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Knowledge Catalog

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Add connection type and server in catalog filter

When we filter assets in the catalog, besides the source, add the option of filtering by connection type (e.g. Db2, Teradata, etc.) and by server.
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Support to use User Session and LDAP Fields as parameter in the Where field of Data Protection Rule Filter Rows option.

We have a big client testing Cloud Pak for Data, WKC, Watson Query to be their data platform. One important use case is use the protection rule feature > filter rows option in a Where Condition field allows to pass user session or LDAP fields a...
over 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Add support for connecting WKC to Egeria using external Kafka cluster with Kerberos

We have been trying to setup WKC & Egeria metadata exchange messages but, when the external Kafka cluster is using kerberos the configuration does not work. Customer is requesting add support to secure messages exchange between Kafka and WKC u...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Role concept WKC catalog – all user with role CPD Admin should have admin permissions on all catalogs

In the current implementation, a CPD admin can not access all catalogs. It could be possible that , if the catalog creator left or is not available, no one can administer the catalog. There should be a super admin catalog role that has access to a...
about 4 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

WKC - Metadata Crawler to import lineage Information for standalone DataStage installation

WKC in CPD can not display operational lineage for DataStage implementations in a remote environment. We will request the option to extract/crawl lineage relevant information that can be easily automated integrated in WKC without exporting from Da...
about 4 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

IKC reporting to Google Big Query

Please add Google Big Query as an option for IKC reporting in addition to the existing DB2, Oracle, and PostGres options.
7 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Define and display tags hierarchically

Problem statement/pain point: In now Tags can be defined only non-hierarchy style.In our usecase, administrator design tags system in the enterprise such as in below.This tags system have hierarchical contents. AI_type-Question and answer, AI_ty...
over 5 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Missing Business Glossary Anywhere (BGA) Desktop App on Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D)

Business Glossary Anywhere App is currently not available on Cloud Pak for Data. Business Glossary Anywhere is a light weight Desktop Application that gives lot of ease for the users to navigate and use the Glossary information which is available ...
over 4 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Ability to add users (from user groups) to individual assets

Currently, if a user group is added to access a catalog, individuals who are part of that user group, cannot be added to assets. A large Federal customer requests the ability to both: 1) add user groups to catalogs (exists today), & 2) add ind...
7 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Query optimization option for SQL statement would need to add the LOCKING ROW FOR ACCESS.

We need an enhancement request submitted in Aha to get query optimization options like Prefixes that go before the "Select" keyword, i.e. to enable "locking row for access"
12 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration