Deprecated and retired features in Cognite Data Fusion (CDF)
The announcements and deprecations described in this article apply to Cognite Data Fusion (CDF). Admins and IT professionals can use this information to prepare for future releases.
See the API changelog for changes in the Cognite API.
Terminology
We use these terms to describe the status of a feature or functionality:
- Deprecated: We no longer actively develop a feature or functionality and will remove it in a future release.
- End of support: We no longer offer support and servicing for a product.
- Retired: We remove a feature or functionality after it has been deprecated. It's no longer available for use.
- Replace a feature: We replace a feature or functionality with a different feature or functionality.
Deprecated and retired features and functionality
| Feature | Deprecated date | Retired date | Details and mitigations (actions required by you) |
|---|---|---|---|
| InRobot | December, 2025 | January, 2026 | Starting at the end of December 2025, we'll no longer be developing new features or providing support for InRobot. However, you can still access the data in your project in CDF and the Robotics API after retirement. No actions necessary. |
| Data profiling in Charts | 2025-08-11 | 2026-08-11 | Starting August 11, 2025, we'll no longer be updating and supporting the Data profiling functionality in Charts. No actions necessary. |
| Power BI OData connector | 2025-08-18 | 2026-08-18 | The Power BI OData connector is deprecated in favor of the Power BI REST API connector. Migrate existing reports to the REST API connector before the retirement date. |
| Navigate categories and filters using AI in search | 2025-04-04 | 2025-06-04 | No actions necessary. |
| Features in the Data modeling user interface | 2025-04-03 | 2025-06-03 | Applies to Population, Smart suggestions, and Knowledge graph. |
Templates API /templates (Beta) | 2025-03-01 | 2025-05-31 | Migrate to the Data Modeling Service (DMS). |
| The assetIds, labels and geoLocation fields in the Documents API | 2025-02-01 | 2026-02-01 | Use the sourceFile.assetIds, sourceFile.labels and sourceFile.geoLocation fields instead. |
| Python 3.9 in | 2024-10-01 | 2025-10-01 | Update the Python runtime to version 3.10 or later to continue using |
| Transformations CLI | 2024-10-01 | 2025-10-01 | CDF Toolkit replaces Transformations CLI. |
PostgreSQL gateway at skywarp.{clusternavn}.cognite.ai | 2024-09-01 | 2024-12-01 | Use the new PostgreSQL gateway. Table and user management REST API endpoints are available at api.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{cdf-project}/postgresgateway/[users|tables]. For more information, refer to the migration documentation. |
| Maintain v1 | 2024-08-06 | 2025-08-06 | Maintain v2 replaces Maintain v1. |
| Runtime for | 2024-04-23 | 2025-04-23 | A new runtime for Cognite Functions has been rolled out. Functions created before March 22, 2024 on a Google Cloud cluster will need to be re-created to continue using |
| Python 3.8 in | 2024-03-11 | 2024-10-01 | Update the Python runtime to version 3.11 or later to continue using |
| Documentum extractor | 2024-04-02 | 2024-04-02 | The Cognite File extractor can now connect to OpenText Documentum and OpenText Documentum D2. We encourage users to update to the File Extractor as we'll discontinue downloads of the Documentum Extractor. Already installed Documentum extractors will continue to run. |
| Cognite Discover | 2023-11-10 | 2023-12-31 | Note that the Well Data Layer (WDL), including the Python and JavaScript SDKs, was retired with Discover. Document Search has been integrated into Data Explorer. |
| Automatic Identification and Reporting (AIR) | 2023-10-06 | 2023-12-31 | The core functionality of AIR has been integrated into Charts. |
| Asset Data Insight (ADI) | 2023-10-05 | 2023-12-31 | Asset Data Insight (ADI) has not seen active development since May 2020. Cognite Charts, Industrial Canvas, and Data Explorer are available through fusion.cognite.com to replace the key ADI workflows. |
| Cognite Remote | 2023-09-01 | Target: 2024-06-30 | Starting September 1, 2023, we'll no longer develop new features for Cognite Remote. No actions necessary. |
Using reserved group names, transformations and jetfire, to access transformations | August, 2023 | TBD | No actions necessary, but we recommend that you move away from using the reserved group names to give access to transformations. |
| Data quality monitoring | March, 2023 | 2023-05-01 | No actions necessary. |
| DirectQuery in the Power BI PostgreSQL connector (Early Adopter program) | 2023-05-01 | No actions necessary. | |
| Playground API | 2023-03-08 | 2023-06-01 | If you have any questions or issues moving to API v1, contact support@cognite.com. |
| InField (old version) | 2023-02-01 | Target: 2024-12-31 | Since February 1, 2023, we've stopped developing new features for this version of InField. We'll gradually retire the app for all users when all data is migrated to the new version. You can already use InField (new version) with improved and extended features. |
Authentication via CDF service accounts and API keys, and user sign-in via /login | 2021-04-06 | 2023-02-20 | |
| Cognite API v0.5, v0.6 | July, 2019 | 2021-03-22 |