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Unable to Gather the Diagnostic logs from CP4D Console after 5.2.2 upgrade.

We are not able to collect Diagnostic statistics thus impacting us to gather the diagnostic logs. This issue is only happening after upgrading our CP4D version. Due to this issue, IBM support is not able to debug any issue properly. Per IBM Develo...
17 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Add the functionallity to filter on parameter values in the Filter stage

In the Filter stage you currently can not filter on e.g. Where Clause = #Initial_Load# = 1Where Clause = #Initial_Load# = 0 for you always have to reference a column, You either have to use a Transformer stage to achieve this or you have to create...
17 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Use the same design for Apply/Save/Cancel buttons

Currently design for the Apply/Save/Cancel is inconsistent, requiring users to search for buttons. Apply/Save normally applies/saves and leaves an object/stage, but e.g. in the new transformer ui it saves without leaving the stage, also e.g. for P...
20 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Select all mapping links by clicking on arrow in new transformer UI

In the new transformer UI, when 'All mapping Links are displayed' is enabled, clicking on the arrow at the beginning/end of the link should select all associated links, similar to clicking on the six dots to the left of the column. This would make...
20 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Improve Otherwise/log handling of transformer constraints on main screen

In the the new transformer UI, It would be beneficial to have the Otherwise/log and Abort after rows (with shorter text) displayed on the main transformer screen for each constraint. I like how the constraints are displayed on the main screen and ...
20 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Job run display of runtime parameter values no longer shows any encrypted parameter names

This used to work, I believe it disappeared as part of the fix for case TS020849668. It is important to see all of the parameters used at runtime, now that any encrypted parameter names are no longer shown, it leads developers to assume that the p...
23 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

cpdctl "Total Time" value is incorrectly computed

The time shown for multiple compile operations is incorrect and can be misleading
24 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Provide ability to schedule CPD DataStage jobs to run multiple times per day.

We have various jobs that need to be run multiple times per day, at 2 hour intervals or 4 times per day at scheduled times.
30 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Add "select all" option when selecting item list that spans more than one page

I'll use the "Job runs" view for this example, although it applies to any list that spans multiple pages. In the screenshot, I have a job called Test_CFF_Write_ARND_ds_flow" which has run a total of 3601 times. I'd like to select all of these runs...
about 1 month ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Represent times displayed as local time

We currently see a number of datetime stamps displayed in GMT versus local timezones for various cpdctl dsjob commands. Below is a list of commands, as well as in the CPD UI where we see this behavior. From cpdctl dsjob - list-scheduled-jobs list-...
about 1 month ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted