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Search results: Information Server

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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

add/remove collaborators in Transformation Project

Transformation projects has the following problem, it is not possible to restrict access to different projects by users, all users with data enginering role can access all projects. The requested improvement lies in being able to add and remove co...
over 4 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Improvement in the check for high serial values

I'm trying to check if a serial value has reached its upper limit. I noticed the following unpleasant behaviour. In the sysmaster tables sysptnhdr and sysactptnhdr the currently used serial values are in three fields for the datatypes serial, seri...
about 5 years ago in Information Server 2 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

Auto-update "Contained Relationships" of Physical Data model / Schema Relationships

In Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM), relationships can be defined between Physical Data Models (PDMs) and Implemented Data Resource (IDR) schemas. These relationships can have "Contained Relationships" which associate design tables with IDR tables wi...
almost 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Not under consideration

IGC New Welcome Page Customization

Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points, state your current workaround(s), state any proposed solution(s), state the benefits/value this idea has, state # of users impacted and how often are they impacted In IGC Class...
about 4 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 2 Not under consideration

Remove Flash as needed component for InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise Edition 11.5.0.1

Our company wants to discontinue the usage of Flash, and we'd like to make an enhancement request for removal of Flash on the IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise Edition Suite 11.5.0.1 and Information Data Architect 9.1.3 (if it needs it)...
over 8 years ago in Information Server 1 Not under consideration

Information Analyzer Virtual table data security

We have observed VT data security issues in Information Analyzer. IA is allowing users to view and create virtual table on all data sources which are not added in current project. For example, we have two projects "USDO" and "SDMO_AML". My user id...
over 3 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 0 Not under consideration

implement data rule "MATCHES_DATACLASS" in DataStage

No workaround available. Need to have the product behaving like documented
over 5 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 1 Not under consideration

IA Data Rule unable to rename on IGC new UI console in V11.7

Currently with v11.7, they have introduced the IGC New console thin client to manage the IA part and it user friendly than the IA thick client. Future version thick client won't be used and available. So When User try to rename the IA data rule, i...
over 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 0 Not under consideration