Now Available: BimlFlex 2026

BimlFlex 2026: What’s New and Why It Matters

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BimlFlex 2026 broadens coverage across the modern data estate, reduces routine friction, and adds practical efficiences to daily work. For teams standardizing business models, proving lineage across platforms, or balancing cost with performance, the focus is outcomes felt quickly: faster setup, cleaner deployments, stronger governance, and a steadier operating rhythm. It extends last year’s reliability gains with deeper Microsoft Fabric integration, an optional PostgreSQL BimlCatalog and native Dynamics 365 connectivity. The result is one automation layer that meets teams in the tools already in use and raises delivery consistency without added ceremony.

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What’s New at a Glance

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Emphasis is on platform reach and measurable productivity.

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• Microsoft Fabric integration for governed, repeatable lakehouse patterns.
• PostgreSQL BimlCatalog to expand platform choice and manage cost with feature parity.
• Native Dynamics 365 connectivity via OData with templates and relationship mapping.

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Together, these additions reduce build time, increase consistency, and make governance easier to demonstrate.

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‍Fabric Integration for Unified Analytics

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Fabric is becoming a standard for organizations that want lakehouse simplicity with enterprise control. BimlFlex 2026 treats Fabric as a first-class target so configuration happens once and outcomes remain consistent and governed. Teams organize artifacts with display folders, apply proven templates to common scenarios, and tune deployments with expanded settings. The net effect is less manual wiring, more predictable builds, and lineage that business stakeholders can follow at a glance.

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• Workspace management aligns environments and supports confident promotion.
• Display folders keep large projects navigable for builders and analysts.
• Template library and granular settings tailor deployments to house standards.

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Platform Choice with PostgreSQL BimlCatalog

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Many teams prefer the catalog on PostgreSQL. BimlFlex 2026 supports that choice with feature parity, preserving the same automation and governance story while opening a cost-aware path for new environments. Unicode handling improves across the board, simplifying international data management and audit readiness. Standardize on open-source components or optimize licensing without compromising capabilities.

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• Feature-parity catalog on PostgreSQL for broader platform fit.
• Improved Unicode handling for multilingual and international workloads.
• Cost-aware deployment without sacrificing governance or tooling.

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Native Dynamics 365 Integration

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Customer and revenue data often lives in Dynamics 365 and needs to land in models, marts, and dashboards without custom plumbing. BimlFlex 2026 adds native OData connectivity with entity templates, automatic relationship mapping, and secure authentication. Extractions align to modeling patterns so CRM data supports reporting, forecasting, and activation with less effort. As contracts evolve, generation stays predictable.

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• Entity templates accelerate onboarding of common Dynamics objects.
• Auto-mapped relationships preserve model intent and reduce manual fixes.
• Hardened authentication keeps integrations consistent across environments.

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Faster Business Modeling at Scale

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Everyday changes add up during busy sprints. Automated business naming applies conventions consistently across objects and columns. Advanced cloning preserves business names while allowing precise selection of what to replicate. Grid improvements, column reordering, and a Save All option make large editing sessions more reliable. These quality-of-life upgrades shorten cycles and reduce risk when requirements shift.

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Polish Across the Platform

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Performance is snappier, feedback is clearer, and guardrails are stronger. Databricks Lakeflow templates and improved pushdown processing help tune cost and speed. Expanded OData v4 support unlocks modern web sources. A unified notification system and stricter validators catch issues earlier, and improved execution monitoring makes troubleshooting straightforward.

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From Steady Gains to a Bigger Leap

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Last year emphasized operational steadiness with multi-instance support, tighter naming controls, and smoother batch handling. BimlFlex 2026 adds scope that project owners notice. Fabric integration standardizes a growing analytics stack. PostgreSQL broadens the catalog footprint. Dynamics 365 unlocks a critical data source. Together, these changes advance a unified automation practice that scales with evolving platforms.

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Read the full release notes here.