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Search results: DataStage

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Supporting all datatypes in parquet/avro/orc file format, we are really need it on parquet for sure

As of today these “date”, “decimal/numeric”, “timestamp” data types in parquet file format not supported by Datastage 11.5 or 11.7, which is required for critical data migration project.And now we are converting above data type to different format...
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 2 Delivered

Data flow Designer Allows only changed or new jobs to be published to git repository

Currently Data flow designer allows same version of job to be published to git multiple times which results redundant versions in git repository. DFD should only allow git publish if a job is changed or it's a new job
about 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

XML transformation

Add XSLT 3.0 support to Hierarchical Data component in DataStage product. Actually, this compenent supports only XSLT 1.0 specifications, which dates from 1999. Others ETL tools, support new XSLT specification using Java and Saxon librairies.
about 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

On ETL Project, the feature to see the list of jobs which refer to the specific table is required.

About ETL Project, the feature to see the list of jobs which refer to the specific table is required. Because the jobs which will be affected by changing table definision on the data source should be identified easily.
about 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Change IIS Datastage Cerdential Mapping Model to work with Service IDs that have password set to NP in /etc/shadow file

Bank of America GIS (Global Information Security) Team has asked “InfoSphere Data stage Service ID's (dsadm and others) on Engine Tier to be disabled for interactive login”. GIS policies mandate that Service ID logins should be done through a ...
over 9 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DataStage S3 connector to have the ability to ingest fixed width files

At present the AWS S3 connector in DataStage is only able to import de-limited files. In order to ingest fixed width files a workaround has to be used to extract the data from S3 and place it on a file system first so that DataStage can import it....
over 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Planned for future release

Oracle 12c Release 1 64 bit Client / Windows 2012R

InfoSphere Information Server on Windows2012R2 should work with Oracle 64bit client for client data sources. The 32bit Oracle client isn't supported by Oracle, somehow. Customer wants to use Windows 2012R2 because they use an Oracle RAC SUN solari...
over 9 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Enable "Data flow cycle" in Parallel Jobs

Currently "Data flow cycle" are not allowed in DataStage PX as described in the error message IIS-DSEE-TFSR-00035. This maybe is correct for most cases to prevent wrong design, but it would be very usefull when working with parent-child hierarchie...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Make a FastTrack a tool suitable for designing and documenting ETL mapping

The InfoSphere tool suite is missing a piece.It is a great tool to govern you data warehouse using IGC with the business glossary, data lineage viewer among the highlights and it is a great tool to create the ETL flows in. What about the inbetween...
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Need to ensure that cloud pak for data pulls the exact version from the IBM Operator Catalog and not the latest version

Currently while installing Datastage cartridge with terraform, only the latest version of the Datastage cartidge gets pulled from the IBM Operator Catalog. If an older version of is passed as parameter to Terraform, the install is failing. Need a ...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Is a defect