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Known issues and limitations in Cloudera Data Visualization 8.1.0

Learn about the known issues and limitations that you might experience while using Cloudera Data Visualization. You can find information about the areas of impact, affected product versions, and possible workarounds.

Picklist in complex data types Show Selected unselects previous selections
Show selected in a filter list selection may not show all selections depending on the data type. A fix is expected in a future release.
Workaround
None
Versions affected
Cloudera Data Visualization 7.0.2 - 8.1.1
Fixed in version
N/A
Cloudera issue
VIZ-456
Inconsistent support for non-roman or character-based alphabets across visual types
Non-romanized or character-based alphabets are not consistently supported across various visual types. If not supported, the affected visual is not properly rendered in PDF/PNG downloads. CSV/Excel downloads and general dashboard viewing is available for all languages.

The following languages are not supported when using a table visual.

In Cloudera AI: In Cloudera Data Warehouse:
  • Amharic (Ethiopia)
  • Arabic (multiple countries)
  • Bengali (Bangladesh)
  • Berber (multiple countries)
  • Burmese (Myanmar)
  • Dari Pashto (Afghanistan)
  • Dzongkha (Bhutan)
  • Fijian (Fiji)
  • Georgian
  • Hebrew (Israel)
  • Khmer (Cambodia)
  • Lao
  • Malay (Brunei)
  • Many Indian languages
  • Nepalese (Nepal)
  • Persian (Iran)
  • Tamil (Malaysia, India, Singapore)
  • Thai (Thailand)
  • Urdu (Pakistan)
  • Amharic (Ethiopia)
  • Bengali (Bangladesh)
  • Burmese (Myanmar)
  • Dzongkha (Bhutan)
  • Fijian (Fiji)
  • Khmer (Cambodia)
  • Many Indian languages
  • Nepalese (Nepal)
  • Tamil (Malaysia, India, Singapore)
  • Thai (Thailand)
Workaround
None
Versions affected
Cloudera Data Visualization 7.0.2 - 8.1.1
Fixed in version
N/A
Cloudera issue
VIZ-984
Saved value does not show properly when arcapi is present
After the fix included for VIZ-1070, a known issue is still present when using arcapi.sendParameters with app-scope filters.
Workaround
None
Versions affected
Cloudera Data Visualization 7.0.2 - 8.1.1
Fixed in version
N/A
Cloudera issue
VIZ-1181
Selecting NULL values can cause ParseException syntax error from Cloudera Data Visualization 7.1.3
After upgrading to Cloudera Data Visualization 7.1.3 or later, selecting "NULL" values in filters may lead to a ParseException syntax error.
Workaround:
To resolve this issue, deselect the “NULL” value in the picklist filter.
Versions affected:
Cloudera Data Visualization 7.1.3 - 8.1.1
Fixed in version:
N/A
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-2224
Long-running queries cannot be canceled for some data connections

For data connections other than Hive or Impala, long-running queries cannot be canceled since they are run synchronously.

Workaround:

Restart the Cloudera Data Visualization application.

Versions affected:
All versions
Fixed in version:
N/A
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-2634
Impala over Knox connection fails with load balancing

HTTP connections to Impala through Knox with load balancing enabled can fail with Invalid session id errors because a hard-coded impala.session.id cookie name does not match Knox’s default sticky-session cookies.

Workaround:
None
Versions affected:
Cloudera Data Visualization7.2.7 - 8.1.1
Fixed in version:
Cloudera Data Visualization 8.1.1
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-2955
Data compatibility check does not work for SQL-based datasets that join on multiple tables

When importing in visual artifacts that use SQL-based datasets, the “data compatibility” check may fail with an “IndexError: list index out of range” error, if the dataset joins multiple tables.

Workaround:

Disable “Check data table compatibility” when importing in visual assets with complex queries.

Versions affected:
All versions
Fixed in version:
N/A
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-3121
Profile Data modal does not open across pages when site setting is enabled

The Show Usage Info setting and the Ctrl+Shift+G shortcut, intended to open the Profile Data modal across all pages, are currently not working. Even when the Enable the "Show Usage Info" and Ctrl-Shift-G shortcut to view page profiles within all pages site setting is enabled, the modal does not appear.

Workaround:
None
Versions affected:
Cloudera Data Visualization 7.0.4 and higher
Fixed in version:
N/A
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-3341
Save prompts shown for unchanged AI completion model profiles

When users open an existing AI completion model profile in Site Settings > AI only to review or test it, Cloudera Data Visualization may still prompt them to save changes in the model profile modal and on the completion profiles page, even though no actual changes were made. If you did not modify the profile, you can safely dismiss these save prompts.

Workaround:
None
Versions affected:
Cloudera Data Visualization 8.1.0
Fixed in version:
Cloudera Data Visualization 8.1.1
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-3834
Log files cannot be downloaded when accessing Cloudera Data Visualization through Knox

Log file downloading fails when Knox proxying is used, due to a JSON decoding error on the server.

Workaround:
None
Versions affected:
Cloudera Data Visualization 8.1.0
Fixed in version:
Cloudera Data Visualization 8.1.1
Cloudera issue:
VIZ-3921