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Connectivity

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Need an option to create Postgresql connection without the database name.

Currently, CPD doesn't support Postgresql connection without the database name. Need an option to create Postgresql connection without the database name.
6 days ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

Add a platform-level connector for Microsoft Azure Fabric lakehouse

We would like to establish the connection between WKC and Microsoft Azure fabric lakehouse. The purpose is to pull the metadata from this MS platform and catalog using IBM's WKC platform. This is the top need of our business. We would like to have...
11 days ago in Connectivity 1 Submitted

Redshift connector - Allow the use of IAM role authentication to establish connection instead of the access key and secret key.

Allow the use IAM role authentication to establish this connection instead of the access key and secret key
11 days ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

BQ stage does not have the reject link in Datastage 11.7

As the Legacy DataStage 11.7 is using BQ stage as an alternate to existing Teradata stage, we need to have the reject link available in BQ stage in DataStage 11.7. Hence submitting this aha request as per IBMs suggestion. Please work on this enhan...
about 1 month ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

GCS and BQ stage does not have the reject link in Datastage 11.7

As the Legacy DataStage 11.7 is using GCS and BQ stage as an alternate to existing Teradata stage, we need to have the reject link available in these stages in DataStage 11.7. Hence submitting this aha request as per IBMs suggestion. Please work o...
about 1 month ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

ICP4D v4.6.5 PROD [MDI]: MSSQL Connection Configuration should not have database as mandatory field

We are facing issues while connecting with MSSQL databases from ICP4D/WKC. Typically each VAST ID for the MSSQL database has few instances and hundreds of databases, therefore the connection setting shouldn't have the database field as mandatory. ...
about 1 month ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

Extend Schema Registry support to non-Kafka sources

CP4D support for the use of a Schema Registry is currently limited to Kafka data sources (ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.6.x?topic=catalogs-apache-kafka-connection). However, Schema Registries represent a valuable method ens...
2 months ago in Connectivity 0 Future consideration

Connectivity to Azure Resources using Service Principal approach

General Motors is investigating DataStage NextGen as part of modernization of their current DataStage jobs. As General Motors is heavily invested and focused on Azure, several application teams are leveraging Azure database solutions such as Azure...
2 months ago in Connectivity 0 Planned for future release

Enhance DataStage ODBC Component to support PGSQL MSI token authentication

Dear, in order to meet the requirements of the company's security, we have changed the connection to the PGSQL database from traditional user name and password login to MSI token authentication and Token can be used as a password to connect to PGS...
5 months ago in Connectivity 0 Future consideration

Support of external OS authentication in Oracle optimized connector

None of the Oracle connectors in Cloud Pak for Data supports external OS authentication whereas IIS did support it. As we know from legacy that external OS authentication method requires DataStage user (like dsadm) to be created in Oracle DB, to a...
5 months ago in Connectivity 0 Under review