Announcing KNIME Analytics Platform 5.4

Hello everyone,

We are happy to announce that KNIME Analytics Platform 5.4 is now available to download.

Here are the release’s highlights:

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Build workflows faster and more efficiently with K-AI

Build workflows node by node with K-AI directly in the canvas

  • Understand and double check what K-AI did with the documentation it produces

Find and configure nodes faster with UI enhancements

  • Configure nodes quickly using a dialog in the side panel, enabled in preferences

  • Discover nodes by category in a Tree view in the node repository

  • Expand individual cells in the table view to see detailed cell content

Expanded LLM support, system messages to guide LLM tasks, and faster prompt processing

  • Get access to a wider range of LLMs including Databricks models and GPT4All models on IBM Granite and Microsoft Phi 3.5

  • Set system messages to provide context for LLM tasks and process more prompts in the same amount of time in the LLM prompter node

Improved GenAI governance with stronger evaluation capabilities and easier model maintenance

  • Check GenAI workflows for bias, hallucinations, and more with new Giskard nodes to create more reliable applications

  • Simplify maintenance of retrieval augmented generation (RAG) knowledge bases with a new node to migrate and update vector stores

Filter tables, handle variables, and reuse results in expressions

  • Reuse results from earlier expressions to perform related custom data manipulations quickly with the enhanced Expressions node

  • Use the new Expression Row Filter node to filter your table with custom expressions and the Variable Expression node for variable handling

  • Get AI assistance to manipulate data in all expression nodes

Simplify work with other tools such as Tableau, Box, and Databricks

  • Get easier access to Tableau data with a new Tableau Reader node

  • Access Box data with faster authentication

  • Connect with models and SQL warehouses in Databricks using new nodes

Explore many other major updates and find more details on the ones mentioned above on our blog, update your existing installation, or download the new version of KNIME Analytics Platform below.

Download KNIME Analytics Platform 5.4

Complete list of changelog can be found here

Disclaimer:

KNIME Analytics Platform 5.4 must not be used as an executor on KNIME Server 4.17.x or before. KNIME Server 4.18.0 with full compatibility will be released soon.

P.S: Have questions? Join our “What’s New” webinar on January 14 and hear directly from the KNIME development team.