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Data Lineage by Manta

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Request to enable the creation of lineage with Watson Query (Data Virtualization)

In the current version of IKC (4.8.1), there is no capability to create lineage using Watson Query. After consulting with the IBM Customer Engineering (CE) team working on the UMAG POC, it appears that this functionality is not available. Enhancem...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration

Manta Alation Export - SAML Authentication Support

Current version of Manta does not support SAML authentication for Alation export connection. Currently, we are using a work around in place by using a local account for Alation export authentication. According to our company security policy, this ...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Planned for future release

Manta support for SAP Business Objects (BO) 4.3 SP3

Manta support for SAP Business Objects (BO) 4.3 support pack 3 needed. As the documentation for Manta currently states that the latest version of BO supported is 4.3 SP 1 & 2. Lockheed requires SP 3 to be supported in order to sustain compatib...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Under review

IFPC workflow should show target when the source is executing dynamic commands in a session or vice versa

Truist uses Informatica Power Center to process critical data elements(CDE) from different Applications relying on several technologies like Oracle, MSSQL, DB2 LUW, PWX,NRDB2,Salesforce, Filesystem Db2 ZOS, Netezza. Data Governance Stewards are us...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Allow Kerberos authentication with connectors.

We have been informed the only long term solution for a single ID within our network to get access to all our PostgreSQL databases is to make use of Kerberos. We have security constraints in place that prevent company wide access within our networ...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Under review

Manta export to Alation OCF - Power BI

AbbVie is unable to export Power BI resources from Manta to an Alation OCF (Open Connector Framework) existing Power BI source. They are only able to get a successful Power BI to Alation OCF when the Power BI source on Alation side is brand new wi...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Address Manta log-viewer API timeout performance

Current state: When a Manta user tries to download a workflow log (to debug or attach to a support ticket), the Manta instance often (in 99% cases) returns with a HTTP 504 Gateway timeout error. This happens because:1. Manta is connected to an AWS...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Submitted

Add ability to scan API lineage for BigQuery

Add ability to scan API lineage Milestone Epic in github: https://github.ibm.com/wdp-gov/tracker/issues/172457
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Permanant link create for revision which is not latest does not work

While trying to Export the permanent link of the revision which is not latest and opening the link in a new browser, the link does not work. Steps followed. 1. Open any revision which is not latest from the manta flow viewer and view the lineage i...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

Demarcate the kind of filesystem (shared vs local vs HDFS vs S3) and the kind of file (CSV, etc) when showing the lineage.

Truist uses Informatica Power Center to process critical data elements (CDE) from different Applications relying on several technologies like Oracle, MSSQL, DB2 LUW, 2, Salesforce, Filesystem Db2 ZOS, Netezza. Data Governance Stewards are using Ma...
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Under review