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AIX 7.2 Support for DataStage, InfoSphere Information Server

Support for AIX version 7.2 is needed for DataStage. Currently only the older AIX v7.1 is supported.Due to security guidelines and official regulations, the operating system needs to be updated to the current level. Support for all currently used ...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Richiesta sviluppo connettore IBM infosphere datastage 11.x verso Oracle ESSBASE versione 11.1.2.4

Si richiede la realizzazione del connettore IBM infosphere datastage 11.x verso Oracle ESSBASE versione 11.1.2.4. L'attuale connessione funzionava con le versioni Datastage 9.1.2 e ESSBASE 11.1.2.3, benché non certificata. Sullo stesso ambiente D...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

HA is not supported for the namenode failover using File Connector

Unfortunately, HA is not supported for the namenode failover. This is the limitation of the WebHDFS and the connector does not have a to work around that.
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Transposing color background black and letters white in DS designer.

There is no built-in feature to allow for transposed colors (white letters on a background) in any of the thick clients.This not considered a defect, and there is no patch for this.Allowing custom color support would be considered a new feature.
over 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

DecimalToString() function results differ when balanced optimization for Oracle is applied

We want to transform Decimal(38,10) into VarChar. DecimalToString() function transforms our decimals into string and they also get padded left and right with zeroes, which is default behavior of that function. However, when that job is optimized u...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

disabling "Import from File" option in the DataStage Administrator client

users under Developers role are able to see and perform "Import from File" option in the DataStage Administrator client.. i I have opened the PMR and support suggested to open RFE if non-DataStage administrators are able to access the Datastage ad...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

RCP with different nullabillty

Dear all, in a parallel job we load data e.g. from an oracle table T1 to table T2. A few colums are defined in the stages but we have extra columns that will be adopted and propagated because we use runtime column propagation.For example C1 is suc...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support SQL Server Clusters for InfoSphere repositories

My customer is using SQL Server Clusters and wants to be able to use them for the InfoSphere repositories... i.e. xmeta, xmetasr, iadb, srdb, esdb, dsodb.
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Read-Only for Jobs, Sequences, Folders

Supply a Read-Only setting for Jobs, Sequences and / or folders in the repository.
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

request to build v11.5.0.PX OEM package for aix, linux (and sun)

request to build v11.5.0.PX OEM package for aix, linux (and sun)package should include native dbms related libraries and all connectivity related components for oracle (12), teradata (15), java 8support of hadoopNote: while only one Operating Syst...
over 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration