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Support of IBM DB2 Data Server Driver Package (instead of DB2 Data Server Client)

Support of the different DB2 Data Server Driver Packages instead/in addition to DB2 Data Server Client. The big advantage is, that the Driver Packages are much smaller and also easier to install. Also they don't need any additional DB2-User.
6 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Import JSON schema definition

We want to integrate files in JSON format, the JSON schema file is available. We use the Hierarchical stage. But when we want to import this definition into the libraries (datastage componant / schema library / add resource) the file is treated as...
6 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Performing an update of InfoSphere Information Server fix corrupts Datastage projects

"At Banco Popular client, the fix pack for IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.7 had to be installed. However, during the installation, a backup was created, which takes the client 3 days. During the case response period, it was found tha...
6 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

gzip support with filter option on sequential file stage when using multiple files option

Our use case is that we need to split data into multiple files by "x" key, and as the data is huge (MB to GBs) we want to also have the files compressed while being written to. The option works when just writing the data into a single file.
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Update iisenc / encrypt.sh output to have per-installation private secret

I was horrified to be told that IBM Support has the capability to decrypt "encrypted" password values in the ISX file we were asked to provide. This should be impossible in a secure system. Given that it is possible to move encrypted values betwee...
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

different behavior with Snowflake & Oracle connector for the Column name

In source connector, SQL column names are having name, which is different in stage columns list (like APPLICATION_NUMBER as APPL_NUM in column tab list). In Oracle connector, though the names are different in SQL and columns list, it will internal...
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Need support for Oracle Linux 8

MMC policy is to use Oracle Linux instead of RHEL.
7 months ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Have the possibility to control the time range for the DSODB Dashboard.

Currently, we do not have any variable that can be set to control the DSODB Dashboard time range. The only existing way, is to manually update the value (3 times for the dashboard...), and this modification is only persisting for the session's coo...
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Jobs API - have synchronous call to launch Datastage jobs

One of our customer (CNP in France) is evaluating the CP4D-DataStage. They have DataStage 11.5 and actually migrating to 11.7. They have a framework (BASIC code that orchestrates the DataStage jobs) that is the centerpiece of their DataStage proje...
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

Setup for DR/Resilience, and dependency between services

The HAScripts ( InfoSvrServices and InfoSvrEngine) do not cover all the processes now required for a full DataStage installation. Some of the processes are set up as services on install e.g in /etc/systemd/system I can see DFDServer InfoSrvKafka I...
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

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