26.8.0.cl Release Notes

The command palette (Cmd + K on Mac / Ctrl + K on Windows and Linux) includes several enhancements in this release:

The continuous Liveboard PDF experience is now generally available (GA). This feature eliminates page breaks and preserves the layout of the original Liveboard, ensuring the exported PDF remains true to the on-screen experience. For more information, see Download a Liveboard.

Time zone-aware keywords are now generally available (GA). Time zone-aware keywords ensure that relative date filters in ThoughtSpot — like "today," "yesterday," and "last 7 days" — always reflect the correct time for each user, no matter where they are in the world. This ensures that all searches, Liveboards, and dashboards automatically show time-based data that matches local business hours. For more information, see Timezone-aware keywords and filters.

SpotterModel is now generally available (GA). You can use SpotterModel to generate comprehensive, optimized Models ready to use in your analysis. SpotterModel automates table selection, join creation, and column selection, while allowing you to review and customize each step. For more information, see SpotterModel.

Spotter analysts are now Early Access (EA). You can create Spotter Analysts-- focused, governed analysts that tailor Spotter to a specific team, use case, or domain. Instead of accessing the general Spotter experience, configure the context once: which data models the agent can see, custom instructions that shape its behavior, the connectors it can use, and who the workspace is shared with. Open a Spotter Analyst and you enter a pre-configured experience the moment you start. To enable this feature, contact your administrator. For more information, see Spotter Analysts.

SpotterModel is now generally available (GA). You can use SpotterModel to generate comprehensive, optimized Models ready to use in your analysis. SpotterModel automates table selection, join creation, and column selection, while allowing you to review and customize each step. For more information, see SpotterModel.

You can now add potential first search options-- quick searches with preselected questions, deep analyses, or data knowledge prompts-- to guide first-time users of Spotter. For more information, see Spotter starter prompts.

We have removed the auto-generated business terms feature, which previously was the last step of adding coaching from a conversation. You can still manually add business terms from the Memory sources tab in the Data workspace. To learn how to create business terms, see Defining business terms.

ThoughtSpot introduces a redesigned Admin settings experience. These changes provide administrators with a cleaner, more intuitive experience that is built to scale with multi-Org, enterprise deployments. Admin settings are now organized by users, Orgs, features, appearance, and security, so you only see the sections relevant to your role. The following are some of the enhancements:

Reference questions and business terms now respect column aliases built in the underlying Model. For example, if you create column aliases in Spanish for a data model with English column titles, the reference question in the Memory sources page would display the alias for users with Spanish locales.

Column aliasing for UDF columns is now generally available (GA). You define context-aware display names for columns in a Model, so that different users see the column names that are meaningful to them — based on their ThoughtSpot group, Org, or preferred language. A single Model can serve multiple client groups or locales without the need to maintain separate replicas, reducing complexity and memory overhead. To enable column aliasing for UDF columns, contact ThoughtSpot Support. For more information, see User-defined column aliases.

Separate download permissions for Liveboards and schedules are now generally available (GA). The download privilege has been split into separate, more granular permissions to enhance data security and administrative control. Administrators can now assign download privileges for visual downloads (PDF/PNG) and data exports (XLSX/CSV) independently. These new permissions apply to both direct downloads and scheduled reports and are only available to customers who have enabled RBAC privileges.

Column security rules are generally available (Opt-in) in this release. Column security rules (CSR) let you restrict access to sensitive columns without the complexity of managing per-column shares. Mark a column as protected and assign group access through the new Manage access panel — users who do not belong to an assigned group cannot see the protected column in search, Answers, or Liveboards, even if the table is shared with them. Protection is automatically inherited by worksheet, model, and view columns derived from a protected base column. CSR coexists with the existing column-level security model — enabling CSR does not affect your current configuration. To enable this feature, contact ThoughtSpot Support. For more information, see Column security rules.

ThoughtSpot now protects user-created personalized views when you migrate Liveboard TML across environments. Previously, importing an updated Liveboard TML from a development environment would overwrite all views in production, including those created by end users. The username and the email of the owner of each view is now displayed in the Liveboard TML so administrators can see who owns each view, and can transfer ownership by editing that info in the Liveboard TML. Personalized views now also have Object IDs, similar to tables and model references in the Liveboard TML. With this release, ThoughtSpot uses a smart merge approach. Smart merge is only possible using the TML import APIs. Using the API, you can opt in to smart merge by passing a new field as TRUE. The UI will continue to show the original merge logic. Views that exist only in production are preserved, new views from the source TML are added, and views present in both are updated.

The Continuous Liveboard PDF experience is now generally available (GA). This feature eliminates page breaks and preserves the layout of the original Liveboard, ensuring the exported PDF remains true to the on-screen experience.

The new connection creation experience is now generally available (GA). We redesigned and streamlined the process to create a Connection. Set up your Connection in four easy steps by selecting a data source, configuring the Connection, selecting databases, and selecting tables.

ClickHouse connections are now generally available (GA). For more information, see ClickHouse.

ThoughtSpot now supports Object IDs for Collections, allowing you to assign human-readable, custom identifiers to Collection objects instead of relying only on system-generated GUIDs. With this update, you can also include Object IDs when exporting and importing Collections via TML.

For information about the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, refer to ThoughtSpot Developer Documentation.

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