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Data Lineage by Manta

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Support for Complex File Formats in Manta Lineage

So the idea here is to augment the Filesystem flow model and introduce the notion of file section by adding the notion of file section but make it optional. This means that a given customer could choose to model file with sections or a file withou...
7 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta to natively support scanning of ADF (Azure Data Factory) jobs to provide Technical data lineage.

At this point Manta doesn't have native scanner for ADF, but instead requires source-target mapping using Open Manta Designer. Few our customers (WSIB, Bombardier) are looking for native scanner support in Manta
2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 9 Submitted

Provide backup and restore procedures on Manta installed on-prem

Manta Documentation should have: 1. Procedures to backup all Manta data and config without requiring Manta to be shut down. This ensures that periodic backups of Manta can be taken without adversely affecting its availability. 2. Procedures to res...
5 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Support for REST Batch Query services in Manta's Query API

This feature request suggests the enhancement of Manta's current Query API with three additional REST services: POST /public/v1/rev/{rev}/nodes/batch/search-by-name -- Batch search the Manta repository by a list of node names POST /public/v1/rev/{...
13 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

To support any other WIF connection properties with Manta needs product enhancement.

MDI and MDE jobs using Google BigQuery and WIF are working fine. The existing WIF connections are not working with Manta Data Lineage MDI jobs. Currently, Manta only supports the "Client email", "Private key" and "Oauth2 Endpoint URI" with WIF con...
about 1 month ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta Data Dictionary, Hierarchy, Path for RDBMS semi-structured(JSON, BLOB & CLOB) Columns

Problem : Currently Manta Data Dictionary, Hierarchy, Path doesn't capture the RDBMS data dictionary beyond column level. There are multiple system which save the JSON/BLOB/CLOB into RDBMS columns. Need to have a way to represent the JSON/BLOB/CLO...
22 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta Lineage Export in Default Mode to Alation with SSO Enabled

Currently Manta is able to export lineage to Alation in "DEFAULT" mode based on the Service Account credentials which would auto-generate Refresh Token to upload lineage, without adversely impacting the process due to session expiry as in the case...
28 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Manta export to Alation OCF - Power BI

AbbVie is unable to export Power BI resources from Manta to an Alation OCF (Open Connector Framework) existing Power BI source. They are only able to get a successful Power BI to Alation OCF when the Power BI source on Alation side is brand new wi...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Kerberos Authentication for the Cloudera Kafka connector

We use kerberos authentication on our cloudera schema registry, we were told by Manta support team to disable the authentication on our side to try the functionality while you finish the kerberos authentication development. We have successfully co...
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Address Manta log-viewer API timeout performance

Current state: When a Manta user tries to download a workflow log (to debug or attach to a support ticket), the Manta instance often (in 99% cases) returns with a HTTP 504 Gateway timeout error. This happens because:1. Manta is connected to an AWS...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Submitted