What's new in InfoSphere Big Match for Hadoop v11.5
New features and changes were introduced for InfoSphere® Big Match for Hadoop.
Broader platform choices for Big Match for Hadoop
Support for IBM® Open Platform with Apache Hadoop and Hortonworks Data Platform.
For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the detailed system requirements document at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/mdm/requirements.html
Installation
Ambari Installation for Big Match for Hadoop now includes WebSphere® Liberty, removing the need for any separate installation steps.
Spark-based queries
To provide additional insight into the operations of Big Match, Bucket and Entity Analysis
Queries are now available. These queries leverage Spark and show the following:
- Top 100 large buckets
- Bucket size distribution
- Entity size distribution
- Top 100 entities by size
- Entities that changed in last time period
Other new capabilities
The following additional items are new for Big Match:
- Configuration validation in the Big Match Console and Social Data Matching Algorithm Template.
- The ability to generate sample pairs and export to a CSV file.
- A new color scheme in the Big Match Console to align with IBM Design standards.