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Increase timeout for Cognos Controller on Cloud & Excel Add-ins

Even when users are actively working on Excel for more than 60 minutes following a report refresh, the Add-ins prompt them to log out and re-login with their IBMid. This occasionally causes Excel to hang, forcing users to end the task via the Task...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Delivered

Online index reorg for pureScale

Currently online index reorganization is not supported in Db2 pureScale environments and will fail with SQL1419N.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 4 Delivered

Db2 PureScale need to support "QUIESCE TABLESPACES FOR TABLE ... " command

We use the QUIESCE TABLESPACE FOR TABLE command in order to setup a "read only mode" on various tablespace after a DB has been cloned (SET WRITE SUSPEND, db2inidb ...). This is very important for us to protect us from unwanted data modifications a...
10 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 3 Delivered

Controller Web - Freeze Panes in Free Forms

In Controller Classic you have the possibility to select ”Fixed scroll area” and “Viewable area” defined in the Layout Options in Controller Classic.”. This or similar functionality is needed to make Controller Web practical for the end user. As i...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Delivered

Enter comments from a drop down list in Controller Web

In Controller Web, both in the standard and free forms, a pop up window is used for entering a comment on a account. In some cases, it is great to have a list with predefined options of comments instead of letting the reporter enter a free text. I...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered

Developing and support for the c7i instance type in DB2 Purescale solution on AWS

The maximum number of EBS volumes (up to 30) that can be attached to current c6i instances that is supported with DB2 Purescale on AWS. The new c7i instance type offers support for up to 128 EBS volumes, which aligns perfectly for enhanced storage...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered

Possibility to influence the naming of NSDs in a Db2-managed pureScale installation

We run a regular cloning of a Db2 pureScale to provide a time consistent copy which is used for BI/DWH purposes.This is done via storage features, in our case with HDS (Hitachi) Shadow Image (similar to IBMs FlashCopy). We don't have any issues to...
9 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 2 Delivered

Review reports in Controller Web, general

In Controller Web it's possible to create Reports in the section "Review". Unfortunately every user has to create his/her own reports. Would be preferable if an admin user could create reports accessible for all users, trough the "Review" selection.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Export all company data (forms) to Excel in Controller Web

In the Populate section it is possible to "Export data" for one form at a time. The users would really benefit if you could select to export data for all forms at one time.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered

Db2 V11.1 .x.x pureScale for support of Power 9

TOSHIBA MEMORY is a biggest customer of Db2 V10.5 pureScale on Power8 for their MES system named SIView in Japan. They are running 5 pureScale instances for each 5 current plants.In 2019, They will launch their new plant and have to build another ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Delivered