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Search results: Data Lineage by Manta

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Manta COBOL lineage doesn't show link between EXEC SQL blocks e.g. OPEN FETCH CLOSE EXEC SQL blocks

Background: Bank has requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that inter...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Delivered

Manta COBOL scanner should support Mainframe utilities like IDCAMS, SORT, IKJEFT1B, CAFCP, IEFBR14, and PCDMULTK

Background: Bank has requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that int...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

Support EXEC CICS statements in COBOL scanner

Background: we have requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that intera...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Under review

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

To support any other WIF connection properties with Manta needs product enhancement.

MDI and MDE jobs using Google BigQuery and WIF are working fine. The existing WIF connections are not working with Manta Data Lineage MDI jobs. Currently, Manta only supports the "Client email", "Private key" and "Oauth2 Endpoint URI" with WIF con...
11 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 5 Delivered

Add API Support to retrieve parent and child assets in Data Lineage

Currently, The Data Lineage API's provide support to retrieve child assets. However there is no equivalent API to retrieve the parent assets of a given asset. this capability is essential to fully trace lineage both downstream and upstream - a cri...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 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

Manta support for Informatica DEI "Data Engineering Integration"aka BDM "Big Data Management"

Informatica DEI or BDM is used extensivesly at our organization to read/write data from Hive tables and move data around the enterprise. having the ability to extract lineage automatically from this system, via Manta, would simply the effort requi...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

In Manta Admin UI - cDB2 connection validation should be successful when user is mapped to a DB Group/Role

Why is it useful? This ensures that required permissions needed by IBM Manta is in place. The scanner for cDB2 will produce desired data lineage for cDB2 database. Who would benefit from it? IBM Manta users. How should it work? In Manta Admin UI -...
8 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Delivered

Request for Manta Data Export Format Alignment with Alation's Native Lineage Expectations

We need confirmation on how Manta exports lineage data to Alation to ensure it matches Alation's native lineage structure. Specifically, we are requesting details on: 1. Data Format: The exact format in which Manta sends data to Alation. 2. Lineag...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Under review