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Knowledge Catalog

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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...
9 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 7 Functionality already exists

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...
13 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

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...
13 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...
23 days 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

Enable Metadata Enrichment Data Quality output table support across similar connection types

Currently, certain connectors, such as 'PostgreSQL', support the Data Quality output table, while others with similar functionality—such as 'Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL'—do not. Although these connectors handle comparable data fields and structures,...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Needs more information

[GOV] ICP4D v.4.8.5 PROD Env (MDI) - Need option to skip asset/column description while publishing the project assets to catalog.

MDI Scan: Column description overwrites description in Catalog. Issue replication: Table and column description created through hydration job is being replaced after MDI Scan and publish in WKC "GCP for marketplace catalog". Expectation: Stop over...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Under review

Ability for client to ingest Industry standards into IKC to accelerate standards utilsation in their Data Governance usecases

As discussed in 23rd Oct 2024 - slack DM between Pat O'Sullivan, Michael Loughran, Michael Szylar, Paul Kilroy, Anna Arato Area of ingesting Industry standards into IKC, well demonstrated by client use case in the 'Business Impact Statement' secti...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Enhanced DQ rule configuration to allow selection of multiple tables/columns when binding to the same definition.

Enhanced DQ rule configuration to allow selection of multiple tables/columns when binding to the same definition. Today we need to bind every column one by one to the same definition variable (in case of 10 tables with 20 columns each, we need 200...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Add a feature to assign data classes based on the assigned business term, with the option to choose the behavior of data class assignment.

This enhancement would involve reconfiguring the data class assignment service to operate based on the business term assigned to each asset. Users should have the flexibility to select how data classes are assigned: either following the default be...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review