What's new and changed in Synthetic Data Generator

Synthetic Data Generator updates can include new features, fixes, and security updates. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Installing or upgrading Synthetic Data Generator

Ready to install or upgrade Synthetic Data Generator?

  • To install Synthetic Data Generator along with the other Cloud Pak for Data services, see Installing Cloud Pak for Data.
  • To upgrade Synthetic Data Generator along with the other Cloud Pak for Data services, see Upgrading Cloud Pak for Data.
  • To install or upgrade Synthetic Data Generator independently, see Synthetic Data Generator.
    Remember: All of the Cloud Pak for Data components associated with an instance of Cloud Pak for Data must be installed at the same version.

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.3

A new version of Synthetic Data Generator was released in September 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.3.

Operand version: 9.3.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of Synthetic Data Generator includes the following new features:
Connect to more data sources

You can now connect to Apache Impala from Synthetic Data Generator.

For more information, see Supported data sources for Synthetic Data Generator.

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-7885, CVE-2024-6345, CVE-2024-5971, CVE-2024-41110, CVE-2024-4032, CVE-2024-39689, CVE-2024-39338, CVE-2024-3653, CVE-2024-25638, CVE-2024-2398

CVE-2023-2976

CVE-2020-8908

CVE-2018-10237

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.1

A new version of Synthetic Data Generator was released in July 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.1.

Operand version: 9.1.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of Synthetic Data Generator includes the following new feature:
Evaluate your synthetic data

You can now use quality, privacy, and utility metrics to help you evaluate your synthetic data. In the realm of data science and machine learning, the availability of high-quality data is paramount for building accurate and robust models. However, in many real-world scenarios, obtaining sufficient and diverse data can be a challenging task due to various constraints such as privacy concerns, data scarcity, or expensive data acquisition processes. You can avoid these constraints by using synthetic data.

For more information, see Evaluating synthetic data.

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-6162, CVE-2024-37891, CVE-2024-36114, CVE-2024-35195, CVE-2024-33602, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-29040, CVE-2024-28182, CVE-2024-21634, CVE-2024-0450

CVE-2023-6597, CVE-2023-5685, CVE-2023-41900, CVE-2023-40167, CVE-2023-36479, CVE-2023-36478, CVE-2023-26049, CVE-2023-26048, CVE-2023-22049, CVE-2023-22045, CVE-2023-22041, CVE-2023-22036, CVE-2023-22006

CVE-2022-42004, CVE-2022-42003

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.0

A new version of Synthetic Data Generator was released in June 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.0.

Operand version: 9.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of Synthetic Data Generator includes the following features:
Use differential privacy to protect user data

You can now protect user data from being traced back to individual users in Synthetic Data Generator.

The parameters involved are known as the privacy budget.

For more information, see Using differential privacy.

Connect to watsonx.data using Presto

You can now use the Presto connector to connect to a Presto engine within IBM watsonx.data.

For more information, see Presto connection.

Connect to more data sources

You can now connect to Dremio and IBM Data Virtualization from Synthetic Data Generator.

For more information, see Creating synthetic data from imported data.

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-3727, CVE-2024-3651, CVE-2024-34447, CVE-2024-34064, CVE-2024-3154, CVE-2024-30172, CVE-2024-30171, CVE-2024-29857, CVE-2024-29025, CVE-2024-28835, CVE-2024-28834, CVE-2024-28219, CVE-2024-25062, CVE-2024-24786, CVE-2024-23944, CVE-2024-22365, CVE-2024-1459, CVE-2024-0727

CVE-2023-7008, CVE-2023-52428, CVE-2023-45288, CVE-2023-43787, CVE-2023-43786, CVE-2023-43785, CVE-2023-3138, CVE-2023-2975, CVE-2023-26031, CVE-2023-25613, CVE-2023-25193

CVE-2022-48554, CVE-2022-3510, CVE-2022-3509, CVE-2022-3171

CVE-2021-22570, CVE-2021-22569