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Manta COBOL scanner should support DECLARE table statement

Background Post upgrade to Manta 42.13.x from 42.12.x, we saw few parsing errors "ANTLR_PARSING_FAILURE". Failed to parse input at position 2,13 - the statement will be ignored. Parser error: no viable alternative at input '(' Parse trace: non_res...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Planned for future release

cDb2 Database names shown in Manta Flow Server lineage should match Database names used in underlying Connection String

We saw an issue while scanning cDb2 Databases in Manta, it shows the databases names that comes from the database engine. In other words, the values that is shown while running the command: 'VALUES (CURRENT SERVER);` in the databases is shown and ...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

Support movement of files in Git

Followup from TS019921735, TS016610424 and HD-6863. Background: Our users use Manta to scan SAS code or IFPC files stored in various Git repositories to build lineage. This is very convenient because we can block access to users to the backend (be...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

streamline importing of custom properties from data assets in IKC catalog to data product hub

for data assets governed/published in IKC/CP4D, custom properties are not propagated to DPH when it is created as a product in DPH. Rather, one needs to create custom properties in CP4D for Data Product (which cannot be configured in CP4D). Our us...
4 months ago in Data Product Hub 0 Future consideration

allow adding a downloadable data products that is sourced from uploaded CSV files (uploaded to a project in CP4D or directly to DPH)

Currently the only way to add a CSV product to DPH is of it is sourced from object storage siuch as azure adls, IBM clos or Amazon S3. The reason for this is the following: 1. add more flexibility to adding products (especially for demos or testin...
4 months ago in Data Product Hub 0 Future consideration

Expose APIs and/or ability to create rules populate custom properties at the asset level

The feature is to allow implementaors to automate the population of custom properties at the asset level using APIs and/or custome rules. For example,let us say custom properties were created for asset type, such as origin or security-level, then ...
4 months ago in Data Product Hub 0 Future consideration

Need Looker connector for Manta IKC data source definition

Need Looker connector for Manta IKC data source definition for Lineage scanner
about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration

[Manta Admin UI] Hive scanner connection validation for kerberos authentication fails with errors

why is it useful? Every scanners we have worked so far like IFPC, DB2, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Netezza, Microstrategy has validate button in Manta Admin UI. It gives a confidence to users that all pre-requisites are met w.r.t connectivity from Manta...
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration

Filter out old entries from log viewer when the workflow executions are missing in process manager in Manta

Background: The process manager in Manta sometimes goes through data corruption and reverts back to an earlier state. Let's illustrate with an example: Let's say I have a manta instnaces where I have execeuted a few workflows. I have workflow exec...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

Enable Export of Hive Lineage from Manta to Alation

At Truist, we use Manta to scan and Analyze data elements across various technologies - such as Oracle, MSSQL, Db2 LUW and more - and then export that lineage to Alation for Governance and auditing. However, it appears Hive lineage is not currentl...
9 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 8 Functionality already exists