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Support lineage extraction from IBM Connect Direct

IBM Connect Direct is used widely at our organization to move data between several systems. If Manta is able to extract details of which data files are being moved, (given that the structure of the files are provided to Manta via other means - IFP...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration
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Manta COBOL scanner support to ignore the comments between REMARKS and ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

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Background We have some legacy COBOL files that errors out with parsing error since it follows a different coding pattern for comments. The comments are included between REMARKS. and ENVIRONMENT DIVISION in COBOL progam. Currently, Manta does not ...
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Manta COBOL scanner should support DECLARE table statement

Background Post upgrade to Manta 42.13.x from 42.12.x, we saw few parsing errors "ANTLR_PARSING_FAILURE". Failed to parse input at position 2,13 - the statement will be ignored. Parser error: no viable alternative at input '(' Parse trace: non_res...
2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

Support movement of files in Git

Followup from TS019921735, TS016610424 and HD-6863. Background: Our users use Manta to scan SAS code or IFPC files stored in various Git repositories to build lineage. This is very convenient because we can block access to users to the backend (be...
2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Needs more information

Conceptual overlays in Manta should support ingestion via git or REST API

Why is it useful? This help technical data stewards (TDS) who wants to create perspective on top of existing data lineage in Manta to simply the lineage for BDS (Business data stewards or auditors/regulators). Currently, perspective can be created...
7 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

Enable Manta to extract lineage from sas scripts that use PROC IMPORT and PROC EXPORT statments

The SAS scanner for Manta currently does not support statements such as PROC IMPORT and PROC EXPORT For example PROC IMPORT DATAFILE = "&par_var_file" OUT = _var_pars_ DBMS = XLSX REPLACE; PROC EXPORT OUTFILE= "&template..xlsx This will he...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

Manta should allow user to include/exclude certain files from a list of files

We are utilizing Manta-SAS scaniner to scan .sas files from gitlab. To improve the efficiency and relevance of our scans, we aim to implement mechanisms that allow us to include or exclude specific .sas files based on certain criteria. This capabi...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

Filter out old entries from log viewer when the workflow executions are missing in process manager in Manta

Background: The process manager in Manta sometimes goes through data corruption and reverts back to an earlier state. Let's illustrate with an example: Let's say I have a manta instnaces where I have execeuted a few workflows. I have workflow exec...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

Scan openManta extension csv files from Git

There are several cases when external programs want to send lineage to Manta because Manta does not support a particular feature. For example, Manta doesnt support PROC EXPORT in sas, that connects a file to a sas program. Users can write external...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Delivered

Lineage from SAS-grid should be able to export into Alation with correct representation

Background: SAS files are being scanned from SAS-grid (local file system or git location) and Manta is able to analyse those files to create required lineages in Manta. Now, when we try to export the lineage to Alation we are not able to get any. ...
about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 8 Delivered