FYI, we're running on all cylinders, now that Teiid Admin API has been flushed out for the "last" time :)  These changes do, however, have a rippling affect in both our new VDB editing framework and our connection framework, so it'll take a bit to get back to creating deployable VDBs.  Don't have an estimate yet, but I'll keep you'all posted.

We're also working on the both the underlying framework and UI components for restoring the Preview Data functionality.

Lastly, to help get 7.0 out the door sooner than later we're pushing the following tasks to 7.1 release.

1) Data Role management

• This is feature that has never existed in Designer but is intended to replace the MMX console functionality, so it is critical for 7.1 release.

2) Translator properties override

• The connection management framework targeted for 7.0 involves referencing "translator-name"s in VDB vdb.xml file. The Teiid API provides the hooks to select from a list of existing default Translator names, but does not allow creating new Translators. They have provided a mechanism to "override" the default properties via additional XML entries in the vdb.xml file. It's not critical to add this functionality for 7.0, so it'll be pushed to 7.1 as well.

Barry LaFond
Teiid Designer Project Lead