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ability to include same application as up and downstream on OMD

Today Open Manta Designer doesn't allow to draw lineage in both sides to a given application. It needs to be only up OR downstream to a main app. However, we have a lot of cases where an app is at same time, up and downstream to a main app. We ope...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration

How to show data quality shown in column/lineage for special data quality measurement cases?

Your goal is to show the data quality on the lineage, right? We have a couple "special cases" we're not sure how to handle. First is related to "virtual tables" (as in IA terminology - I believe they are called something else in IKC). The Data rul...
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 3 Under review

Backup Individual database, not entire instance

Need a mechanism, similar to ontape, to backup a live database (as opposed to entire instance), without locking it.
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

CDC add configurable pameter max_recs in library ifx-changestream-client-1.1.3

IBM library ifx-changestream-client-1.1.3 has a hardcoded parameter max_recs = 1, causing unacceptable lag in CDC operation. This lag can delays to several hours. Other solutions CDC with max_recs set to 64 on the same database can transmit data n...
about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

"Prevent the dbschema command from incrementing sequence values"

Currently, running dbschema increments the value of sequences, even when it is documented it is the expected behavior, we consider that it is not desireable.
12 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Import PoweDesigner VIEWS in .pdm files

For Teradata Physical Data Models in PowerDesigner, the VIEWS are very important. When importing these Physical Data Models into IBM Knowledge Catalog, the VIEWS are not imported. All the data modeling tools that we know (PowerDesigner, ER Studio,...
almost 2 years ago in Data Lineage by Manta 3 Not under consideration

Reread SSL Keystore while Informix is running

To renewing the SSL Keystore Files it is neccesary to restart the whole DB Engine / Connection Manager, when the keystore Files have been changed. A "reread keystore" Function would be very helpfull, and would save a lot of Time and reduce downtim...
6 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Lineage for Dynamic views

In IBM Knowledge Catalog, there is a special asset type called "dynamic view" that allows you to create an asset based on an SQL query. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.2.x?topic=project-adding-dynamic-view-data-from-connection A...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Planned for future release

add an option in Informix HQ to surpress alerts during HQ start up

When we have HQ monitoring in place on HQ agent status and IDS status, if we have server OS restart/rebuild, HQ alerts will be triggered. We prefer there could be an option to tell HQ not to generate alert during scheduled outage/scheduled server ...
3 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

File based ingestion using IBM Manta Data Lineage

Nordea cannot connect direct DB technologies for security reasons and require file based Data Lineage and metadata ingestion for following connectors - ORACLEMSSQLHiveMicrosoft SSISMicrosoft SSASPowerBIInformaticaJava
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration