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Move fields in a UVA/variable activity

I want to able to move a field/variable in a UVA activity inside a DataStage sequence. Currently you can not change the position of a field in a UVA activity. Especially if you have aleady defined 20 Fields and want to add another one on positio...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Operational Console Report generator tab.

The DSODB database which sits behind the Operational Console is a treasure trove of information. It would be very handy if the webpage allowed for some standardized reports to be generated. Such reports could be a PDF or Excel format. Data in the ...
about 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Localizing the file used in the ODBC/DB2 Connectors for the "read select statement from file"

This in regard to PMR/CASE #: TS000099558 ISSUE:DataStage ODBC/DB2 connector with ‘Read select statement from file': file note accessible from Hadoop hi-We have a DataStage job with odbc connector and the select statement is set to 'Read select ...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Allow additional Special Characters for Data Stage Passwords

We own the Data Stage tool, are a heavy iSeries shop, and we use Active Directory where possible for authentication to reduce the number of user ID's and passwords our folks have to remember. We have been trying to enhance the security on all of o...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support of Oracle 12 release 2

Are there any plans to provide patches for 11.5 and 11.3 that would make them compatible with Oracle 12.2? Can we escalate a request for those patches to be created? How quickly could we expect a patch if they will create one for us. If we have ou...
almost 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Enable to adjust max file size for bulk load with SFDC pack

When job runs with bulk load to Salesforce, we encountered error with error message below from Salesforce. ClientInputError Failed to read request. Exceeded max size limit of 10000000 This is caused by the limitation of Salesforce, 10000000 charac...
over 8 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

DB2 z/OS data type TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE for Information Server DB2 Connector not supported

The specific DB2 z/OS data type "TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE" is not supported by Information Server/Datastage DB2 Connector.If one encounters this type, an unspecific error comes up. At least, the error should be more expressive and detailed. After a...
over 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Delivered

Project specific GIT repository in GIT Setup server TAB of Dataflow Designer tool

Summary of Observation: We do have different projects in our datastage application. Each project is having its own GIT repository in Bit bucket & Facing 2 different functionalities missing in DFD tool. Scenario -1: As per our GIT repository se...
over 4 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Synchronizing two head nodes in grid environment

In order for Walmart to run their Grids, 24x7x365 the are implementing multiple head nodes for the same grid. That way if a 6 hour patch comes in, they can take one head node down, patch it, bring it up, and then do the other. In all they lose onl...
over 9 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DataStage DFD REST API should support stopping a running job and resetting a failed job

We are using DataStage to move large volumes of data into our data lake. We have our own UI our users use to run jobs that ingest their data into our data lake. The reason we have our UI instead having our users use DFD directly is to meet governa...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration