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Read Parquet Schema from Origin that can be used in the Pipeline

When a Parquet file saved from a previous pipeline where the schema was inferred from the record, the parquetSchema field does not appear to be populated correctly. It appears to be an Avro schema and in the destination stage when the Parquet Sche...
37 minutes ago in StreamSets 0 Submitted

Allow the Schema Generator to be able to use Complex Data Types for Parquet and Avro

The schema generator currently is only able to generate basic schema. For example a map with mixed data types is considered complex and will cause an error: { "answers":{ "field1": "somestring", "field2": 123 } } SCHEMA_GEN_0007 - Map '/answer...
about 1 hour ago in StreamSets 0 Submitted

Utilize SSL certificates in Platform Connections

External content stores are registered as Connections in CPD platform with the credentials and SSL certificates. However, the certificates are not automatically imported/copied when configuring an instance of Cognos. It requires an additional step...
about 1 hour ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cognos Analytics 0 Submitted

Db2 Developer Extension - Add support to execute external COBOL stored procedures from catalog list, save input parameters and reload saved values as well as generating DDL and dropping the stored procedure

Application Developers use Data Source Explorer in Data Studio to display external COBOL stored procedures from the db2 catalog. They right click and get options to run the stored procedure after inputting values, generate the DDL and can also dro...
about 1 hour ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Submitted

Db2 Developer Extension - Native Stored Procedure (NSP) edit in place, run and deploy from catalog listing

Currently to edit a native stored procedure, you have to make a copy of it and put it in a new file. We would like it to work like Data Studio where you can display the stored procedure in Data Source Explorer, right click and open with routine ed...
about 2 hours ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Implicit TS/IX Objects - Need DDL capability, ALT on IX

Need the ability to enter DDL command and get the DDL. Also ALT command needs to work on implicit IX.
about 4 hours ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Submitted

Automatic re-order suggestion for dimensions in cube

In Architect the Cubeoptimizer window contained an automatic suggestion of re-order for the dimensions in an existing cube. In PAW this option is not available. There is only the possibility to re-arrange dimensions by trial and error, which is a ...
about 12 hours ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Messages improvements

From DVM Studio when selecting a BIGSQL table that the user is not authorized to, we get back a misleding Column metadata error. We would like to have a better handling of this situation.
about 12 hours ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow Category Definitions for Numeric attributes with ID formatting

Attributes when defined as numeric with ID formatting does not allow for the definition of categories. We have attributes that were historically defined as ID formatting for which we would like to define categories without changing the formatting ...
1 day ago in IBM Safer Payments / Business 0 Submitted

Add support for GRANT ROLE to AUTHID.

In DB2 for z/OS I am allowed to CREATE ROLE, GRANT priviledges to ROLE but I can't GRANT that role to a USERID. Seems something is broke to me. What are ROLES good for if I can't assign a user or group of users to that role.
1 day ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review