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Drafts should be available in the reporting DB

Based on our explorations it seems that drafts are not synced to the reporting DB. We are using drafts, and they are needed for our reporting - if they are not in the reporting DB some of our reports will not work correctly.
about 7 hours ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

Allow workflow scope to have multiple categories (subcategories of same parent)

Right now when creating a workflow, one can specify only one category - the selection is based on radio buttons. So let's say we have primary category "DSA" and under that we have four 'working' subcategories A,B,C,D. We would like to have an appr...
about 8 hours ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Functionality already exists

Classification hierarchy visualization

1. adding classification relationship to a governance artifact and/or asset - The current view while adding classifications to any governance artifact/asset shows all available classification schemes and values in a list. - To better understand th...
7 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Changing host server for Database

In Infosphere Information Governance Catalog, it is not possible to change the Host Server for a database.Unfortunately, sometimes databases are moved from one server to another, and the only option we have is to make all the changes manually:- Ex...
3 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Create a native schema-type asset to associate database metadata with other assets and tables.

Today it is not possible to view database/schema descriptions in the IKC. Business analysts need this metadata on IKC to understand databases and relationships. BRADESCO is replacing the current IT data governance (EDC) solution with the IBM solut...
5 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Future consideration

IKC DQ should be able to trigger SPARK jobs to HADOOP

In Information Analyzer IBM has component called BIG QUALITY which, when used, pushed down Data Execution to HADOOP as SPARK job via APACHE LIVY. This functionality is not part of CP4D IKC DQ and remote plane is offered as solution. This would mea...
22 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Add the capability to add artifacts directly from the category screen

Our users work a lot based on categories ("data assets"). So they add terms/rules under a certain category. That is their "home base". Now in order for them to add a term, they need to move to "Business terms" and add one - choosing as primary cat...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Future consideration

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...
4 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 7 Functionality already exists

Add filter & "bulk edit" options to the list of artifacts under a category

Our users work a lot based on a certain primary category - there can be hundreds of terms and rules under one category ("data asset") they're responsible for. For their way of working it would be natural to be able to filter (and also bulk edit/de...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Under review

The batch import of e.g. terms lacks individuality - one can only handle the batch approval/review/publish in bulk. Allow as an option handling of individual assets.

Three use cases: a) a couple out of the batch should be rejected If there is two terms in a batch of 100 that should be edited before approved, then the full batch needs to be rejected until those two are in better shape. This is not a problem if ...
about 1 month ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review