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Access to information ingested with Manta for reporting purposes (e.g. "which of the 15k database columns in our scope have upstream lineage)

The information provided by Manta is not only for users utilizing the UI. We have a heavy reporting machinery checking if the content satisfies the data governance requirements for key assets. That means that we need to be able to retrieve lineage...
about 2 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Include DB2 Warehouse as a supported quality rule output

From Case number: TS019727896 Within the architecture that we have proposed to be able to use IKC as a Data Governance tool and where DB2 Warehouse is as a fundamental source, we need to have it as an option to create output tables of the results ...
3 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Create a native schema-type asset to associate database metadata with other assets and tables.

Today it is not possible to view database/schema descriptions in the IKC. Business analysts need this metadata on IKC to understand databases and relationships. BRADESCO is replacing the current IT data governance (EDC) solution with the IBM solut...
12 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0

Add a section that displays all drafts, regardless of the type of artifact.

The customer is requesting this functionality, which was included in previous versions of CP4 Data.
6 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

IKC DQ Projects - Rule bundling scheduling multiple jobs when binded to multiple source tables

IKC rule bundling critical functionality for scheduling IKC DQ rules Yes, rule Bundling pre-requisite is multiple rules in 1 bundle should use same source tables But we now noticed that bundling is not working with rules which are binded to more t...
about 2 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Unify data quality rules per table into a single job

When quality rules are created, a separate DataStage job is generated for each table column. For a table with 100 columns requiring quality analysis, this results in 100 individually processed jobs. Bradesco had implemented a workaround where, aft...
3 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Needs more information

Need functionality to Exclude Assets/schemas from MDI Scan by Name/Pattern

Need new feature/option that allows users to exclude specific data assets or tables from a Metadata Import (MDI) scan based on a naming convention or pattern. This would prevent the catalog from being populated with unnecessary assets and improve ...
27 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Future consideration

Align Quality Score Visibility with User Permissions

Currently, a Catalog User role cannot access the Quality tab, since it is tied to permissions that restrict data visibility. However, the Quality Score is still displayed in the Overview tab. It would be valuable to analyze the possibility of hidi...
17 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

Change example lines: 1000

We would like a Row Sample to be able to be configured so we can choose how many rows to display. Often, we don't need a very large data sample. For example, we can use a sample of 10 rows for the user. This avoids displaying unnecessary records t...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

multi-language for governance artifacts & metadata enrichment

Intro Customer uses IBM Cloud Pak for Data on IBM Cloud and wants to promote CPD services throughout business units within the company. BU are located in different countries with different languages. In the business unit (BU), which represents the...
about 2 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review