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Fileconnector and Avro

File Connector to generate its own Avro schema, and at run time. Anything that moves us closer to that, and further away from a) hand coding Avro schemas b) physically copying them to the edge node, would probably be step in the right direction
over 6 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Support KMS keys on Google Cloud Storage.

DataStage jobs that write to a GCS bucket, using the GCS connector, get error that includes " is encrypted with a Cloud KMS key, which is not supported."
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 2 Not under consideration

SAP PI AAE / AEX mode support for IDOC

We have financial integration to SAP IDOC structure. Due to lack of support of PI AAE / AEX mode - connector will be uselessness
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 4 Not under consideration

BQ connector read using Storage API - Long term solution

We are encountering poor performance while reading data from BQ table. Google engineering team had recommended to use Storage API instead of streamline API. IBM engineering team had identified a short term solution (still in RFE phase) .
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Merge option in Snowflake connector as a load option to overcome the performance issue with insert and update.

We have already discussed the issue with IBM SF developer (Saravanan). Please provide an ETA asap. this is critical showstopper to use SF connector in Datastage.
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

PMR-TS001777097 (Enhancement to Response file generation in the existing SFDC plugin)

Enhancement to Response file generation in the existing SFDC plugin .The change we are looking1) When we load the data in to SFDC the stage should generate 2 types of files 1) request file and 2) response file. Currently only request file is getti...
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

loading data with Sales Force Connector for parent child relationships

Hello,We want to use the standard relationship fonction existing in Salesforce between the Parent-Child object while loading the data through Datastage.In the child object, we can specify the External ID of the parent objet and Salesforce automati...
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Use decimal function for LIMITKEY value when a partition table is read by DB2 Connector stage of DataStage.

[System]We are planning to transfer data of an old database to a new one using DataStage jobs.Both of the databases are created on DB2 for z/OS.We have two environments. One is a production environment, the other is a rehearsal environment which i...
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Support NTLM authentication for API calls using Hierarchial stage or Web services Client within DataStage

As part of our data acquisition we are acquiring data from MDS Microsoft API and it needs NTLM authentication to connect to the API before the data can be acquired using datastage
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Knox support in File Connector

Have the knox support in the file connector stage reading delimited file or orc file.
about 7 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration