The February 2026 update of ArcGIS Data Pipelines includes new input data sources, improved user experiences for configuring schemas, a beta capability for receiving email notifications, and more. For more information, see the What's New in ArcGIS Data Pipelines ArcGIS Blog article.
Input enhancements
The following updates have been made to input data sources:
- URL now offers an improved experience for connecting to secured URLs or APIs that require authentication. Additionally, service connection items are no longer in beta and are now generally available.
- Databricks is no longer in beta and is now generally available for use as an input data source.
Tool enhancements
The following updates have been made to tools:
- Update fields has been enhanced in the following ways:
- The tool now offers a streamlined experience for configuring field updates. You can now use a modal to easily manage and view field updates, including field names and field types.
- You can now convert fields to additional new field types including geometry and date types, and additional numeric types. For more information on converting field types, see Type conversion behaviour.
- Additionally, there is a new option to configure updates based on suggestions made by Data Pipelines. Data Pipelines will sample your data to find suggested formats and automatically configure them for you.
- Create date time has been enhanced to support the following workflows:
- You can now use string fields containing epoch millisecond or epoch second values to create a new date field. Previously this would have returned null values.
- You can now specify multiple formats for a single field. For example, if you have a field with dates stored in various formats, you can specify all formats contained in the field to create a new date field. Previously this would have returned null values.
Email notifications (Beta)
As the owner of the data pipeline, you can configure scheduled tasks to run automatically on a defined interval. With this update, data pipeline owners can now opt-in to receive email alerts when task runs fail. You can opt-in to emails when creating or editing data pipeline tasks. This feature is in beta. For more information, see Notifications.