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Search results: DataStage

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Enhancing names of docker images for different instances

Information from Case numbers: TS002979327 and TS002990656 We are testing datastage 11.7.1 (kubernetes version) In case# TS002979327, following was recommended: ----- 2) you needed to modify your /etc/hosts file on your client machine with:<...
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support Automatically Convert Numeric SQL Type(to Decimal or etc) for File Connector Stage to Parquet Format

Problem : We need to migrate data from SQL Server to Parquet Format. One of the data type in the SQL Server is Numeric type. We will run the migration job process using RCP. Workaround : 1. We need to change data type to another type, but we ar...
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 2 Not under consideration

Turn off .json file creation and check-in into Bitbucket

When the DS job is checked into Bitbucket, then along with the .isx file, a .json file also gets checked into Bitbucket. There is no value add here for the .json file and we cannot ignore all .json files since we might have a .json file for a java...
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Remove Key column when Generating Multiple Files ie Filename

When using Sequential File as the output stage in Datastage, there is the option to generate multiple files. You also have the option to use a specific column as the key column and be used to name each of the files when generating the multiple fil...
about 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DSX file compilation and dsx export feature at the server level (linux os).

At GM we are in a process of implementing DevOps CI/CD pipeline. We have come up with Linux based Datastage auto deployment tool. We wanted to maintain individual DS object dsx file (only design without executable) in bitbucket and then tool to pi...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Automatic cleanup DSODB log files

A management system log files for the DSODB console as implemented for the WAS console, with a number of rotation files, splitted in multiple files according a size parameter. and so on.
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

ISX Export Path and File Name

The DataStage plug-in, in the ISX Export step in UCD doesn't allow to include either the PATH nor the File Name. There is no control on the these things.
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Increase the size of varchar column in Z/oS File Stage

When we use the Z/oS File Stage for ingest in a varchar field bigger than 32K the process fail the case for this problem was TS000138743
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DataStage Designer cannot generate IGC Data File assets with multiple Data File Record assets

In DataStage Designer (11.5 FP2), it is not possible to generate IGC Data File assets with multiple Data File Record assets from DataStage Designer 'Create Table Definition from Shared Table'. 'Disconnected' or unrelated Data File Record assets ar...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Users and groups to control file system issue

Customer have went with linux users and groups to Control file system level access and while it gives us what we want, it does cause some components of the engine to crash due to file permission issues where the dsadm group doesn't have privileges...
almost 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration