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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Add support for Db2 timestamp(12) data type in DataStage and CP4D

The Db2 data type timestamp(12) (timestamp with a precision up to 12 digits of the second) is not supported by DataStage. This data type is used and required for temporal tables in Db2 (LUW) and Db2 for z/OS. Temporal tables are a very helpful fun...
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

DataStage connection to Amazon Web Services - Databricks

We have many clients using Databricks on AWS but currently only Azure Databricks is supported in DataStage.
8 months ago in DataStage 0 Future consideration

Please add Hierarchical Stage Assembly Editor in DataStage Designer without Adobe Flash

Currently the Hierarchical Stage Assembly Editor in DataStage Designer requires Adobe Flash. The new Data Flow Designer by no means matches the capabilities and richness of DataStage Designer. Please provide the capability of editing the Assembly ...
about 5 years ago in DataStage 5 Not under consideration

Is there a reason why OSV hypervisor is not supported with DataStage 11.7.1?

We were informed by IBM support Engineers that OSV hypervisor does not support DataStage 11.7.1. We would like to know why this is not supported. Also, did IBM test this OSV hypervisor on DataStage 11.7.1. Can you please provide elaborated informa...
8 months ago in DataStage 1

Invalidate Cache for pipelines & jobs on CP4D (Reset Option on 11.7)

Currently on CP4D GUI there is no option to reset the cache, like RESET option on 11.7 director. It will be hard to clear the cache on failed pipelines.
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

Datastage 11.7 - Azure_Storage_Connector - Support for Container-Level SAS Tokens(User Delegation SAS)

Please add support for connecting to Azure Blob Storage (with Azure_Storage_Connector) using a User Delegation SAS (container-level SAS token based on Microsoft Entra ID).Currently, this type of authentication is not supported — the connector requ...
8 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Difficult reading of stage transformer in CP4D

Stage Variables: It is challenging to view all stage variables simultaneously and discern their interrelationships. Additionally, it is not possible to identify the types of fields in use. Output Derivation: The box for adding field derivations is...
about 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Archer connector

we use archer application for Risk Assessment and Prioritization: Archer facilitates risk identification, assessment, and prioritization using built-in methodologies and user-defined metrics . Compliance Management: The platform supports automated...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Clickstream Phase2 connector

Clickstream data is a record of a user's actions on a website or app, including clicks, page views, and interactions. Clickstream data can be used to analyze user behavior, customer data, and marketing campaigns. It is becoming more and more impor...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review

FINRA connector

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is a private American corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization (SRO) that regulates member brokerage firms and exchange markets . FINRA is the successor to the National Association...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review