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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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DataStage

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Query / Set DS Project NLS setting using command line

Need command line option to query & set NLS setting for a datastage project. currently it is handled thru GUI which is very time consuming for large volume of projects and looking for options to validate / automate programmatically.
about 4 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Graphical difference between 2 versions of the same job

currently we are piloting IIS manager to create packages for deploying datastage code into lhigher environments. However there is no way of identifying quickly what the changes were between an old package and a new one.
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

ENABLE ABILITY TO COMPILE DATASTAGE JOBS ON THE SERVER SIDE IN NON-WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

Right Now there is no ABILITY TO COMPILE DATASTAGE JOBS ON THE SERVER SIDE(NON-WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT), we would need to this functionality enabled in Datastage.Raise the CASE TS000075374 for the same.
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Add Git and GitHub to supported source code systems for DS IDE client

From within the Datastage development client IDE provide support for GitHub and Git into the development UI to allow use of Git as the source code control system when developing jobs, in IS v11.5
over 8 years ago in DataStage 2 Functionality already exists

SQL Server 2022 compatibility with DS 11.7.1.4 and onward

SQL Server 2019 is going to be out of our company's roadmap by end of 2024. We will need to go with SQL Server 2022 for our new server build. Need to ensure this version of SQL Server is supported by DataStage.
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

File Encryption

We have a requirement to encrypt the file after extracting the data and push it to file transfer.
over 1 year ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

How to clone IIS environment

Our IIS environment consists of 3 tiers:• Services tier host• Engine tier host• Metadata repository on Oracle database We are looking into way how to “clone” such an environment and produce a new environment, which is placed on different...
over 8 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Add a "Test Derivation" option for Transformer derivations

When coding Transformer derivations it would be very nice to have (similar to "Validate Derivation") a "Test Derivation" Option that would work like a "View Data" in e.g. a Connector Stage. When using this option, DataStage would ask for the value...
over 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support for SAP SRM connection via SNC

In Information Server 11.7 it is possible to connect to SAP S4/Hana ERP via APAB and BAPI connector with SNC. Please support this functionality with SQP SRM as well.
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Upgrade Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) from 128-bit encryption to 256-bit as the default on IBM Information Server

Upgrade Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) from 128-bit encryption to 256-bit as the default on IBM Information Server
almost 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration