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Connectivity

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Find/search connections beyond currently displayed in the Platform connections page.

Current design of the Find/Search in Platform connections page: the search can only find something within the loaded connections, so the user would have to click on `Show more` to load the remaining connections if they have over 100 connections cr...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Switch connections for an imported and published assets

We currently define WKC connections to import and enrich assets. Over time, those connection details can change with new drivers or a move to new database servers. When the connections change, the assets in the catalog cannot view sample data and ...
about 1 year ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Decimal Data Data type support for DataStage File Connector

Currently DataStage 11.5 does not support Decimal Data type with its File Connector. This RFE is to request the File Connector decimal data type support.
over 6 years ago in Connectivity 2 Not under consideration

Support for PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB through ODBC

The official supported ODBC drivers from DataDirect do not support PostgreSQL versions above 9.2 and EnterpriseDB (the commercial implementation of PostgreSQL) is not supported at all. PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB are more and more used, it is ridi...
over 7 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Azure connector with SAS token

A shared access signature (SAS) provides a way to grant limited access to objects in the azure storage account to other clients, without exposing the account key.SAS keys are standard practice and with IS v.11.7 not being possible to use it, the i...
over 5 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

LZ4 DB2 Compression Option - DB2 Connector Stage

As we've been migrating from Netezza to DB2 (with the support of IBM) - It's been noticed (by IBM) that the LZ4 Compression Option is not available in the DB2 Connector. Tests performed via the DB2 Command Line (on the Datastage server) show signi...
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 0 Functionality already exists

Connector Key Columns

Add "Key Columns" as in Netezza Connector also to other Connectors.
almost 6 years ago in Connectivity 4 Not under consideration

Add Kafka connector in IMAM

Kafka connector is currently is missing in IMAM so no DQ rule cannot be created on Kafka Topics/Message. Kafka connector can be added or enabled in IMAM and Information Analyzer
about 1 year ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Teradata connector restricts max Response Row size to 64K bytes only

We have data sources where column field lengths are in excess of varchar(3000), using the teradata connector with immediate mode, job fails with error "RDBMS code 9990: Response Row size exceeds 64K bytes and is incompatible with the Client softwa...
over 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Future consideration

Support GCP's Cloud Spanner as the available data sources in CP4D's DataStage

My Clients can transfer and analyze data on only CP4D without buying and develop new software and tool.
almost 4 years ago in Connectivity 2 Not under consideration