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Support Postgres DBAlias via pr0cnfg on Linux

Per https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/iotdm/11.3?topic=tasks-syntax-keywords, the pr0cnfg command only supports adding DBAliases for Oracle and UDB DBMS types on Linux. This means that we must use Windows if we want to use Optim Data Privacy to mask Pos...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

z/OS Infosphere Optim - Data Masking - GDPR - New LUA function

The need is about the data masking and the GDPR constraints. Our développers used the LUA capabilities of z/OS Optim. The needs are convert in a bijective way a numeric chain in a other numeric chain if we run repeatedly a convert with the same ch...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 3 Not under consideration

z/OS Infosphere Optim - Data Migration : add a DELETE DLI function

Our SI is mixed DLI and DB2. Therefore, our OPTIM ADS use DLI database and DB2 tables. Before we refresh data, we delete DLI et DB2 data in cohérence. The deletes are only partial [DLI Bases and DB2 tables are not emptied] Optim offer a standard D...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Future consideration

Optim Installation support for the IBM Packaging Utility

Use case:Deliver Mass Automated Deployment of Optim to End User Workstations Business justification:This RFE will help enable the Optim Archive to pass HSBC security standards in order to make it solution to be used in a self service basis.
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Suport of double dash for comments in SQL

Optim Connect should support the use of the double dash -- in sql statements to denote comments. I know you can put in comments using the slash asterisk. However, when the business provides us with SQL to use, they frequently have comments in ther...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Allow Archive to convert to CSV without license for Test Data

We have to provide files extracts for areas in the business. We would like to have the ability to give a CSV file extract of the data. Currently, you have to have a different license to run Optim Convert. We would like to be able to run Optim Conv...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Estimate time for archive

This may only apply for Retirement since we use all reference tables without SQL. It would be a nice to have if Optim could have a function to take an archive request and attempt to estimate the time required to archive. I see this as looking at i...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Application Retirement 0 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement for GRANT on stored procedures

Currently when the stored procedures are inserted, Optim forces a GRANT to be issued to the procedures. For Oracle, we can supply the owner as the grantee. However for SQL Server this is not possible since SQL Server rejects having the owner of th...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Remove Requirement for inserting stored procedures

The requirement for gaining access to the permissions to have the product insert the stored procedures is an issue for us. It would be very good to remove this requirement and not require the use of stored procedures.
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Not under consideration

Add additional functions to Optim Connect

Optim Connect should support some additional functions that are now being supported by the various DBMS out there. An example is the COALESCE function. We frequently have to convert queries supplied to by the business because they have functions u...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration