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watsonx.data

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watsonx.data able to use the Ozone S3 as Object Storage

The client want to adopt the Ozone S3 Object Storage of Cloudera on watsonx.data to also store data synced from Data Gate for watsonx so that the two platforms can coexist sharing this common layer without requires deploy a new Object Storage clas...
5 months ago in watsonx.data 2

Support deploying watsonx.data on Openshift on IBM Z

Our client wants to have an hybrid setting, using watsonx.data SaaS for their development/testing environments and later deploying production workloads on-premises, for compliance purposes. They have spare capacity on an IBM Z16 mainframe and woul...
10 months ago in watsonx.data 1 Not under consideration

Private / direct endpoint support for watsonx.data Presto and Milvus services

Several other database and storage services support private / direct endpoints within IBM Cloud. There are architectures for watsonx.data that do not need to leave the IBM Cloud from a network perspective and should be able to rely on private / di...
5 months ago in watsonx.data 1 Under review

Customer looking to have connectors for workday and concur applications

Customer wanted to build the analytics platform using watsonx.data. And they looking to connecters for workday and concur
over 1 year ago in watsonx.data 1 Needs more information

watsonx.data UI is too slow (both SW and Saas)

When accessing watsonx.data UI, particularly loading schemas and tables in Data Manager, it is expressed by many users (including clients), the response from the UI is awfully slow (to display the right information). This is not the case if connec...
29 days ago in watsonx.data 0 Submitted

Enable JWT authentication in watsonx.data

Currently authentication to watsonx.data through REST and JDBC can only be done by specifying a user and password. Customer does not allow user and password authentication for any of the business applications. When users log on to their desktop, t...
about 1 year ago in watsonx.data 0 Planned for future release

Include a pre-provisioned Object storage included in instance and allow this storage to be growable for a fee.

When you provision a SaaS instance of watsonx.data, a default S3/COS/?? 400GB storage should be included and configured with the instance for ease of use. This storage should be growable from to as much as they want for additional fee.
over 1 year ago in watsonx.data 0 Future consideration

Ensuring Real-time Accuracy in Time Travel Snapshots

In the Time Travel section of the Data Manager interface, the list of snapshots may not always be current and might occasionally require reloading. When multiple individuals are working on the same schema, there's a risk of overlooking changes mad...
over 1 year ago in watsonx.data 2 Is a defect

Hive-HDFS Connector Impersonation Support.

In watsonx.data, all Hive-HDFS data is accessed with single user which is used for configuring data source. Client's security and audit policies requires impersonation, so that with this configuration, watsonx.data can impersonate the end user who...
28 days ago in watsonx.data 0 Submitted

Enable alternative authentication methods for S3 buckets

We’re currently working with a client on an opportunity that impacts multiple products, including watsonx.data, CP4D, Data Virtualization, and Data Gate. The client is eager to adopt our lakehouse solution but has stringent security requirements t...
4 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review