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IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Import metadata from InfoSphere Data Architect for data into IBM Knowledge Catalog

Currently, customers using InfoSphere Data Architect for data modeling cannot import their metadata into IKC, as ER/Studio, Erwin Data Modeler, and SAP PowerDesigner are the only supported modeling sources for IKC. Our customer needs to import met...
6 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Use Query Logs for Lineage and Usage Analysis

Lineage collection today depends on explicitly defined data flows and relationships between data assets. This process leaves holes in the data lineage flows. However, if IKC could start collecting, analyzing and parsing query logs during Metadata ...
1 day ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta option to show aggregated node counts

It would be nice to have an option that shows the aggregated amount of child nodes at each level of the tree in the Manta UI, on the lineage selection page . This could be for instance a UI option or configuration option. The idea is that the cust...
1 day ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

AWS Glue Scanner for lineage

Many customer are based in AWS and wants to trace lineage from that platform including AWS Glue. Currently, we have Supervielle at Argentina that needs to include this scanner to complete their IKC SaaS functionality.
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Functionality already exists

Support export of Matillion lineage from Manta to Alation

Why is it useful ? Alation at the enterprise is the application for viewing all catalog and metadata across the enterprise. Lineage from Manta is exported to Alation to build the catalog. Who would benefit from it ? Any LOB at the bank looking to ...
6 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta to support Qlik Cloud

Background: jmartins@ibm.com from IBM confirmed that Qlik Cloud is not supported. Bank has enable Qlik Cloud and migration will start from Mid-March 2026 to Qlik Cloud Version info: Qlik Sense November 2024 Patch 12 and Qlik Cloud version: Nov 202...
20 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta Qlik Scanner: Add Support for Sheet-Level Variables

Problem Statement Currently, Manta’s (42.14.8 ) Qlik Scanner primarily captures variables defined at the app/document (global) level. However, many Qlik implementations define and override variables at the Sheet level to localize expressions (e.g....
8 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Request for bundling GPFS/Storage Scale 5.2 or later with Db2 pureScale v11.5

Overview We are requesting to bundle GPFS/Storage Scale version 5.2 or later with Db2 pureScale 11.5. Currently, GPFS/Storage Scale 5.1.x is bundled with Db2 pureScale v11.5 Mod9 CSB 58840 or later. However, GPFS/Storage Scale 5.1.x is scheduled t...
7 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 5 Under review

Change the NUMDB without having to stop/start

Change the NUMDB without stopping or starting.The client constantly needs to create new databases to support various IBM tools such as BAW, ELM, CONTENT MANGER and ON DEMAND. Whenever new databases are created, they need to change the NUMDB parame...
6 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Submitted

DB2 Purescale with Secure Linux Boot on RHEL enabled: should ship already signed IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) kernel modules

Customer needs that Secure boot is enabled and it is not possible in any Purescale Version. We opened case TS018965073 for this issue and said that to be enabled Secureboot means to sign GPFS packages and involve several support teams
9 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Not under consideration