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Search results: Information Server

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Bulk import of lineage filters (.WBF files)

"Import a lineage filter" function under Lineage Management in the admin console does not allow the selection of more than one WBF file for upload. In scenarios where a multitude of filters need to be imported, the current functionality allows for...
over 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 0 Not under consideration

Information Analyzer Virtual Tables - Parameters

Problem: Currently within the Virtual Tables and SQL Virtual Tables there is no way to pass a Parameter externally within a Filter Condition. As an example if I am using a date filter in a VT or SQL VT that extracts the data for a given day or giv...
almost 6 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 3 Not under consideration

IMAM XSD Import from Engine Tier

InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM) allows you to import .xsd files to get metadata about respective .xml data files. However the way IMAM currently works is that the .xsd file you want to import can only be on the client from which the IMAM ...
almost 8 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Cryptographically sign all executables and DLLs

McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) is a suite of security software used by the Navy to protect their servers. MACC protects the OS by blocking executable files (.exe, .dll, .jar, etc) unless they have been "solidified" and permitted to e...
about 3 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Enhanecement request to have file connector accept a list of hosts, and not just a single host name

Client uses orc and Avro HDFS formats, which in turn use File Connector stage instead of Big Data File stage. The file connector leverages WebHDFS and has a “host” property that must be explicitlyset to point to an active name node, in order f...
about 8 years ago in Information Server 0 Delivered

Lineage support for File connector wildcard

Due to performance reasons, File connector reading Hadoop source must use wild card *. It is necessary ti support this use with IGC lineage. As data lineage results broken.
almost 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Planned for future release

Import Area Data Connection Password Update

Import area data connection password could be updated via1. IMAM UI - reimport of assets have to be done with this option2. Update CSV file with new password in plain text format - security concern over plain text being entered on the CSV file
almost 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Not under consideration

Support Secure Impersonation for DataStage Big Integrate JDBC Hive connection

We are using the JAAS configuration file (JDBCDriverLogin.conf) to implement the Kerberos authentication mechanism. In our original beta testing with PX on Hadoop , we found that DataStage assumed that the Hive SPN and cache would be used for auth...
over 8 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Encrypt password for scripts configured for TLS

I have configured my IIS 11.7.0.2 to use TLS from the following links https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/instructions-enabling-tls-communications-db2-databases-information-server-ibm-information-server-v11x https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/u...
almost 6 years ago in Information Server 1 Not under consideration

To have a feature to update multiple ETLs at once thru DataStage designer interface

The idea is to have an additional tool or feature to allow multiple updates of similar changes to ETLs at once. This has to be done through DataStage interface. As IBM support has confirmed, 'there is no supported way of doing it' currently. Curre...
over 6 years ago in Information Server 1 Not under consideration

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