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DataStage

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Support for Oracle Advanced Security Option and Infosphere Information Server

This request is to establish a clear definition on what is supported with Oracle Advanced Security Option (OAS) and InfoSphere Information Server. Network level encryption is now available to all Oracle environments to use freely to have secure co...
almost 4 years ago in DataStage 1 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
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Planned for future release

Lookup with multiple reference links

Lookup Stage with multiple reference link does not mention on which link duplicatates occur.
almost 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...
almost 6 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.
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DataStage Oracle Connector Stage to receive responses from PL/SQL

Can we enhance DataStage Oracle Connector stage to be able to receive response from PL/SQL and pass the value to an output link so next stage can use the values?
about 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Application Without ASLR Protection - RFE is raised for TS008415906 case

Hi Team, As part of security review, below vulnerability has been observed - During an analysis of the application, it was observed that "DSDesign.exe" do not have Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) enabled. ASLR is considered a security be...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) disabled - RFE raised for TS008415900 case

Hi Team, As part of security review, below vulnerability has been observed - The application "DSDesign.exe" executable was not using the DEP protection. Since DEP is disabled, arbitrary exploit codes can be written and executed from memory locatio...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support InfoSphere DataStage 11.3 on Windows 10

Bank of Canada is planning to upgrade all Windows platform to Windows 10 by the end of year. The DataStage client tools currently are not supported on Windows 10. This limitation will have impact to the Windows upgrade project.
over 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Make name of object the default when exporting

Currently when exporting a DataStage object from Designer (with rightclick->Export), the tool will suggest the last used filename as "Export to file:" filename. In most cases (when exporting a single object) I want to name the DSX like the obje...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration