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DataStage (IIS) kafka connector to connect to RBAC enabled Kafka cluster

BOA has a huge Kafka cluster and as per GIS ( Global Information Security), all new platform need to have RBAC enabled and this being the case, we would want to connect DataStage (IIS) using Kafka connector to connect to the Kafka cluster ( with R...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review

auto clearance of "snappy" files

Snappy files are getting created while making AWS s3 connections under the path /dstmp. after sometime number files are getting larger and larger which may impact potential failures to jobs or environment level issues. to auto clean those IBM shou...
4 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Snowflake JDBC Driver Update for 11.7.1.1

We have received an email from Snowflake that any Snowflake client driver versions lower than the following will reach the end of support as of November 1st, 2024, according to Snowflake Support policy: • Snowflake SnowSQL 1.2.24 • Snowflake Pytho...
5 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

better control while removing parameters

TS013848268 fix allows to remove multiple parameters. It is easy to make the mistake while selecting multiple variables across multiple pages. Request to have at least a confirmation list of the parameters which are going to be removed before comm...
9 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Delta Files from Datastage

Currently Datastage does not supports delta files. Due to which it cannot integrate seamlessly integrate/leverage the functionality supported by potential downstreams of an ETL tool like Fabric Warehouse/Databricks. For Ex>> If datastage wou...
10 months ago in DataStage 1 Under review

Include "Drop unmatched fields" option in the Generic jdbc and Database stages using jdbc

Currently we use the property "Drop unmatched fields" in our jobs to run any SQL's in our database stages which has hard coded values, the option is present in generic odbc and in the native database stages which enables us to use the hard coded S...
5 months ago in DataStage 1 Under review

we need Migration path for Teradata -> Snowflake connector via RJUT ( Rapid job update tool)

We are looking for a solution for the change of Teradata connector which are used in out DataStage jobs , to Snowflake connector as a part of planning the lift and shift of KVH1 towards cloud. Can you please investigate from your side , if this ca...
10 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Orchestration Pipeline to be compatible with OpenShift Pipeline

The client has deployed cluster-wide OpenShift Pipeline for any automation/configuration work that could be used. This in turn has failed Orchestration Pipeline to successfully deploy its jobs as they fail due to using OpenShift Pipeline service a...
5 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Add Table Action Truncate for BigQuery Connector

On CP4D DataStage NextGen the table actions available for BigQuery connector currently are Append and Replace. According official docs: Method Description Append Append creates the table if the table doesn’t exist. If the table already exists, no ...
almost 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Improve the performance of Teradata Connector when doing BULK read

Teradata bulk export of ~7 million rows from Datastage using TD connector takes over ~30 minutes as compared on using TPT export (that is also executed on the DS engine) which only took around ~3-4 minutes. The timing differences are significant, ...
8 months ago in DataStage 1 Under review