IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


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    Perform WITHDRAW action to all copy elements involved in the Flashcopy process to avoid errors in the subsequent cloning process.

    In the withdraw process already included in the product, all copy elements involved in the Flashcopy process should be withdrawn, i.e., source and destination disks from the primary array and source and destination disks from the secondary array. ...
    10 days ago in Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

    Avoid VTOC errors after FC NOCOPY during the cloning process executing ICKDSF INIT to target disks.

    After performing a Flashcopy with NOCOPY option, numerous errors have been detected on the target disks.After many tests related to the case indicated, we believe it would be very useful for the tool itself to perform a target disk initialization ...
    10 days ago in Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

    CQM - enhancing IVP checks after apply and activation of new maintenance

    We would like to have BATCH job for IVP checks to verify correct functionality in user interface. Due to occasional events where after the IPL's during monthly maintenance cycles it happens that some of the records from other lpars (we are using s...
    10 days ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Hover over governance artifacts

    Currently, the descriptions of governance artifacts are only available in the documentation and in configurations and settings -> manage assets and artifact definitions. For example, explanations such as what a category is, its purpose, its lif...
    16 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Submitted

    Controller Web import specifications must allow the reuse of a column for different field definitions to avoid customers having to produce duplicate columns

    In the version 11.1.1100.47 and forwards it is not possible for in import specification created in Controller Web, to re-use a column in a file 2 or more times for a field in the import spec. This was possible in previous versions. The fact that t...
    about 1 month ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

    Table-level synchronization monitoring for IBM Data Gate for watsonx

    Today, IBM Data Gate for watsonx exposes only generic monitoring information (e.g., inserted rows, updated rows) at a global level, without visibility into synchronization status per database or table. This makes it difficult for customers to: Val...
    29 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Data Gate 0 Submitted

    AWS Glue Scanner for lineage

    Many customer are based in AWS and wants to trace lineage from that platform including AWS Glue. Currently, we have Supervielle at Argentina that needs to include this scanner to complete their IKC SaaS functionality.
    3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Functionality already exists

    Provide a management system into IBM WCA4z to provide KPI

    To meet a critical client requirement, we are seeking support to be available one management system into IBM WCA4z. This management system could be integrated with another solution, such as Watsonx Governance, which provides information such as wh...
    4 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Differentiate Runtime and Design-Time Lineage in Manta UI

    Manta currently displays lineage generated from OpenLineage RunEvent (runtime) and JobEvent (design-time) in the same way with no visual distinction between them. This makes it difficult for users to tell whether lineage represents what actually r...
    11 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

    Support Column-Level Lineage in Manta to Alation Export for OpenLineage

    Manta can ingest column-level lineage from OpenLineage, but this details is not preserved when exporting to Alation. As a result, only table-level lineage is visible in Alation and critical attribute-level relationships are lost. We propose enhanc...
    11 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

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