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Knowledge Catalog

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SAS datasets for IKC Data Quality Requirements

We have a new customer request for analyzing SAS dataset( in .sas7bdat format) in IKC for Data Quality requirements. As per IBM point of contact for us, this connector is not available in IKC now. Requesting to add this connector in CP4D future re...
4 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Needs more information

Allow the user to filter using custom fields on the search screen

Custom fields are very useful for adding information to data assets in a structured way that adapts well to the particular structure of companies. Because of this, we believe that being able to filter assets and information by these fields is some...
5 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Planned for future release

Published terms under category can be filtered, but the drafts can not - please add similar filtering functionality to drafts also

We have cases where there are going to be a lot of drafts, so filtering on the drafts is just as useful to us as of the published ones. In the screenshot you can see that filters exist for published governance artifacts. But if one chooses the "Dr...
10 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Submitted

Possibility to change the first category for Business Terms, Data Class, etc

We currently need the possibility to change the first category of all the artifacts like Business Terms, Data Class, categories, etc.This is important because the glossary is not static and artifacts can change between domains, sub-domains, etc wi...
19 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 7 Functionality already exists

Improve user experience when using catalogs

I would like to suggest an improvement in the customization of the presentation of information when the user accesses the Catalogs menu and selects the desired data catalog. It is important that, when viewing data assets, such as schema and table,...
19 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Submitted

We would like assign a secondary category for a term that is under the same root parent category (IGC 'referencing categories' allows this behaviour)

We have a possiblity to assing a secondary category to a term but it is not possible to use this functionality when the secondary category is under the same parent as the term. We are using this functionality to keep terms under the primary catego...
23 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

IKC workflow mail notifications fine-tuning

If user is receiving lots of notifications from workflows, it would be good to have a bit more convenient e-mail content. Now when the e-mail notifications are created, the subject line basically says "Notification: Your task is completed" or some...
23 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Ability to save 'canvas' views/releationships in 'Relationship explorer' for references and team collaboration.

Once a 'Relationship Explorer' canvas is created (mapped out), it would be very beneficial to have the ability to save this 'cavnas' view add other collaborators to this view. I know we already have a share option, however this feature is a point ...
26 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Don't deleted RD Related Values before a new import

When importing related values in a reference dataset in CP4D the previous related values are removed first before importing the new RVs. For crosswalks, this has a significant impact. To illustrate we have the following tables: -ISO Alpha2 Country...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Need ability to shutdown IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC) in an orderly fashion

Today, there is no documented way today to shutdown IKC The customer requires a way to shutdown IKC to perform server room maintenance. Desjardins is asking questions about the order and steps to shutdown CP4D (IKC, datastage, foundation…)TS017408...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Planned for future release