Skip to Main Content
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).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


Post your ideas

Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

  1. Post an idea

  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com



ADD A NEW IDEA

Clear

Security

Post Quantum Crypto (PQC) Modernization - Support for Cognos Analytics

Our State Farm client looking for Cognos Analytics to support Post Quantum Crypto (PQC). CA PM team should be made aware and prioritize upgrading the encryption algorithms to keep up with the changing security requirements.
13 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

CSP strict-dynamic usage

Would like the addition of support for the use of CSP strict-dynamic in CSP policies. The is would provide the ability to provide nonces on scripts. This could also generally be defined as "add support for CSP 3", as only CSP 1/2 are currently sup...
17 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

CAMTool.jar make password encoded, and changeable, not hardcoded in the file.

Hardcoded default keystore password `NoPassWordSet` reported in Cognos CAMKeystore upgrader (`CAMTool.jar`)
19 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

Audit-Compliant Report Metadata: Separate Last Accessed, Last Modified, and Last Data Refreshed Timestamps

Problem Statement Currently, when users run a report, the metadata timestamp behavior can appear as if the report was modified, which creates confusion during internal and external audits.For audit purposes, Last Modified should represent only act...
20 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

Remove development dependencies from node-services/services/.../package-lock.json in release artifacts

DescriptionIn the current release packaging, package-lock.json under node-services/services/... includes development dependencies that are not used at runtime. Security scanners still parse these entries and repeatedly flag vulnerabilities (for ex...
20 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

Add Native Watermarking to Cognos Analytics for Content Protection and User Accountability

IBM Cognos Analytics currently lacks native watermarking functionality, creating significant challenges for organizations that need to protect confidential reports and dashboards from unauthorized distribution. Current Impact: a) Security Risk: No...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

User capability to control REST API access in Cognos (incl. CACC)

Problem On-prem: REST API is only reachable via port 9300, which is blocked by our firewall → customers have no REST API access. In CACC: REST API is reachable via /api without a specific port → customers could directly access the REST API. ...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Planned for future release

Request for Built-in Read-Only Role in Cognos Analytics

We request the introduction of a built-in read-only role in Cognos Analytics 12.x (similar to the Consumer role in older versions of Cognos) that provides read and execute permissions without allowing edit or delete actions. While this requirement...
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

Servlet 6.0 support in WLP with Cognos Analytics

With Custom Java Authentication, we require Spring libraries to go for latest version which is 6. Version 6 is requiring Servlet 6.0 which is not supported currently with WLP. Currently it is usd Servlet 3.1. Hence logging enhancement request.
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

Enable Per-Namespace Logout URL Configuration with id_token_hint

We request the enhancement of IBM Cognos Analytics to support namespace-specific Logout URLs, rather than the current limitation of a single, global logout redirect. In environments utilizing multiple authentication namespaces (e.g., a mix of SAML...
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted