enhancements

The following improvements have been implemented on the Manage Image, CSS, and JS Assets page.

Search: Added an option to clear the search field using the x icon.
Name: Set the Name column to a minimum width, preventing long descriptions from pushing it out of view.
Sorting: The Type column now supports ascending and descending sorting, and previous inconsistencies in the Name column sorting have been resolved.
Upload visibility: Added a View Asset link in the success notification of upload so newly uploaded assets are immediately accessible.

See Managing Static Assets for details on handling image files and other static assets.

VIZ-3396 – Canceling data profiling queries

You can now cancel running data profiling queries.

Security and compliance

VIZ-2859 – Password change navigation bar indicator: An orange dot marker in the navigation bar now indicates when users need to change their password, extending the previous homepage-only check to all pages. For more information, see Cloudera Data Visualization homepage.
VIZ-3138 – TLS 1.3 support: TLS 1.3 is now supported, enhancing security and compliance for Cloudera Base on premises instances of Cloudera Data Visualization.

Fixed issues

VIZ-3435 – SQL popup now closes when clicking outside: Resolved an issue where the SQL popup remained open when clicking elsewhere on the page.
VIZ-3453 – Downloaded dashboard PDFs now include all visuals: Fixed an issue where Gauge visuals were missing when downloading dashboards as PDF files using the “One sheet per page” option.
VIZ-3464 – Dataset profiling tab now loads reliably: Fixed an intermittent issue that prevented the Dataset Profiling tab from rendering. It now loads consistently, even after refreshing the page.
VIZ-3474, VIZ-3479 – Security vulnerabilities addressed: Fixed critical and high-severity package vulnerability issues identified in Cloudera Data Visualization 8.0.5.
VIZ-3487 – Fixed duplicate event records in EventsTracker table: Fixed an issue that caused duplicate records in the EventsTracker table.
VIZ-3488 – Job status filter now works on the Scheduled Jobs tab: Resolved an issue where the status filter did not function on the Scheduled Jobs tab of the Job Status page. The filter now works as expected, allowing you to correctly filter scheduled jobs by status in the UI.
VIZ-3489 – AI profile validation now works through Knox: Fixed AI profile validation errors when accessing Cloudera Data Visualization through Knox caused by dropped trailing slashes in endpoint URLs. AI profile validation now functions correctly when accessed through Knox.
VIZ-3506 – Logs and Usage filter now works as expected: Resolved an issue where filtering webserver statistics and usage counters did not function correctly.
VIZ-3511 – Hive connection retries are now more reliable: Resolved an issue Hive connection retries in the Data Connection modal failed. Retry logic has been improved by clearing conflicting parameters and extending the timeout.
VIZ-3519 – Snapshot retrieval now handles errors safely: Resolved an issue where invalid operations on permission errors could cause runtime failures during snapshot retrieval. The fix ensures that permission errors are handled safely and improves thumbnail fetching.