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DataStage

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Info Server TFS integration with multiple repositories

We would like the ability to integrate with multiple TFS repositories from our DataStage servers.
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enhance slowly changing dimension stage to full bi temporal join

Enhance the functionality of the stage "Slowly changing dimension" to a bi temporal functionality like the time travel feature from DB2. A typical use case in every DWH or data lake project is to store all versions of the data which you get from y...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Salesforce Connector - Datastage V11 - API 40

Actually, we can use the api 39 in the salesforce connector and we need to use the 40.0 release.Moreover , the 41.0 release is done in salesforce.
over 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

Display Services Tier operating system resources in Ops Console

In an environment where ISD jobs are exposed and IGC is also used it would be useful to be able to view the resources for the services tier.
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enable to adjust max file size for bulk load with SFDC pack

When job runs with bulk load to Salesforce, we encountered error with error message below from Salesforce. ClientInputError Failed to read request. Exceeded max size limit of 10000000 This is caused by the limitation of Salesforce, 10000000 charac...
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Output error message from Salesforce into job log

We encountered the error on bulk load with Salesforce, but there is less details output to log file (see attached, error log from job log). We identified that this is caused by Salesforce error below, but the exception message is not output to job...
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Add a Merge Key Columns option to the Full Outer Join

When doing a Full Outer Join in the Join Stage, you will receive two Sets of Key Columns in the Output named leftRec_Keycolumnname and rightRec_Keycolumnname, for which you then have to do something like NullToValue(leftRec_Keycolumnname,rightRec_...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Log specifics of 'missing engine OS privileges'

As per TS004304542, we get errors like the above, but there is nothing to indicate precisely which permission is missing. This makes it hard to track down issues.
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

dsjob command provides -logpurging option.

When the customer runs many instances of a multi-instance job at the same time, the auto purging process sometimes removes wrong entries in the RT_STATUS file unexpectedly. This behavior causes a serious result, because dsjob with -jobinfo can not...
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Add a bulk edit option for link sorting/partitioning

When sorting in the sort stage you edit the options of serveral keys together (i call this bulk edit, see picture aha2 and aha3), unfortunately this is not possible for keys when sorting on the input link of a stage. Especially when doing stuff li...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration