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Data Lineage by Manta

Support for integrations with Splunk and DataDog

This would be used to search, monitor, analyze, and visualize machine-generated big data in real time.
2 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Support column-level lineage export to Alation for filesystems

This request builds upon https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/DATALIN-I-40 which added support for expeorting lineage for filesystems to Alation. The above feature could not export column-level lineage because Alation did not have an API to import column-l...
4 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

DataStage job lineage must properly support parameterized and reusable jobs and sequence jobs, accurately tracking runtime parameters and variables.

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } A significant portion of DataStage development relies on reusable and parameterized jobs. Jobs are typically organized in...
9 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Extract automated lineage from some IFPC Command Tasks (unused, chmod, cp, mv, rm)

This is a follow up to https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/DATALIN-I-60 that asks for automated extraction of all Command Tasks invoked by informatica power center. Since IFPC developers can invoke any executable in the command task, it is technically dif...
10 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Update Connection UI when only git ingest is needed

When configured an SSIS connection using git Ingest method, the system currently enforces mandatory inputs such as Connection String, Authentication Type, Username. However, these details are not utilized during the scanning process, as the SSIS p...
24 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Micostrategy SaaS support

It seems Microstrategy business strategy with their current customers is to force them to move from on-prem to SaaS. For all our customers who are using Microstrategy on-prem and our IKC + Manta solution for data governance and lineage will have a...
27 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Add support for SAP HANA technology in OpenLineage Events

While scanning OpenLineage event JSON that includes SAP HANA assets, Manta successfully generates lineage but incorrectly classifies SAP HANA tables as generic OpenLineage (OL) nodes instead of database table nodes. This results in: Incorrect vi...
30 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Use Query Logs for Lineage and Usage Analysis

Lineage collection today depends on explicitly defined data flows and relationships between data assets. This process leaves holes in the data lineage flows. However, if IKC could start collecting, analyzing and parsing query logs during Metadata ...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta Future consideration

Manta option to show aggregated node counts

It would be nice to have an option that shows the aggregated amount of child nodes at each level of the tree in the Manta UI, on the lineage selection page . This could be for instance a UI option or configuration option. The idea is that the cust...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Support export of Matillion lineage from Manta to Alation

Why is it useful ? Alation at the enterprise is the application for viewing all catalog and metadata across the enterprise. Lineage from Manta is exported to Alation to build the catalog. Who would benefit from it ? Any LOB at the bank looking to ...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted