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Data Lineage by Manta

Support Oracle lineage extraction in Data Guard read-only environments without requiring primary database access

DESCRIPTION Many enterprise Oracle environments use Oracle Data Guard architectures where governance and metadata tools are allowed to access only read-only standby databases, while direct access to production primary databases is restricted. Curr...
1 day ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Enable support for IBM Db2 Warehouse as a data source for Data Lineage import in IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC).

IBM Db2 Warehouse is a critical data platform used by many organizations for analytical workloads, reporting, and business insights. However, it is currently not supported for Data Lineage import in IKC, which creates a significant visibility gap ...
24 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Expand IBM Manta / IKC metadata harvesting support to cover PBIP (Power BI Project) format and additional Tableau file formats (.hyper, .tde, .twbr)

IBM Manta and IKC currently support metadata harvesting and lineage stitching for Power BI .pbix files and Tableau formats .twb, .twbx, .tds, .tdsx. Two gaps were identified during a client engagement with Bradesco (Brazil): 1. Power BI — PBIP for...
23 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Under review

Import metadata from InfoSphere Data Architect for data into IBM Knowledge Catalog

Currently, customers using InfoSphere Data Architect for data modeling cannot import their metadata into IKC, as ER/Studio, Erwin Data Modeler, and SAP PowerDesigner are the only supported modeling sources for IKC. Our customer needs to import met...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Import description field from Datastage

When the Datastage Next Gen Connector was developed, it was designed without taking into account the description field. So when we import lineage and metadata into IKC that information is missing.
9 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

AWS Glue Scanner for lineage

Many customer are based in AWS and wants to trace lineage from that platform including AWS Glue. Currently, we have Supervielle at Argentina that needs to include this scanner to complete their IKC SaaS functionality.
7 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta Functionality already exists

Allow IAM for Manta to connect to s3

Currently only Key/secret are allowed for credentials to s3. IAM should be an option as well to connect to s3
15 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Not under consideration

Unified Lineage Manta connectors don't support HTTP Proxy

Unified Lineage Manta connectors don't support HTTP Proxy while Manta OEM supported. That is blocking the move from one solution to another which seems to be the strategy of IBM.
26 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

View last extracted date for objects created by a connection

Current Problem: When I look at a (non-deduced) node in Manta, I am not sure when it was scanned. This becomes an inconvenience for me because :1. I am unable to confirm if I am in compliance with my enterprise governance policy of "ensure your da...
17 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Support OAuth-based Git Authentication via Git CLI

Manta currently supports pulling files from Git repositories for scanning purposes. It uses the JGit library to establish Git connections. However, modern Git providers are increasingly moving away from static credentials (username/password or lon...
24 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

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