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Return sql warning when zero/spaces are returned for invalid values in host files.

DVM allows us to turn on parameters like SQLENGIVZERO and SQLENGDFSHRC to handle situations where the underlying record contains invalid values or is shorter than the table structure. In cases where DVM converts values under the covers, a warning ...
almost 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0

Use hexadecimal attributes as reference attribute in counters

Currently, Safer Payments only allows the usage of Numeric and Text attributes as reference attributes in counters. This limits the usage of counters with computation "Most occurrence value" to those two types.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Safer Payments 0 Future consideration

Alter Database CCSID to UNICODE

The CCSID of a database is only allowed to be ALTERed within the encoding scheme (in this case EBCDIC) and only to/from the euro-equivalent CCSID of the original EBCDIC CCSID. This is a legacy restriction at the design level. After converting all ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Don't require WITH GRANT access on tables when transferring ownership on a view

Don't require WITH GRANT access on tables when transferring ownership on a view
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Data Masking

Column mask : A column mask specifies the value to be returned for a specified column based on the role. Example: Paul from the payroll department can see the social security number of the employee whose employee number is 123456. Mary who is a ma...
almost 3 years ago in Netezza Performance Server 0 Not under consideration

Set integrity at schema level

Allow to do a set integrity at the schema level
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Allow certain Table ALTERs when Table has defined View(s)

Allow certain Table ALTERs to be performed if the Table has a defined VIEW. The attached file contains the Table DDL and ALTER statement for this RFE's Use Case.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Oracle Native Network Encryption in MDM 11.6 Advaced Edition

PMR: TS000948369MDM Version: MDM V11.6DB Version: Oracle 12 COracle Parameter: SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_TYPES_SERVER=SHA256 We are using Oracle Native Network EncryptionWhen we enable OAS at DB level with ‘SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_TYPES_SERVER=‘ a...
almost 6 years ago in Master Data Management 1 Not under consideration

WKC needs to allow specification of access policies at the folder level within a data asset

a) We need to be able to set an access policy for a whole table that might be represented by multiple parquet files in a folder. b) We need to be able to set an access policy for all the files in a bucket.
almost 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Planned for future release

WKC recognizes multiple files in a bucket as a single data asset,

We need this because we want to be able to enter metadata only and access policies once for all files that comprise a data source. Specific examples: a) Uploading multiple pdfs needs to be able to store pdfs for a particular geo in a folder. Th...
almost 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration