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Not able to generate user list report from Datastage version (11.7.1.1)

We are facing issue while generate user list report from IBM Information Admin console. In Our environment all user id's are bind with AD authentication.we select all required option to download the correct DataStage user list report and we get wr...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

DataStage S3 connector to have the ability to ingest fixed width files

At present the AWS S3 connector in DataStage is only able to import de-limited files. In order to ingest fixed width files a workaround has to be used to extract the data from S3 and place it on a file system first so that DataStage can import it....
over 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Planned for future release

Issue with Kafka connector within DataStage.

Current State: When a DataStage job fails while reading from a Kafka connector, the records read from the queue before the runtime failure are marked as "read" and removed from the queue, despite the record not being passed out of the connector an...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Is a defect

FastTrack all mapping folder/project export to csv and/or export all Source field and Target field for all project/folder.

kevinyan (IBM) 28 Apr 2019 ‎10‎:‎00‎ ‎PM Hi Divyesh, As my local test and discussion with IBM internal development team, there is no feature to export all the mapping specifications for the specified project into CSV format, rather than isx ...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 2 Not under consideration

connector to Active MQ - AMQ

We would like to have a connector for JMS and/or Active MQ for DataStage. AMQ can support multiple APIs and protocols. Is it possible to build custom connector/logic to connect AMQ from Datastage ? https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Ldap users authentication to ODBC MongoDB drivers in DataStage

Hi, We're trying to work with DataStage and mongodb, Our need is to work with MongoDB with SSL and AD users. We understood that Those drivers supports only SSL for now. We need to enable the logon to MongoDB in DataStage with AD\Ldap users. Re...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support for Reject link on Kafka connector.

We have a requirement to publish message on a Kafka topic from a database and only publish them once. Problem is when using the Kafka connector as target it don't support a reject link. So how do I get a notice if message fails? Kafka Connector se...
almost 4 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Relocate the BQ connector connection information from bottom of log to top of log

Currently, when using the BQ connector in DataStage On-Prem, the connection information used to connect to the GOOGLE BQ environment, including the transaction ID is placed in the log at the end of the job process. It would be more helpful to have...
almost 4 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Move fields in a UVA/variable activity

I want to able to move a field/variable in a UVA activity inside a DataStage sequence. Currently you can not change the position of a field in a UVA activity. Especially if you have aleady defined 20 Fields and want to add another one on positio...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enable copying of links in the Designer

Currently links can not be copied standalone, you can copy a stage/activity and delete the stage and all links you don't want to achieve the result. Especially for Stages where you have no Mapping folder (i.e. Shared Container, Modify Stage) to ge...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration