BigQuery Graph and GQL queries are available with on-demand pricing
BigQuery Graph and Graph Query Language (GQL) are now supported for users on on-demand pricing models.
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Kimi K3.1 Pro (Highspeed) now available on Amazon Bedrock
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro is now available on Amazon Bedrock. The model features a 1-million-token context window and supports prompt caching for agentic tasks like coding and document processing.
What I learned from a month with WalShadow on ClickHouse Managed Postgres
WalShadow is now available in private preview for ClickHouse Managed Postgres. It allows users to test replication latency, verify data correctness, and manage schema changes and recovery processes.
AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports catalog-vended credentials with Apache Iceberg REST catalog federation
AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports vended credentials for Apache Iceberg REST catalog federation. This allows users to read external Iceberg tables using coarse-grained grants and temporary security credentials scoped to S3 prefixes.
@GitHub in Slack and Teams is generally available and more
@GitHub in Slack and Teams is now generally available, allowing users to investigate bugs, create issues, and open pull requests directly from chat. It also includes Canvas integration for reviewing code and implementation plans.
ClickHouse release 26.10
ClickHouse 26.10 adds function composition, improved join flexibility, faster GROUP BY queries, and disk spilling for IN subqueries. It also includes an experimental columns cache and support for Freeform and SQLite formats.
Unity Catalog wikis are in Beta
Unity Catalog wikis are now in beta, enabling teams to document table meanings and usage directly within Catalog Explorer. Users can collaborate on documentation manually or via Genie Code.
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BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Shopify deprecates specific fields
Effective January 31, 2027, the BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Shopify will no longer support the legacyMode field in DeliveryProfile and the permitSkuSharing field in FulfillmentService.
BigQuery adds organization policy controls for models in preview
Users can now define custom organization policies to allow or deny specific operations on models within BigQuery. This feature is currently in preview.
The BigQuery Metadata curation console page has been removed
The BigQuery Metadata curation console page has been deprecated. Users should now use Knowledge Catalog for data discovery, profiling, and governance tasks.
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now available in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) location
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now supported in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) region.
BigQuery query text heatmap adds hierarchical context reference navigation
BigQuery query text heatmap now allows users to view and navigate through a hierarchical list of context references, such as nested function calls or view references, for stage steps in general availability.
BigQuery query text heatmap supports persistent and temporary UDFs
BigQuery query text heatmap in the query execution graph now supports displaying SQL text for both persistent and temporary user-defined functions (UDFs) in general availability.
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names. The Classic Explorer tab has been renamed to the Data tab, and the Repository tab has been renamed to the Source control tab. The Data tab now includes the Add data button and focuses on data hierarchies. These changes are generally available (GA).
You can now use persistent and temporary SQL user-defined functions (UDFs) in BigQuery continuous queries to...
You can now use persistent and temporary SQL user-defined functions (UDFs) in BigQuery continuous queries to encapsulate and reuse custom real-time transformation logic. Only SQL UDFs are supported in continuous queries.