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---
title: "Drill Introduction"
-date: 2018-12-08
+date: 2019-05-02
parent: "Getting Started"
---
Drill is an Apache open-source SQL query engine for Big Data exploration.
@@ -8,7 +8,52 @@ Drill is designed from the ground up to support
high-performance analysis on
the semi-structured and rapidly evolving data coming from modern Big Data
applications, while still providing the familiarity and ecosystem of ANSI SQL,
the industry-standard query language. Drill provides plug-and-play integration
-with existing Apache Hive and Apache HBase deployments.
+with existing Apache Hive and Apache HBase deployments.
+
+## What's New in Apache Drill 1.16
+- [ANALYZE TABLE statement]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/analyze-table/) to computes
statistics on Parquet data
([DRILL-1328](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-1328))
+- [CREATE OR REPLACE SCHEMA
command]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/create-or-replace-schema/) to define a schema
for text files ([DRILL-6964](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6964))
+- [REFRESH TABLE METADATA
command]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/refresh-table-metadata/) can generate metadata
cache files for specific columns
([DRILL-7058](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7058))
+- [SYSLOG (RFC-5424) Format
Plugin]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/syslog-format-plugin/)
([DRILL-6582](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6582))
+- [NEAREST DATE
function]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/date-time-functions-and-arithmetic/#nearestdate)
to facilitate time series analysis
([DRILL-7077](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7077))
+- [Format plugin for LTSV files]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/ltsv-format-plugin/)
([DRILL-7014](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7014))
+- Ability to query Hive views, like querying Hive tables in a hive schema, for
example `SELECT * FROM hive.`hive_view`;
([DRILL-540](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-540))
+- [Upgrade to SQLLine 1.7]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/configuring-the-drill-shell/)
changes the default prompt to `apache drill (schema_name)>` or you can define a
custom prompt using the command `!set prompt <new-prompt>`.
([DRILL-6989](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6989))
+- Calcite updated to version 1.18.0
([DRILL-6862](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6862))
+- Several Drill Web UI improvements, including:
+ - [Storage plugin management
improvements](https://drill.apache.org/docs/configuring-storage-plugins/#exporting-storage-plugin-configurations)
([DRILL-6562](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6562))
+ - [Query progress indicators and warnings
]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/query-profiles/#query-profile-warnings)
([DRILL-6879](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6879))
+ - Ability to [limit the result size for better UI
response]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/planning-and-execution-options/#setting-an-auto-limit-on-the-number-of-rows-returned-for-result-sets)
([DRILL-6050](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6050))
+ - Ability to [sort the list of profiles in the Drill Web
UI]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/query-profiles/#viewing-a-query-profile)
([DRILL-6942](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6942))
+ - [Display query state in query result
page]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/starting-the-web-ui/#running-queries-from-the-web-ui)
([DRILL-6939](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6939))
+ - [Button to reset the options
filter](https://drill.apache.org/docs/planning-and-execution-options/#setting-options-from-the-drill-web-ui)
([DRILL-6921](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6921))
+
+## What's New in Apache Drill 1.15
+
+- Drill can leverage
[indexes]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/querying-indexes-introduction/) to create
index-based query plans.
([DRILL-6381](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6381))
+- Support for aliases in the [GROUP BY
clause]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/group-by-clause/).
([DRILL-1248](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-1248))
+- [CROSS JOIN](https://drill.apache.org/docs/from-clause/#join-types) support.
([DRILL-786](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-786))
+- The INFORMATION_SCHEMA contains a [FILES
table]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/querying-the-information-schema/#files) that you
can query for information about directories and files.
([DRILL-6680](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6680))
+- [System functions
table]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/querying-system-tables/#querying-the-functions-table)
that exposes the available SQL functions in Drill and also detects UDFs that
have been dynamically loaded into Drill.
([DRILL-3988](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3988))
+- New [system options
table]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/querying-system-tables/#querying-the-options-table).
([DRILL-6684](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6684))
+- Support for
[TIMESTAMPADD]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/date-time-functions-and-arithmetic/#timestampadd)
and
[TIMESTAMPDIFF]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/date-time-functions-and-arithmetic/#timestampdiff)
datetime functions.
([DRILL-3610](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3610))
+- Ability to [secure znodes with custom
ACLs]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/configuring-custom-acls-to-secure-znodes/) (Access
Control Lists) ([DRILL-5671](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-5671)).
+- All [cast and data type conversion
functions]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/data-type-conversion/) return null for an
empty string ('') when the `drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null`
option is enabled.
([DRILL-6817](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6817))
+- [Storage plugin names are
case-insensitive]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/lexical-structure/).
([DRILL-6492](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6492))
+- Ability to access your AWS access key ID and secret access key using the
Credential Provider API for the [S3 storage
plugin]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/s3-storage-plugin/#using-an-external-provider-for-credentials).
([DRILL-6662](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6662))
+- [Upgrade to SQLLine 1.6]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/configuring-the-drill-shell/)
includes the ability to add custom configuration.
([DRILL-3853](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3853))
+- [New SQLLine connection
parameters]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/configuring-the-drill-shell/#sqlline-connection-parameters)
([DRILL-3933](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3933))
+- New option, `exec.query.return_result_set_for_ddl`, [prevents Drill from
returning a result set for DDL
statements]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/interfaces-introduction/) when set to
"false." Useful for clients tools that connect to Drill (via JDBC) if they do
not expect a result set.
([DRILL-6834](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6834))
+- [Parquet filter pushdown for VARCHAR and DECIMAL data
types]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/parquet-filter-pushdown/#parquet-filter-pushdown-for-varchar-and-decimal-data-types)
([DRILL-6744](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6744))
+- Improved query performance with the [semi-join
functionality](https://drill.apache.org/docs/sort-based-and-hash-based-memory-constrained-operators/#disabling-the-hash-operators)
inside the Hash-Join operator.
([DRILL-6735](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6735))
+- [Lateral join](https://drill.apache.org/docs/lateral-join/) functionality is
enabled by default.
([DRILL-6729](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6729))
+- Support JPPD (Join Predicate Push Down).
[DRILL-6385](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6385)
+- Multiple [Web UI
improvements]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/planning-and-execution-options/#setting-options-from-the-drill-web-ui)
to simplify the use of options and submit queries, including:
+ - Search field
+ - Quick Filters
([DRILL-5735](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-5735))
+ - Default button
([DRILL-6668](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6668))
+ - [Web display
options]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/planning-and-execution-options/#setting-options-from-the-drill-web-ui)
([DRILL-6544](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6544))
+ - [Meta+Enter key combination to submit
queries]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/starting-the-web-ui/)
([DRILL-6611](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6611))
## What's New in Apache Drill 1.14
- Ability to [run Drill in a Docker
container]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/running-drill-on-docker/).
([DRILL-6346](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6346))
