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Addition of the BASIC function DSGetJobQueue

Addition of the BASIC function DSGetJobQueue. There is no way to retrieve the WLM queue of a job at runtime using the DataStage BASIC interface. We can set it with DSSetQueue but retrieval is impossible.
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Default WLM queue at the sequence level

Add the functionality to set a design-time default WLM queue name at the sequence level.
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

InfoSphere Information Server manager Support Eclipse 4.2.2

Client Use BITBucket as primary source control system BitBucket Support eclipse 4.2.2 System: BtiBucketActor: User needing new feature for Information Server Manager to support update version of eclipse Product BtiBucket is a commonly used product...
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

iSeries support DB2 UDB API stage DataStage 11.5

We would like the DB2 UDB API stage to be certified for use against the iSeries database on DataStage 11.5 to allow for a gradual migration of the existing jobs using the DB2 UDB API stage to the DB2 connector
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Is there a way to automate mapping of credentials in IIS Console?

We use LDAP user registry and map our unix password every time it is updated. Is there a way to automate the mapping of credentials in IIS Console? Most of our access issues come from unable to map the new unix password to the IIS Console.
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Better and intuitive error messages

Better error message in Parallel jobs Error messages often doesn't give any values for developer e.g TR_lag_record,0: Fatal Error: ~APT_PMPlayer: terminating Player (node1, parallel APT_TransformOperatorImplV0S69_CopyOfJOB_G57_LINDORFF_LAAN_DAG_TR...
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

OAuth support in exposed web services

Add OAuth as a supported authentication when exposing datastage jobs as web services through the IDS
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Searchable Operations Console

Enable the ability to search and filter in the operations console. The ability to filter when viewing a job for a specific invocation id would be ideal.
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enable using comment lines in Transformer Derivations

When coding business logic into a transformer derivation it would be quite handy to be able to use comment lines like it is possible in SQL or any other programing language
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DataStage Ad-hoc SQL execution support

Using IBM DataStage 11.3, I observed that DatStage does not have flexible option to execute SQL and capture its output. I understand its doable if we use ODBC/Sybase stage but I want to execute SQL during sequence activities to decide on course of...
about 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration