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Data Lineage by Manta

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    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...
    about 13 hours ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

    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...
    27 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 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.
    5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Functionality already exists

    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...
    18 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 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 ...
    23 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration

    Manta to support Qlik Cloud

    Background: jmartins@ibm.com from IBM confirmed that Qlik Cloud is not supported. Bank has enable Qlik Cloud and migration will start from Mid-March 2026 to Qlik Cloud Version info: Qlik Sense November 2024 Patch 12 and Qlik Cloud version: Nov 202...
    about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 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...
    15 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

    Support transformations for the OpenLineage Column Level Lineage dataset facet.

    Why it is useful? Transformations are an integral part in any data flow representation. They comprise logic describing data, functions and process information that are vital for deriving lineage on an attribute. A field of an output in Column Leve...
    3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 5 Future consideration

    Request that Manta Automatic Data Lineage add support for OAuth 2.0 authentication (e.g., service-to-service OAuth tokens or service principal OAuth flow) for Databricks connections in addition to or in place of Personal Access Tokens (PATs).

    Databricks strongly recommends using OAuth access tokens instead of PATs for security, token refresh, and credential management best practices. OAuth offers stronger security and better lifecycle management than long-lived PATs, which are consider...
    about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

    Differentiate Runtime and Design-Time Lineage in Manta UI

    Manta currently displays lineage generated from OpenLineage RunEvent (runtime) and JobEvent (design-time) in the same way with no visual distinction between them. This makes it difficult for users to tell whether lineage represents what actually r...
    about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

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