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JDBC Connector support more host in the connection string for mongodb

Hello team, the customer when connecting to mongodb via jdbc connector would need to be able to insert multiple hosts in the connection string instead of just one host as mentioned in the progress documentation that was provided to us by IBM suppo...
almost 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Serverside job compilation

Job compilation is now available in Flow Designer introduced in v11.7 with API. Can this API be open or from command line on server
over 5 years ago in DataStage 1 Planned for future release

ODBC, OCI and DRS connectors are failing if the source table column length are not matched with defined column length in the connector

In old OCI, DRS and ODBC, the stage won't check the column length of the database table and what we defined in the stage, and it won't give any warning about column mismatch and won't truncate the data if the given length is smaller than the datab...
11 months ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Implementation of Designtime Column Propagation to the DataStage Designer

Building new Jobs with DataStage ist implemented good, but amending these Jobs later can be a source of pain, especially if you have to add, delte or amend a column. It should be possible to add a new column or amend an existing one and propagate ...
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Ajouter la gestion de l'avro dans le composant kafka connector - Add avro management in kafka connector component

Bonjour Le Connector Kafka ne supporte les schémas Avro qu'avec des types simple, pas de "Record", "Array", "Enum" ou "Map". Il faut penser à ajouter la gestion des "Record", "Array", "Enum" ou "Map". impossible de travailler sans ça HelloThe Kafk...
almost 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Lookup with multiple reference links

Lookup Stage with multiple reference link does not mention on which link duplicatates occur.
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Generate schema from SQL statement

In DB2 Connector stage it should be possible to generate the schema based on the (handcoded) Select statement. It could be an additional option of the Tools Button ("Generate schema/columns").
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Datastage supporting generic API's to an external security provider

Background:GDPR is bringing an eminent need to safely secure sensitive (customer-) data. This is bringing new requirements to the tools that have access to this data. DataStage, due to the functional nature of the tool, is requiring extremely high...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

The DataStage Balanced Optimizer does not support range lookups in lookup stage

Jobs that contain lookup stages that contain a range lookup, when optimized do not have SQL generated that enforces the lookup range. Response from IBM Support case (TS001477845) is to open RFE as DataStage is working as intended.
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Snowflake connector - Insert new rows only

The current Snowflake connector does not support inserting only new rows using a merge statement if there are only key columns and no attributes. For example, if you want to have every possible unique combination of 2 columns, there is currently n...
almost 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration