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Allow File Connector to manage Hive tables properly when they are located in HDFS Transparent Data Encryption Zones

When the File Connector is configured to write files to an encrypted zone (TDE) within HDFS, with "Create Hive Table" set to Yes and "Drop existing table" set to Yes, jobs will fail if the table already exists. This is because Hive requires the PU...
almost 9 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Pulsar platform connection

Pulsar being used as an event stream, all operational system updates are being pushed as new messages. Required for Match 360 record updates, and periodic DQ checks on WKC.
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

AWS IAM Role Compatibility with S3 Connections

Problem Statement/Pain Points: We work with a government agency who has specific security requirements and we are utilizing Cloud Pak for Data within their environment. They have a need for utilizing S3 Data Connections to resources in AWS GovClou...
over 5 years ago in Connectivity 2 Future consideration

QRadar: Maintain Last Position in Cisco FMC Log Collection via eStreamer Protocol

Description: When collecting logs from Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) using the eStreamer protocol, an issue arises if the FMC system undergoes a reboot. During the FMC reboot, traffic logs generated on Cisco Firewalls are sent after the ...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

Standardize features across similar database connectors.

Certain features are not consistently available across similar connectors, leading to potential confusion for users. For instance, the 'PostgreSQL' connector supports the Data Quality output table, while the 'Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL' connector d...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

Enable masking credentials by default

Provide an external feature to enable "Masking" of sensitive credentials which can be retrieved through API calls for all CP4D Platform Connections. The security team at LMCO is asking if we can provide a feature to enable "Masking" of sensitive c...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

LZ4 DB2 Compression Option - DB2 Connector Stage

As we've been migrating from Netezza to DB2 (with the support of IBM) - It's been noticed (by IBM) that the LZ4 Compression Option is not available in the DB2 Connector. Tests performed via the DB2 Command Line (on the Datastage server) show signi...
almost 6 years ago in Connectivity 0 Functionality already exists

Allow writing from the platform through a Hive connector

As we develop models on the cloud pak platform, we re implementing the following flow: - reading data tables on our on-premise datalake from a hive connector - training a ML model from a notebook environment - writing the output of models back to ...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

Full RFC 4180 support for File Connector / Flat File Stage

Full RFC 4180 support for File Connector / Flat File Stage enables the Stage to read well formatted flat files without any script support / preformating.
over 8 years ago in Connectivity 0 Functionality already exists

Support GCP's Cloud Spanner as the available data sources in CP4D's DataStage

My Clients can transfer and analyze data on only CP4D without buying and develop new software and tool.
over 6 years ago in Connectivity 2 Not under consideration