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Support for MongoDB version 4.x

Currently there is ODBC drivers for older versions of MongoDB but not for the latest version
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

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
about 7 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Support Oracle 19c multitenant on datastage

Oracle 19c is now the next long term version for Oracle. A new functionality on Oracle is Multitenant. We would like to have the possibility to use Multitenant when using the Oracle database as Datastage Repository and When connecting from Datasta...
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Knox support in File Connector

Have the knox support in the file connector stage reading delimited file or orc file.
over 7 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."
almost 4 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
almost 4 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) .
almost 4 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

information server sap pack - need encryption with idoc stage

In the Information Server pack for sap, the abap extract stage has an SNC capability-to encrypt data. Need the same ability with the idoc extract and idoc load stages.
almost 8 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Support Cognos Access Manager authentication in Cognos TM1 Connector

Support Cognos Access Manager authentication in Cognos TM1 Connector
almost 8 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Technical Specialist- Information Server

With the Amazon S3 stage, our client would like to include the date_created field for a list of files in Amazon S3. Currently this is missing. I would like to read the create date for a file using the DataStage S3 connector, but I do not see that ...
about 8 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration