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Support of SQL in Java for Z (SQLJ)

Support for static SQL in Java for z (SQLJ is standard by IBM). NB: Certain requirements prevent use of dynamic SQL (e.g. static build plans, trackable user authorisation)
6 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

Applications and Plans: Subtasks

Currently there is only the option to create a task and not subtasks. There is a need for a task to have subtasks, as well as the subtasks to be assigned to different contributors / approvers then the parent task.
6 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Allow compiled versions of a flow/job to be migrated to a target DataStage Environment in NextGen

After a flow/job is moved from QA to PROD, it must currently be recompiled to work. This is not allowed in most production environments as it forces a change in the target environment.
6 months ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

Sort governance artifacts by all existent columns

Sort governance artifacts (data classes, business terms, etc.) by all existent columns (not only by "Name" and "Last modified").
6 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Planned for future release

Allow display of more than 50 governance artifacts

When we list the governance artifacts (e.g. data classes), it only shows the first 50 itens of the list and gives us the option to show the next 50 ones. We need it to show different subsets of itens (e.g. show 20 or 50 or 100 or x itens per page).
6 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Planned for future release

Stop and start Query Engine via the interface

To reduce cost and energy consumption, it will be great to stop and start manually the query engines via the interface, or the shutdown automatically after x minutes of inactivity, and wake up on request (similar to wake on lan). We could have mul...
6 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Planned for future release

synchronizing the TASK_CALENDAR with the IYB_TIMER table didn’t work with the change to liberty

What we were trying to do with the V3 code for synchronizing the TASK_CALENDAR with the IYB_TIMER table didn’t work with the change to liberty. It appears that the V4 product uses Enterprise Java Beans (EJB’s) timers now. So to synchronize the TAS...
6 months ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Check 0 Planned for future release

Need a utility to save items in workflow collaboration area after adding new attribute in existing attribute collection.

Hi Team, We have observed that after adding new attribute in existing attribute collection, it shows 'Failed to get the entry(s), try again' error. Product needs to handle addition of attributes as a functionality because changes in data model ...
6 months ago in Product Master 0 Planned for future release

Mapping between objects in physical data model (PDM) and its respective objects in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) during Metadata Importing process

Most of the customers use to use data modeling tools (ERwin, PowerDesigner, E/R Studio ...) to design graphically their database structures and then, automatically, generate DDL to build their physical schemas into different RDBMS such as DB2, Ora...
6 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Planned for future release

Show throughput (records/second) between stages in DataStage in Pipeline Run

Background: Databand's integration with DataStage reports record counts of inputs and outputs as metrics once a run has completed. In order to measure the efficiency of data being transformed and moved by DataStage, it would be helpful to see the ...
6 months ago in Databand / Feature 0 Planned for future release