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Data Lineage by Manta

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Sorting Capability in Open Manta Designer

When users import an Entity from Manta Flow Viewer / Repository through Open Manta Designer (OMD), we have noticed that the Columns order as it is available in the Repository is being jumbled in OMD Left Pane of the Canvas. This is leading to a lo...
3 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Search capability in Open Manta Designer

We have noticed that the users leveraging Open Manta Designer (OMD) are experiencing hard time in finding a Column_Name from an Entity with several attributes which is imported to Canvas. This is leading to a bad user experience when they intend t...
3 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Address Manta log-viewer API timeout performance

Current state: When a Manta user tries to download a workflow log (to debug or attach to a support ticket), the Manta instance often (in 99% cases) returns with a HTTP 504 Gateway timeout error. This happens because:1. Manta is connected to an AWS...
23 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Submitted

Manta export to Alation OCF - Power BI

AbbVie is unable to export Power BI resources from Manta to an Alation OCF (Open Connector Framework) existing Power BI source. They are only able to get a successful Power BI to Alation OCF when the Power BI source on Alation side is brand new wi...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta Alation Export - SAML Authentication Support

Current version of Manta does not support SAML authentication for Alation export connection. Currently, we are using a work around in place by using a local account for Alation export authentication. According to our company security policy, this ...
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Permanant link create for revision which is not latest does not work

While trying to Export the permanent link of the revision which is not latest and opening the link in a new browser, the link does not work. Steps followed. 1. Open any revision which is not latest from the manta flow viewer and view the lineage i...
28 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta VDS Lineage Export to Alation

Manta currently supports VDS lineage export to Alation for Database resource type but any other hierarchy isn't working for us. We do not intend to have such restriction in place for VDS export of any resource type since it is limiting us from exp...
24 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Submitted

Support Alation Authentication methods

Current State: Alation currenltly supports two ways of authenticating ( https://developer.alation.com/dev/docs/authentication-into-alation-apis ) 1. Register your application (Manta) as an OAuth 2 client 2. Use a refresh token Manta currently supp...
26 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta microservices should restart automatically on failure.

Current State: 1. When a Manta user scans a large amount of SAS scripts or MS SQL tables, Manta Flow Server crashes due to out of memory (TS016760059). The cause of the memory issue is being addressed by the issue, but this product idea is this: a...
26 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta Data Lineage: Support LDAP/AD Authentication for Redshift Connections

The current version of Manta only supports local account authentication for Redshift connection but does not support Azure AD authentication. Requesting that Manta supports the ability to authenticate Redshift connections with AD/LDAP users.
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted