Posts about Engineer's Notes (3)

How To Inspect Raw Data Lineage With Manta Flow

Risk departments have a lot of complex SQL queries in their data warehouses and data marts. But sometimes it’s really difficult to find the right level of detail. Manta Flow can help. “When we ...

MANTA Tools 3.12: The New Versions of Oracle & Informatica

Surprise! Another MANTA Tools release here a bit early. And what’s in the box? Our customer base is growing quickly, and feature requests are piling up. That’s why Lukas (our Codehead Prime) decided ...

MANTA Tools 3.11: Increased Compatibility and Visualization

Compatible with yet another data source & offering more user-friendly visualizations, that’s MANTA Tools 3.11.   So, what’s new? MANTA Flow’s visualization export functions have been enhanced ...

MANTA Tools 3.10: Time Machine and Automated Backup

The new version is out – what is new with MANTA Tools 3.10? One of the all-time most requested MANTA Flow features was the unlimited time machine function. It is now possible to see every ...

MANTA's New Customer in Germany: DIY Retailer OBI

We have our first customer in Germany – and it’s the most famous beaver in Europe! Germany is one of the most promising markets for us in the EMEA region (along with the rest of Western Europe), and ...

MANTA Tools 3.9: Time Machine, Role Management & More

It’s been a while, but a new release of MANTA Tools is here! And what’s new in version 3.9?  As usual, a lot. MANTA Checker is introducing advanced role management – it is used in bigger BI/DWH teams ...

Manta Flow + SAP PowerDesigner: A New Metamodel Mapping Platform

In a previous article, Lukas Hermann explained how PowerDesigner and Manta Flow can work together. Now, our Senior Developer Jiri Tousek will explain all the technical details.  Basically, we’ve ...

Benchmark: New Elements Per Commit in TitanDB

In our last blog post, we described how to optimize the process in TitanDB by adding the proper index. Today, we would like to illustrate the importance of finding the ideal number of new elements ...

Benchmark: Vertex Centric Indices in TitanDB

Our dev team’s second in command, Tomas Fechtner, prepared a short benchmark on searching a handy index in TitanDB.  Index is an essential component of a database design. One of its main purposes is ...

Metadata Repository Benchmark: PostgreSQL vs. Neo4j

When you’re building a metadata repository in your data warehouse, it always comes down to a hard choice: which type of database is going to be more useful for you? Let’s take a look at two types: ...