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.


Last updated: 9 Dec 2016