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Watson Query

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Have multiple DV instances on one CP4D install

Currently, We can't deployment multiple DV instance services. This may bring some limits, especially for sensitive data. Please consider adding support for this. Our scenario needs to support multiple departments/groups using DV, and the related d...
almost 3 years ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

DV Admin should be able to manage access of more than one "My Virtualized Data" at the same time. See TS004587996.

TS004587996 has all the details. The current UI design only allow one my virtualized data to be managed at a time. In order to manage access of one virtualized data, 7 to 10 clicks are required. With 70 virtualized data to manage, this quickly bec...
almost 4 years ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

View object also should be add to the data transformation project as source data.

Currently view object cannot be added to the data transformation project as source data. However view object also added same with table objects.
about 5 years ago in Watson Query 1 Under review

Display the warning when User would delete DV table that used in the analytics projects be someone created.

When we would delete a DV(data virtualized) table, we want to the information where is one DV table used. Because, if someone is using this DV table, it is probrem that DV table be deleted. Current workaround is nothing.
over 4 years ago in Watson Query 2 Under review

Writeback to object storage and databases through data virtualization layer

Real-Life Scenario In our Data Lake, we want to expose all of our data sources (structured and unstructured) to our customers in an unified data virtualization layer. In one use case, we want to train an AI algorithm on the data and flag those fil...
almost 3 years ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

Excel data source out-of-the-box connector

We have many customers who wants Excel as data source and need out-of-the-box connector for Watson Query. Remote connection is a very tedious process and even creating it for demo purpose and showcasing it to customer is painful and it results in ...
about 1 year ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

All Db2 Family datasources enable DB2 Trusted context for SSO

To make the Data Fabric more user friendly, enable the Db2 Family datasources to be able to use Trusted Context connections. When using SSO, the person will not need a a password to access the datasources, as the platform will flow the user name t...
about 2 years ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

Ability to create custom role in Data Virtualization

At the moment, Data Virtualization (aka DV) comes with 4 pre-defined roles, i.e. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQNUZ_3.5.0/svc-dv/dv_user_management.html After virtualize some table, if user wants to grant others access to the ne...
over 3 years ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

'Publish asset' permission in Watson Query

Customer requests a new permission in Watson Query to 'publish asset'. This permission should be assignable to any user, regardless of their WQ role. This new permission would provide customers with the flexibility to determine which specific user...
over 1 year ago in Watson Query 0 Under review

Even Multiple files exists on S3,it should be able to data virtualize.

Currently it is possible to virtualize data if there are only 1 file in folder. If client wants to virtualize data on S3, they have to create many folders.
over 1 year ago in Watson Query 0 Under review