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Data Lineage by Manta

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Lineage export to Alation for Manta OOTB scanners

We have noticed that Manta doesn't have an OOTB capability in the product to export lineage to Alation Catalogue for the auto-scan technologies. Here are the key ones for which lineage from Manta needs to be allowed to integrate with Alation OOTB....
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Under review

Support for Transfer of Table and Column level Custom attributes to Alation

Currently Manta does not supports the transfer of column or table level attributes to Alation. If a given application decides to enhance the metadata in Manta with additional attributes on Tables and/or Columns, it would bring value to a customers...
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 3 Future consideration

Manta Data Lineage: Support LDAP/AD Authentication for Redshift Connections

The current version of Manta only supports local account authentication for Redshift connection but does not support Azure AD authentication. Requesting that Manta supports the ability to authenticate Redshift connections with AD/LDAP users.
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration

Add screenTip to Cognos scanner

screenTip is a property of data elements in Cognos Framework Models that allows the developer of the model to explain that data element's meaning and/or how it should be used. If this property is captured in the scans, it can be made available in ...
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Hive scanner should remove 'others' hive distribution

Problem statement: IBM Manta documentation does not talk much about others distribution. It only mentions about Apache and Cloudera. Given this information, user gets a element of surprise when they see 'others' option in Manta Admin UI for hive d...
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration

Enable CTL files code scan in IFPC Analysis

Hi Team, As per the framework at Dell, Teradata Utilities scripts are invoked from IFPC project specific directories which is limiting the lineage capability of Manta between these two technologies despite both onboarded and scanned. For the Manta...
10 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Domain Options in Collibra Export

Currently Collibra export model only supports configuring one domain within a single export configuration for exporting "Database" and "System" assets in technology asset domain. As we keep the system inventory centralized in a different place so ...
10 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Support for Cognos Dashboards

Currently, the product supports lineage for Cognos models, reports, queries, and other objects, but not dashboards. However, dashboards are what users are interested in, and the lack of support in the product forces users to go outside it to conne...
10 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

Support for additional Flow Models using OpenManta Extensions in Informatica EDC exports

Informatica EDC exports for OpenManta Extension connections only supports Custom ETL and Custom Reports flow models. This becomes an issue if the customer is modelling file-based integrations on the customer's internal systems using OpenManta Exte...
11 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Support for REST Batch Query services in Manta's Query API

This feature request suggests the enhancement of Manta's current Query API with three additional REST services: POST /public/v1/rev/{rev}/nodes/batch/search-by-name -- Batch search the Manta repository by a list of node names POST /public/v1/rev/{...
about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Under review