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Automatically clean up old job instances

CBRE has lots of old job instances as a result of frequent Kubernetes redeployments to deal with a separate product defect related to jobs being stuck in an ACTIVATING state. They were trying to delete them iteratively through the UI but kept hitt...
1 day ago in StreamSets 0 Submitted

An enhancement to allow switching the character type handling method for retrieving multibyte data from char and varchar types in the ODBC connector by using an environment variable.

When retrieving multibyte data from char or varchar columns through the ODBC connector, DataStage currently requires the corresponding target column types to be set to nchar or nvarchar, depending on whether the source system handles the data base...
2 days ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Submitted

SFTP Client Origin: Additional Offset Management Configuration Options

The current offset behavior of the SFTP Client origin is based on two checks after a file is processed: The stage stores the filename and modification timestamp of the last processed file in the offset. When new files arrive, the stage evaluates e...
5 days ago in StreamSets 0 Submitted

The level of bundled open-source components should be clearly stated in the Release Notes or Technotes at the time of DataStage release. Additionally, the impact of differences in open-source components on DataStage should also be clearly indicated.

Currently, there is no mention of open-source components in the Release Notes (e.g. https://www.ibm.com/docs/ja/iis/11.7.0?topic=rn-infosphere-information-server-version-1171-fix-pack-5-releasenotes) or in the installation-related information prov...
4 months ago in Information Server  / DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Schema Validation using Avro File Format under File Connector stage (AvroStreams)

Schema Validation exists with old avro1.x version but not with Avrostreams. Schema vadliation should be always available Avrostreams which avoid CLASSPATH setting.
about 1 month ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Submitted

Add headers errorStackTrace, error JobId and errorJobName to Oracle CDC evicted transaction error record.

This would allow the user to identify the job that generated the error record. Currently, all three headers are null when there viewing the error record from an Oracle CDC evicted transaction. "errorStackTrace":null, "errorJobId":null, "errorJobNa...
17 days ago in StreamSets 0 Submitted

SCH Job Monitoring / Job History should display the lastest SDC ID(s) on which a failover retry was attempted

When an SCH job fails over and enters INACTIVE_RED, there is currently no way for end users to tell via the Job Monitoring UI or Job History UI which SDC ID(s) the job is currently attempting to be retried on if the job is failing due to a START_E...
17 days ago in StreamSets 0 Submitted

Need for CIAM Based authentication for Kafka Connectivity

For a customer their Kafka services have been migrated to Confluent, and they are now using CIAM-based authentication. As a result, all their new Kafka topics are impacted and has ceased to function. They request a need of addressing this issue in...
about 1 month ago in StreamSets 0 Planned for future release

Add event generation to Snowflake Destination with success or failure of COPY INTO or MERGE and with record counts

Add event generation to Snowflake Destination with success or failure of COPY INTO or MERGE and with record counts
about 1 month ago in StreamSets 1 Under review

DataStage incorporates multiple open-source components. To ensure system stability and operational consistency, any behavioral changes resulting from updates to these bundled open-source components should be managed and absorbed by the DataStage installer. This approach prevents disruptions during system deployment and post-deployment operations.

Currently, there is no mention of open-source components in the Release Notes (e.g. https://www.ibm.com/docs/ja/iis/11.7.0?topic=rn-infosphere-information-server-version-1171-fix-pack-5-releasenotes) or in the installation-related information prov...
3 months ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Under review