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Cloud Pak for Data

Support Snowflake Session Output Format Configuration in JDBC Connection

Currently, Snowflake connectivity depends on user/account-level settings for DATE_OUTPUT_FORMAT and TIMESTAMP_OUTPUT_FORMAT. This requires customers to manually update Snowflake user configurations before establishing a connection. Please consider...
2 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Connectivity 0 Submitted

Need an API to "retrieve" API key only without revoking the old one

As per this case TS022084372, we have got to know like there is no API exist currently to "retrieve" API key only without revoking the old one for LDAP/SAML user profiles. we need this API to troubleshoot/debug profiles issues over tenant scripts .
2 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Under review

Execution Order of Before SQL and SELECT with Runtime Column Propagation Enabled in Redshift connector.

When Runtime Column Propagation (RCP) is enabled in Redshift connector, DataStage executes the SELECT statement during the stage check phase to infer metadata. If the SELECT depends on a table or view created dynamically in Before SQL, the job fai...
5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Under review

DataStage must allow developers to choose a Github branch to commit

Github branch is enabled at project level. This can only be updated by accessing project settings. This raised two concerns. 1. Developers are forced to commit all jobs into the same branch. They do not have an option to choose a different branch ...
5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Proposal for a Proactive Platform Monitoring and Health Check System

We are currently encountering significant issues during our backup executions. We face database inconsistencies and version mismatches in the cpbr scripts, among other errors. Because these problems are only discovered during the backup process it...
5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Submitted

Cloud Pak Configuration as Code

We have 3 Installations of Cloud Pak for Data (Stages - PROD, QA, BUILD) and would need the ability to configure the hole instance in a git repository. To Configure Cloud Pak for Data "ArgoCD" like as code in yaml form. Why do we need this: It is ...
over 1 year ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 2 Planned for future release

Allow Db2 connection without password

When creating Db2 connection, for example Db2 for Z or Db2 for Datastage, the password field is mandatory. This prevents creation of connections that use certificates for authentication (because those don't need password). Even if a random passwor...
3 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Connectivity 0 Submitted

Gitops pattern for DataStage NG/Cloud Pak for data installation / update

The customer has implemented a standard for containerized deployments (CD pipeline) towards Kubernetes/Openshift with the following stages: Git → ArgoCD → k8s/Openshift The current installation of Datastage based on CPD shall use the GitOps patter...
about 1 year ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 2 Under review

Adopt AWS Native Redshift Drivers Instead of IBM-Provided Redshift Drivers

Why is it useful? The AWS-provided native Redshift drivers are actively maintained and regularly updated by AWS to incorporate the latest performance optimizations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes. In contrast, the IBM-provided Redshift driver...
5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Under review

Support for Multiple URLs for Cloud PAK for Data

Currently only one "main" URL is supported for Cloud PAK for data. We want to give an external partner access to cloud pak for Data, because this partner should develop for us. To be able to expose cloud pak for data to the web we have to do three...
5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Under review