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DataStage

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OAuth support in exposed web services

Add OAuth as a supported authentication when exposing datastage jobs as web services through the IDS
almost 9 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support for RFC4180 CSV standard format

I want the Sequential file stage of DataStage to support the standard CSV format of RFC4180.
almost 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Add the capability to write timestamp in a parquet file in the new format of Proleptic Gregorian calendar through Azure Data Lake storage connector

We use Azure DataLake storage connector to generate Parquet files in Azure data lake. Then on the azure end, MS ADF is used to load the parquet files to Azure Synapse. If we enable the use of Staging in ADF Mapping Data Flow on the Azure end, the ...
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Sort of parameterset values when running a job

When running a job and a parameterset is used, you shoud select a value for the parameterset. (parameterset file). This drop-down box seems to be unsorted. After investigation it seems to be that the list is sorted in the order the files are store...
almost 9 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Application rotation or maintenance of created files in /tmp (ex. snappy)

The product leaves temporary files into /tmp directory that are not properly taked care of. That means that external processes must be carried out in order to not flood that directory. Could you please implement into the product any mean of addres...
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Compile the datastage jobs on server side cmnd line

We have the client command line for job compile dscc.exe. Do we have the job compile command line on the server side such as dscc.sh? I could not find it on the server. Please add it to the server side.
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Allow dynamic branch selection at commit time from MettleCI workbench for a single datastage project.

Mettle CI functionality: Workbench can only be configured to commit to one branch in git. It need individual datastage project for each branch. Like hotfix branch can be tied only to ds_project_hf and main branch can be tied to ds_project When imp...
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

SEARCH stage in JOB DFD

Create a SEARCH by stage name Datastage in job in the DFD application. In order to facilitate the finding of the stages in DFD in large jobs.
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

ODBC, OCI and DRS connectors are failing if the source table column length are not matched with defined column length in the connector

In old OCI, DRS and ODBC, the stage won't check the column length of the database table and what we defined in the stage, and it won't give any warning about column mismatch and won't truncate the data if the given length is smaller than the datab...
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Oracle 18c support in DataStage v11.5

There seems to no support for connecting to Oracle 18c Database from DataStage 11.5 or 11.7
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists