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Connectivity

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ETL Datastage - Lower number of connections open toward databases during a job execution

When executing a Datastage job, connections which are open toward the databases (Sybase in our case) are open during the complete execution time of a job even if all "actions" are done. This should be changed (to lower the activity on database sid...
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 3 Not under consideration

DataStage et TERADATA /TIME ZONE

Notre problème : nous travaillons sur Teradata 14 / 15 et nous utilisons le Temporal Data Nous avons un sérieux problème de typage de données avec les versions DataStage 11.3.1.2 et 11.5. Nos Périodes Teradata sont exprimées en TimeStamp de ...
over 8 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

DataStage Hierarchical stage Rest add Google service account auth.

The Hierarchical stage provides many authentication options including OAuth bearer token. This is required for Google rest calls but expires and must be regenerated. Suggestion is to allow the Google service account json file to be added as an aut...
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Store Procedure does not support External Authentication in IBM datastage

Store Procedure stage does not support External Authentication in IBM datastage where as Oracle connector supports External authentication. IBM Case#TS003883130
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Oracle connector : support of SDO_GEOMETRY data types

we are not able to insert GEOMAP data to oracle DB. We opened case with IBM #TS003869041 and they informed us that SDO_GEOMETRY is not a supported Oracle data type target for DataStage and asked us to open RFE.
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to use Surrogate Key Generator in DataStage for Netezza DBMS

We are trying to use the balanced optimizer feature in DataStage 9.1 to rewrite the ETL logic in SQL that runs on the Netezza appliance instead of the DataStage server. We are looking for a way to generate the surrogate keys that works in DataStag...
almost 9 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

GPCC does not support reject links.

Per discussion with Emily White, IBM Lab Advocate to DTCC: there is no reject link capability in the Greenplum Connector. Our projects are impacted with laborious research through the logs and time stake finding out the exact reason for job error....
almost 9 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Enable reconnect (retry) option for the Oracle Connector and DTS stages

From case#TS003645436 In the Oracle Connector stage the reconnect/disconnect properties are only available when the Oracle Connector is used in conjunction with the Lookup stage (as reference) or as a target. Is there a way to enable these propert...
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Information server 11.5 jobs running slow with the teradata database and I am providing the detail information here

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over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

can we make file connector to read file only in directory with name matched to the wildcard pattern

The File connector is unable to read expected partitions data : Expected to read data from all partitions excluding part_num=0, but it is reading data from part_num=1, part_num=10, part_num=11, part_num=12 and part_num=2 only. Expected Format as p...
almost 5 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration