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LVARCHAR support via 4GL application

Due to the implementation of a number of new functionalities and the constantly growing database, we have to switch tables from CHAR to LVARCHAR in several Bank systems, this functionality will save space but also make queries in the database more...
about 1 hour ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Submitted

Read and Write partitions in parallel with only one OUTDDN dataset

Recently, during some tests, we observed that using a single dataset for each part in the OUTDDN with &PART drastically improves the elapsed time of the HPU job (with benefits for data availability, reduced contention probability, etc.). Howev...
about 4 hours ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add feature IKC integration supports Spark engine in addtion to Presto (Java, C++) engines.

From the link, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=catalog-enabling-knowledgeIt says "IKC supports Presto (Java) connections only".And from the link,It says "You can define IKC governance policies for Presto (C++), and Pres...
about 5 hours ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

Request for Manta Data Export Format Alignment with Alation's Native Lineage Expectations

We need confirmation on how Manta exports lineage data to Alation to ensure it matches Alation's native lineage structure. Specifically, we are requesting details on: 1. Data Format: The exact format in which Manta sends data to Alation. 2. Lineag...
about 9 hours ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

UI to handle datasets with the same name in different folders

CP4D does not handle datasets with the same name in different folders cleanly. In UI under 'Data sets' only the newer file is presented. /mnts/gpfs.iis/data/yrtest/cms/BMC# ls -la YRtest.ds-rw-rw-r--. 1 1000650000 root 4518 Feb 21 20:19 YRtest.ds#...
about 10 hours ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Submitted

Include method to build ls_sim license files to required format

For LSF clusters that employ license scheduler... During the direct importing of a cluster configuration from the LSF Cognitive GUI, or when generating a tar.gz file for importing, build the license files into the ls_sim directory automatically, o...
about 12 hours ago in Spectrum LSF / Simulation & Prediction 0 Submitted

From Symphony GUI should be able to export the data of all the hosts (Manager/SSM/Compute).

From Symphony GUI should be able to export the data of all the hosts (Manager/SSM/Compute). We are requesting you please provide us the export functionality, so we can export all the data from GUI to the excel spreadsheet. As present there is no s...
about 14 hours ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Submitted

Manta Microstrategy scanner to support SAML & OIDC authentication

Why is it useful ? Truist policy only allows SAML authentication in Production when establishing connections to Microstrategy from external applications. And there is also plan to support OIDC authentication in Microstrategy (tentatively Q2 2025)....
about 17 hours ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Add a message to report orphan threads in DB2

Due to TCPIP abend, there are several orphan threads in DB2 causing contention issues on resources. There is no message to report these orphan threads. Having a report helps us to avoid contention issues sooner by cancelling the underlying orphan ...
about 17 hours ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

Display DSNT741I message to MSTR address space regardless of source.

Currently, after the start profile command is successful, the system will generate DSNT741I message. This is relayed back to wherever the command was issued. I'd suggest also displaying the command in the master regardless of the source.
about 18 hours ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted