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Capture and store metadata about AI and ML models and code

Demonstrate ability to collect, store, and report the following: • Banner • Problem Statement • Type of product: ML vs Advanced Analytics etc. • Programming Language • Data Sources • Table Names • Feature Description • Feature transformation steps
over 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Functionality already exists

Custom attribute value doing a live lookup on the table, instead of predefined value

This functionality is for the Custom Attribute to be able to connect to a database and then read the data from a table and display as a drop down. Also it must be indexed (searchable) so that the user can search by typing visually. The other requi...
over 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Delivered

Enhanced statistics, e.g., for entire table dataset

The statisticin WKC refers only to the first 5,000 rows and is therefore useless for evaluating the entire dataset in a table. There should be more selection options, such as statistics on the entire table or special selections (e.g., statistics o...
almost 4 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Functionality already exists

Enable Multiple Users to Enrich Different Tables Concurrently in a Single Enrichment Job

We are requesting an enhancement to allow multiple users to enrich different tables concurrently within a single enrichment job. Currently, the system throws an error message when more than one user attempts to enrich different tables at the same ...
over 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Planned for future release

Update Business Terms in Catalog

If a business term name is updated, the catalog asset linked to the original business term should also reflect the new name. Ex: first draft business term (published): Medical Record Number, linked to 6 data assets in the Default catalog. second d...
over 4 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 7 Delivered

Bulk metadata import and bulk business term and data class update in the WKC UI

Stewards and WKC Admins need the ability to bulk update business and technical metadata information, e.g. descriptions and names, from a UI using a CSV file. Should be able to use a CSV file specifying the category and artifact name (not the guid)...
over 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Future consideration

Restrict view access on Data Catalog (Overview)

If a Rule restricts/blocks a certain table or asset from an account, the account should not be able to see the table appear at all in the catalog. E.g. There is a Rule that denies access to data for assets with 'Data Vault' assigned to it and this...
almost 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Only add and synchronize wanted columns

Following TS014727232 At the present time, we are obliged to add the whole table instead of the few columns we really want.
almost 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Not under consideration

Mapping between objects in physical data model (PDM) and its respective objects in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) during Metadata Importing process

Most of the customers use to use data modeling tools (ERwin, PowerDesigner, E/R Studio ...) to design graphically their database structures and then, automatically, generate DDL to build their physical schemas into different RDBMS such as DB2, Ora...
almost 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Data Asset View w/ Business Term Export

Looking for a simple export functionality, into CSV, the MDE asset view which includes the business term and the description along with the column name it is assigned to. The user has the ability to view and select multiple assets and/or columns n...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Delivered