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Difficult reading of stage transformer in CP4D

Stage Variables: It is challenging to view all stage variables simultaneously and discern their interrelationships. Additionally, it is not possible to identify the types of fields in use. Output Derivation: The box for adding field derivations is...
over 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enable/Disable job schedule with CPDCTL or API

Case: TS016318008 Our EPAM team is build the automation of stop/start inbound jobs' schedulers with CPDCTL. While we found even the job on UI shows no schedule, it still runs everyday with schedule. We tried to get the job information with API and...
8 months ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Support ODP-Extraction of ABAP CDS-View with SAP Pack

Support ODP-Extraction of ABAP CDS-View with SAP Pack Delta Extract Stage.This is necessary to support the delta-extraction mode of CDS Views for extraction of data from SAP System for tables that does not support delta extraction via ODP - SAP or...
3 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Redshift Copy from S3 Fails with 'AVRO string is broken' Error in 'Load' Write Mode"

When using the Redshift connector with 'Load' write mode, the copy operation from S3 to Redshift fails with an 'AVRO string is broken' error when there are no records. We need the process to complete successfully without writing any data.
3 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Add the option for a columns with changed values column to the Change Capture stage

Currently the Change Capture stage will give you the information (in the Column change_code) if your After Data is a Copy (0), Insert (1), Delete (2) or Edit (3), it would be good to have the option to generate an addition column change_columns (V...
8 months ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

Improve the functionality of the Join stage

Currently when doing a join in DataStage and tyring to achieve the same as e.g. a between in a SQL join, you either have to use the Lookup stage (which has other limitations, is not well documented (according to documentation, the Lookup stage doe...
8 months ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

Error during importing isx file which contain linkage between custom attributes and datastage job stages

Hello, By using istool.sh for importing datastage jobs(isx format) an error encountered .The isx file contains the new custom attribute linked to a job stage. We opened for this topic a PMR -> TS004118355 and IBM support colleagues suggeste...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enable TAC oracle funtion on Stored Procedure stage

Currently, DataStage cannot support TAC Function on STP Stage version 11.7.1.x because the customer is using Oracle resource and has enabled TAC function. After testing and running, it was found that the problem occurred at Stored Procedure stage....
3 months ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

Need PostgreSQL stage to support Stored Procedure call in CP4D

This will help the PDO teams to work on PostegreSQL stage using stored procedures on CP4D
5 months ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

Enable Custom SQL for AWS Redshift connector

Problem statement: For all our ETL transformations across NYL, we use custom SQL to extract the data. Workaround in POC: We are using JDBC connector to read data from Redshift Database Benefits/values: Using native redshift connector wi...
about 4 years ago in DataStage 3