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watsonx.data

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Add feature IKC integration supports Spark engine in addtion to Presto (Java, C++) engines.

From the link, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=catalog-enabling-knowledgeIt says "IKC supports Presto (Java) connections only".And from the link,It says "You can define IKC governance policies for Presto (C++), and Pres...
6 days ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

Change Config/Resources via Analytics Engine CR so they persist

Need the ability to make config and resource changes to Spark in watsonx.data via analyticsengine CR so those changes persist when operators re-concile.
14 days ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

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...
3 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

Milvus services on watsonx.data SaaS on IBM Cloud do not seem to support the bulk_import() method

Previously, we switched over how we insert vectors into our collections to use do_bulk_load per the watsonx.data documentation. It looks like do_bulk_load is getting deprecated, and the recommended method is now bulk_import. We’re trying to switch...
4 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

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...
6 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

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...
7 months ago in watsonx.data 1 Under review

Support Spark & Gluten in BlueRay

Now we are onboarding Gluten and Bolt has a very big ingestion need, we wanted to see if we can bring Spark and Gluten to BlueRay to further build a complete lakehouse reference customer story covering their full use case.
8 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review