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Data Lineage by Manta

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OpenLineage connector is not displaying the value of column node attribute "Type" correctly

Node name and node type are essential information for data lineage, the final user and the business, it should be showing the correct data type (String, Int, Timestamp) as included in the OpenLineage event consumed by the Manta connector.
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Customization of Export .csv report from Manta.

We have a requirement in our organization to customize the export of Manta lineage data. Specifically, we need to tailor the reports to reflect the database, schema, table and view levels. This customization should align with the templates provide...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

CSV file support

One of our largest design patterns is to export data from a source system into a flat file (CSV, JSON, etc.). We use these flat files to populate our data warehouse ecosystem. Manta does not support CSV files, and this is a showstopper for us. Can...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Functionality already exists

Greater filtering for files

We are a SAS shop, and we are finding the connection mechanism cumbersome. We have numerous file folders where SAS scripts are stored but we would like to filter out some of the scripts or sub folders. The current connection type does not allow fo...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Enable Publishing at Schema Level

We are requesting an enhancement to enable publishing at the schema level. Currently, in versions 4.8.1 and 4.8.3, there is no asset type at the schema level, and we can only publish at the individual asset level. This capability was available in ...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 3

Need the capability to connect to Data Stage directly to Import Data Stage job's for lineage in the IKC

Need the capability to connect to Data Stage directly to Import Data Stage job's for lineage in the IKC 4.8.1
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

Kafka and S3 interfaces

Lack of support for Lineage Metadata Import within CP4D for S3 (or other object storage services) Lack of support for Lineage Metadata Import within CP4D for Kafka (furthermore, I don't even think Kafka is a supported connection type at all in CP4...
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Planned for future release

MANTA should script Data Lineage of PL/1 Program as same as Cobol!

Customer uses PL/1 with Db2-Commandos which should be Data Lineaged!
12 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Ability to show Business Terms, Quality Scores, Data Rules, Stewards, etc...from a lineage graph

In IGC this was accomplished by creating a Template and applying that template to a lineage graph - when you downloaded the lineage to a pdf, the template was applied. Please see a sample of the pdf attached to this idea.
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

Ability to onboard ADLS Gen 2 data sources into Data Lineage

Primary data sources are in Delta Lake and Parquet file formats. Additionally looking for XML and JSON documents
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Future consideration