0.3.0

Updates in this 0.3.0 preview release since 0.2.0:

• Issue #76 : CI/CD schema validation gate and downstream impact simulator
  • Catalog version tags (FILE catalog catalog-versions/, Tag / List from resource definition group)
  • Schema impact simulation (LIVE_SOURCE, WORKING_VS_VERSION, VERSION_VS_VERSION)
  • Validate resource definitions workflow action (schema gate)
  • Failure severity (FAIL_ON_BLOCKING, FAIL_ON_WARNINGS, WARN_ONLY)
  • Markdown/HTML validation reports with blast radius
  • Downstream impact graph (Source → DV → BV → DM)
  • GUI: validate results, issue detail, remediation proposals
• Retail example runtime hygiene
  • Gitignored work/ tree (edw-catalog, reports, HEMs, metrics)
  • Schema-gate baseline fixture v1.0.0 + bootstrap script
  • Stable load-e2e-sources-to-crm.hpl via ${RETAIL_CSV_WAVE}
• Documentation and screenshots for catalog versions and the schema gate

Also included since 0.2.0 (already on main):

• Issue #73 : Unicode-capable EDW targets / SQL Server UTF-8 VARCHAR
• Issue #57 / #42 : views and lineage starters
• Dialog and packaging polish

Requires Apache Hop 2.18.1 and Java 21.

Install hop-datavault-0.3.0-SNAPSHOT.zip by unzipping into the plugins folder of your Hop distribution (remove older versions of this plugin first).