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Data Lineage by Manta

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    Mapping between objects in physical data model (PDM) and its respective objects in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) during Metadata Importing process

    Most of the customers use to use data modeling tools (ERwin, PowerDesigner, E/R Studio ...) to design graphically their database structures and then, automatically, generate DDL to build their physical schemas into different RDBMS such as DB2, Ora...
    about 2 years ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Not under consideration

    Manta to natively support scanning of ADF (Azure Data Factory) jobs to provide Technical data lineage.

    At this point Manta doesn't have native scanner for ADF, but instead requires source-target mapping using Open Manta Designer. Few our customers (WSIB, Bombardier) are looking for native scanner support in Manta
    about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 9 Not under consideration

    Manta to support dynamic calls in COBOL Scanner

    Background Assume there are two COBOL files (parent.cbl and child.cbl) In parent.cbl we see below lines // variable DATESUB contains child.cbl 77 DATESUB PIC X(08) VALUE 'child '. // parent calls child using variable DATESUB CALL DATESUB USING DAT...
    3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 3 Not under consideration

    Manta COBOL scanner should support Assembly code.

    Manta COBOL scanner fails with parsing error when it encounteres assembly code. There are two ways to resolve this. 1. Refactor the assembly code to COBOL program (Manual approach) 2. Add support for assembly code in Manta COBOL scanner Option #2 ...
    3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

    Unhide Synonyms from Lineage

    A common pattern in data warehouses, especially with DB2, is to use Synonyms (DB2 calls those Aliases) to allow tables to be updated without impacting running queries and data integration processes or causing wrong/partial data to be displayed. Un...
    5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration

    Import PoweDesigner VIEWS in .pdm files

    For Teradata Physical Data Models in PowerDesigner, the VIEWS are very important. When importing these Physical Data Models into IBM Knowledge Catalog, the VIEWS are not imported. All the data modeling tools that we know (PowerDesigner, ER Studio,...
    almost 2 years ago in Data Lineage by Manta 3 Not under consideration

    Support of indirect edge for conditional statement in Manta COBOL lineage

    Background: During Lineage validation, we have identified a gap in Manta lineage for COBOL. The lineage is missing edges for IF conditions (Indirect Edges). Users like technical stewards are unable to view the edges. This makes the lineage inaccur...
    4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Not under consideration

    Support lineage extraction from IBM Connect Direct

    IBM Connect Direct is used widely at our organization to move data between several systems. If Manta is able to extract details of which data files are being moved, (given that the structure of the files are provided to Manta via other means - IFP...
    5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration

    Support running multiple workflows at the same time

    Current State: Manta currently does not allow running multiple workflows at the same time. However only writing and reading from Neo4j cannot happen at the same time. Therefore a lot of the steps that Manta can run in parallel, such as extraction,...
    3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

    Manta SAP HANA scanner to support analyzing ABAP scripts for comprehensive lineage

    Why it is useful? The applications running on SAP HANA systems at Truist utilizes scripts in ABAP for business logic and transformations. ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is the programming language used to build and extend applica...
    6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

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