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Data Lineage by Manta

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All items imported via Open Manta should be available to export for usage in other applications.

We require the capability to add RDMS and Integration technologies via Open Manta and can be exported to Solidatus for viewing.
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Functionality already exists

Manta COBOL scanner should support 88 level variables in COBOL scanner

Why is it useful? This makes lineage complete and accurate for COBOL programs using 88 level variables. Who wuld benefit from it? Manta users How should it work? Manta Flow Viewer repo should list all 88 variables and appear in lineage with indire...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Not under consideration

Manta SAP HANA scanner to support analyzing ABAP scripts for comprehensive lineage

Why it is useful? The applications running on SAP HANA systems at Truist utilizes scripts in ABAP for business logic and transformations. ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is the programming language used to build and extend applica...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

Ability to have "User-set server name" for all technology sources

We currently have “User-set server name“ for MSSQL Connection Configuration. This helps in displaying an Application Name in a standardized way in Flow Viewer that is understandable for the Business users. Since the name reflects as soon as the An...
8 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Not under consideration

COBOL scanner should support COMPUTE verb with functions

Background: Bank has requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that inter...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Manta COBOL scanner should support termination statement.

Background: Bank has requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that inter...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Planned for future release

Manta COBOL scanner should support Mainframe utilities like IDCAMS, SORT, IKJEFT1B, CAFCP, IEFBR14, and PCDMULTK

Background: Bank has requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that int...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

Support EXEC CICS statements in COBOL scanner

Background: we have requirement to build data lineage for legacy applications that are implemented in COBOL. Target date to enable the COBOL scanner in Manta production is end of July. Why it is critical? Several applications at Truist that intera...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Under review

Conceptual overlays in Manta should support ingestion via git or REST API

Why is it useful? This help technical data stewards (TDS) who wants to create perspective on top of existing data lineage in Manta to simply the lineage for BDS (Business data stewards or auditors/regulators). Currently, perspective can be created...
8 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

Manta Talend scanner should be able to parse jobs implementing the Dynamic Schema feature of Talend

Manta does not currently support Talend's Dynamic Schema feature. The Dynamic Feature dynamically derives the metadata from source. This is a common pattern used in Talend jobs in scenarios where number of attributes is unknown. For example, selec...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Submitted