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IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Option to change Field type from Simple String to Large Text

We are facing the challenge that after implementation, it is found out that simple string fields do not allow enough characters to be added and therefore we need to change the field into a large text field.This is currently only possible by creati...
4 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

Allow for custom auroralogging.properties file to define custom loggers that aren't overwritten by upgrades/fix packs/interim fixes

When implementing custom loggers we have to place these in the auroralogging.properties file. This works great until the file gets re-created during the installation of upgrades, fix packs or interim fixes. We would like a custom auroralogging.pro...
4 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

Ability to disable Notifications for Bulk Update of Fields and Bulk Workflow Actions

When users use the Bulk Udate feature from a Grid view, or they complete Workflows in Bulk from a Grid view, the system shows them the result of the operation directly in the UI. At the same time an e-mail notification is triggered to the user. Th...
almost 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Track the export history

The export of user data (*) is currently not logged. Considering the fact that SaaS use is becoming more and more common these days, customers are highly concerned about the security of cloud services, and we believe that information leaks are an ...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Going back to workflow previous versions

While workflows show the version number, there is currently no way to go back to older versions.
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Option to select "OpSystem" user in Applicability conditions on workflow

Option to select "OpSystem" user in Applicability conditions on workflow. IN cascading workflow on the same object Sample Workflow A is calling Workflow B, I dont want user to See workflow B in action, However Currently I do not have option to hid...
almost 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

Workflow Administration - Terminate Workflow Instances

PLEASE create separate security permissions around Workflow Instances. Right now, it's baked into the "Workflow" security permission. This isn't helpful - we have to rely on our IT team to terminate workflows when we (the business leads) should be...
almost 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Audit Trail for the publishing Workflow and View

Currently , we might not be able to capture any history of publishing for views or workflows in Audit Trail. I believe we need to track such information. Furthermore, it is more useful if the detailed change history of views and workflows will be ...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Recycle Bin for OpenPages Processes

We would like to see a recycle bin for processes and other objects deleted from OpenPages so when mistakes occur by a user, admins can be called to assist in restoration. Baring this, a 'soft' delete would be helpful to give users time during thei...
about 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

End_User "DisplayName" Variable

We currently use $END_USER$ in a WF Action. This variable prints out the User Name for a user, which is typically a User ID for employees. It would be great to have a variable that prints out a corresponding Display name or email address vs the Us...
about 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration