# December 2023
URL: https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/release/cloud-history/2023-announce/december2023-announce.html

> Read about DataRobot's new preview and generally available features released in December, 2023.

# December 2023

December, 2023

With the latest deployment, DataRobot's AI Platform delivered the new GA and preview features listed below. From the release center, you can also access:

- Monthly deployment announcement history
- Self-Managed AI Platform release notes

#### In-app documentation removed from DataRobot Managed AI Platform

The documentation available from within the application has been removed for SaaS users. Instead of in-app docs, users will be pointed from the application to the public docs portal (this site). For self-managed (on-premise) users, removal will happen at a later date. When the self-managed docs removal goes into effect, there will be a version-specific public docs portal made available (e.g., `https://9p2.docs.datarobot.com/`). Special considerations are planned for air-gapped installations. See the [removal notice](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/release/deprecations-and-migrations/in-app-docs.html) for more information.

### December release

The following table lists each new feature:

### GA

#### Enable in-source materialization for wrangled BigQuery and Snowflake datasets

[In-source materialization](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-workbench/dataprep/wrangle-data/pub-recipe.html#publish-to-your-data-source) is now generally available when wrangling BigQuery and Snowflake datasets. In Publishing Settings, click either Publish to BigQuery or Publish to Snowflake depending on your data source. Selecting this option materializes an output dynamic dataset in the Data Registry as well as your data source. This allows you to leverage the security, compliance, and financial controls specified within its environment.

#### Date/time partitioning for time-aware experiments now GA

The ability to [create time-aware experiments](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-workbench/experiments/create-experiments/create-time-aware/ts-datetime.html) —either predictive or forecasting with time series—is now generally available. With a simplified workflow that shares much of the setup for row-by-row predictions and forecasting, clearer backtest modification tools, and the ability to reset changes before building, you can now quickly and easily work with time-relevant data.

#### Notebook scheduling now GA

Now generally available, [notebook scheduling](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/wb-notebook/wb-manage-nb/wb-schedule-nb.html) for executing and monitoring notebook jobs adds the ability to download run results. Using notebook scheduling, you can automate your code-based workflows by configuring notebooks to run on a schedule in non-interactive mode. Notebook scheduling is managed by notebook jobs that you can create directly from the DataRobot Notebooks interface. Additionally, you can parameterize a notebook job to enhance the automation experience enabled by notebook scheduling. By defining certain values in a notebook as parameters, you can provide inputs for those parameters when a notebook job runs instead of having to continuously modify the notebook itself to change the values for each run.

### Preview

#### Ingest and modeling limits increased to 20GB

Available for DataRobot Managed AI Platform only, SaaS users can now ingest up to 20GB of data to support large-scale modeling capabilities in binary classification and regression projects. Ingestion is only available from an external source (data connection or URL) and training data must be registered in the AI Catalog (20GB datasets cannot be directly uploaded from a local computer). Note that this capability is not available for trial users.

Preview [documentation](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/reference/data-ref/file-types.html#beyond-10gb-ingest).

Feature flag OFF by default: Enable 20GB Scaleup Modeling Optimization

#### Access global models in the NextGen Registry

Now available for preview, you can deploy pre-trained, global models for predictive or generative use cases. These high-quality, open-source models are trained and ready for deployment, allowing you to make predictions immediately after installing DataRobot. For LLM use cases, you can find classifiers to identify prompt injection, toxicity, and sentiment, as well as a regressor to output a refusal score. Global models are available to all users; however, only administrators have edit rights. To identify global models on the Registry > Models tab, locate the Global column and look for models with Yes:

Preview [documentation](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-registry/nxt-model-directory/nxt-global-models.html).

Feature flag OFF by default: Enable Global Models in the Model Registry

#### Public network access for NextGen custom jobs

Now available for preview, you can configure the egress traffic for custom jobs. While [creating a custom job](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-registry/nxt-jobs-workshop/nxt-create-jobs/nxt-create-custom-job.html), in the Settings section next to the Resources header, click Edit and configure Network access:

- Public: The default setting. The custom job can access any fully qualified domain name (FQDN) in a public network to leverage third-party services.
- None: The custom job is isolated from the public network and cannot access third party services.

Preview [documentation](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/workbench/nxt-registry/nxt-jobs-workshop/nxt-create-jobs/nxt-create-custom-job.html).

#### Upload custom applications in NextGen

Now available for preview as a premium feature, you can create custom applications in DataRobot to share machine learning projects using web applications like Streamlit, Dash, and R Shiny, from an image created in Docker. Once you create a custom machine learning app in Docker, you can upload it as a custom application and deploy it with secure data access and controls. In the Registry, click the Applications page, and then click + Add application to open the Create new custom application panel:

> [!NOTE] DRApps CLI
> Alternatively, you can [use the DRApps command line tool](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/classic-ui/app-builder/custom-apps/custom-apps-hosting.html) to create your app code and push it to DataRobot, building the image automatically.

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