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Knowledge Catalog

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Allow WKC host strings to be changed

The context string for an Information Asset is built from the connection string components. EX: the Hostname dcxidavknx003.epg.zzz.yy.com on port 1234 using a jdbc connector results in the context string jdbc:ibm:hive://dcxidavknx003.epg.zzz.yy.co...
about 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Flexibility to Custom Attribute

在资产的自定义属性界面添加自定义属性时,允许用户搜索并勾选特定的资产(如术语)名字或者类别,然后该自定义属性仅被添加到被选中的资产(如术语)上 (When adding a custom attribute in the asset custom attribute interface, users are allowed to search and check the name or category of a specific asset (such as term), and the...
about 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Support Bulk Deletion Across Categories

支持跨类别的资产批量删除,如删除不同类别下的术语和规则。(Bulk deletion of assets across categories, such as deleting terms and rules under different categories.)
about 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Functionality already exists

Disable download button in Knowledge Catalog

When cataloging data assets from COS, users are given a 'Download' option to bring the data out from the catalog and store locally. There should be an option to enable/disable this functionality provided to administrators of the catalog and the us...
about 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Not under consideration

Data Catalog dynamic IP address frustrates IP address security filters in remote clouds and on-premise systems.

I'm testing the Data Catalog's ability to access a remote(to IBM's cloud) relational database. I provisioned a NoSQL database using AWS RDS service. I wanted to set the AWS security group to only permit access from the IP address used by the Data ...
about 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Adding relationships types for the specified term.

Please add to the API method for getting relationships between glossary term and data assets of catalogs and data protection rules, as in the tab "Related content".
about 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Functionality already exists

Data Catalog: Deny ability to publish data assets when asset with same name already exists in the catalog

Currently the WDP - Data Catalog allows any user of a project to publish any data asset and will always create a new set of assets. In my case when working with the catalog, I published the SAME data asset multiple times to my catalog because I wa...
over 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0

Add support for importing, managing, and providing lineage reporting for Cognos and other BI tools

There are 2 pieces here IMO LOB viz/dashboards based on catalog Harvest of CA metadata into catalog for audit/compliance. #1 is CA looking into catalog #2 is using Catalog like IGC to manage compliance/lineage. Catalog pulling from Cognos....
over 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Functionality already exists

Default workflow notifies reviewer only after approval

Default workflow notifies reviewer only after approval
about 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to create a Catalog using a single Cloud Object Storage bucket

Provide the ability to create a Catalog against a single Cloud Object Storage bucket. This provides several benefits: - The ability to use a Cloud Object Storage bucket as an "Incoming Destination" to quarantine all new content - It enables a...
over 6 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Functionality already exists