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Search results: Data Lineage by Manta

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Support lineage deletion in Open Manta Designer

Currently, Open Manta Designer does not provide functionality to delete lineage that was generated using the native Manta scanner. This creates challenges in managing and maintaining lineage data, especially when test or obsolete lineage needs to ...
12 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration

SAS: Support PROC RANK

Background: When Manta (42.13) comes across SAS code that uses PROC RANK, it ignores that block of code and does not draw lineage for that block. For example, when this code is used: proc rank data=T_NOT_98_&mth. TIES=DENSEout=T_NOT_98_1_&...
17 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Manta COBOL lineage should show paragraph name instead of MOVE statements

Background During lineage validation, we found that for technical users MOVE statements do not add any value to data lineage. Instead, PARA names are more meaningful than having the MOVE statement in the data lineage. It helps them to quickly rela...
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

File based ingestion using IBM Manta Data Lineage

Nordea cannot connect direct DB technologies for security reasons and require file based Data Lineage and metadata ingestion for following connectors - ORACLEMSSQLHiveMicrosoft SSISMicrosoft SSASPowerBIInformaticaJava
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

COBOL scanner should support COMPUTE verb with functions

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 0 Future consideration

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

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

DB2 lineage repository shoud exclude intrinsic DB2XML schema

Why is it useful? DB2XML schema does not add any value to data lineage. It just adds confusion to users when it appears in repository view. Removing this DB2XML intrinsic schema from repository should help. Who would benefit from it? Manta users. ...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Add screenTip to Cognos scanner

screenTip is a property of data elements in Cognos Framework Models that allows the developer of the model to explain that data element's meaning and/or how it should be used. If this property is captured in the scans, it can be made available in ...
7 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Manta Data Lineage: Support LDAP/AD Authentication for Redshift Connections

The current version of Manta only supports local account authentication for Redshift connection but does not support Azure AD authentication. Requesting that Manta supports the ability to authenticate Redshift connections with AD/LDAP users.
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration