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Enable query results to be exported in Excel (.xlsx) format in addition to CSV.

Currently, users in Query Workspace can only download query results in CSV format. Many customers request the ability to also export results as Excel files (.xlsx), as Excel is the most commonly used format for internal reporting, data sharing, an...
4 days ago in watsonx.data 0 Submitted

Add support for the multi-region access endpoints by extending the validations to accept the endpoints as this is required for Disaster Recovery

All the details of this request are found in https://github.ibm.com/lakehouse/tracker/issues/35080 AWS Multi Region (MRAP) required for Disaster Recovery for TSYS deployment of watsonx.data lakehouse. This is currently not supported by Software Hu...
about 1 month ago in watsonx.data 0

Talend-spark ETL job support on watsonx.data Spark engine.

A customer is using Talend studio to develop and run ETL job that uses Apache Spark on CDH 7.1.7. It will be a plus point for watsonx.data to support integration with Talend use the watsonx.data Spark engine to run the same ETL job benefits - easy...
11 days ago in watsonx.data 1 Under review

Spark default environment variables user should be able to set using UI and API

As of today, Spark engine supports default Spark configurations that are set at engine level. Similarly, there is a requirement to have default Environment variables that a user should be able to set in UI as well as from API. Default environment ...
12 days ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

Visual Studio Code (vscode) extension for watsonx.data support for Spark 4

Per https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/IBM.watsonx-data/changelog v1.2.0 we expected to see support for Spark 4 engines which would match the watsonx.data release 2.2.1 support for Spark 4. However, the extension does not actually provide ...
25 days ago in watsonx.data 1 Functionality already exists

Native integration with AWS Lake Formation and Glue Data Catalog (watsonx.data SaaS on AWS)

watsonx.data is being evaluated as a strategic query engine in AWS-based Data Mesh architectures, where governance is managed through AWS Lake Formation and metadata is stored in the Glue Data Catalog. Currently, watsonx.data does not natively sup...
5 months ago in watsonx.data 1 Planned for future release

Enable gRPC endpoints with Satellite in watsonx.data SaaS

If a client wants to connect to watsonx.data on-prem from a IBM cloud application with private links, they need to use IBM Satellite in order to do this. However, Satellite does NOT support gRPC endpoints, only HTTP/S and few other options. watson...
4 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

Milvus Attu console Enablement on watsonx.data

For managing Milvus Vector DB, GUI is required by our client DBAs. Attu console can be adopted for Openshift deployment.
3 months ago in watsonx.data 1 Not under consideration

Full GitOps support (like Helm charts, ArgoCD) for watsonx.data and other watsonx products on Software Hub

The client requests better deployment features for OpenShift / Kubernetes environments. One of the key requirements is the full GitOps capability of our products. We currently cannot fulfil this requirement as we are missing supported entities for...
5 months ago in watsonx.data 1 Under review

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...
about 1 year ago in watsonx.data 2