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Handling commas in RDS codes

When uploading codes with commas in the code, the RDS will export with \\ to manage the comma. The \\ need to be replaced with a double quote to align with csv formatting best practices.
about 11 hours ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Watson Knowledge Catalog 0 Planned for future release

Authentication API support for additional content types

The CP4D authentication API only accepts the content type application\json Customers identity provider can only send the request with application/x-www-form-urlencoded
10 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 1 Planned for future release

When restoring a Cloud Pak for Data online backup to the same cluster with IBM Storage Fusion, need to eliminate the requirement to manually delete the CP4D instance projects before the restore is con

This idea would be beneficial for CP4D customers who do not have a DR cluster environment and need to conduct backup/restore testing within the same cluster. CLients are risk averse to deleting the namespaces of their instances where the restore i...
about 1 year ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Planned for future release

Datamodule doesn't support store procedures

By introducing the capability to import database stored procedures as parameterized query objects in the Data Module, you could streamline your workflow within Cognos and eliminate the need for additional Cognos Framework Manager installations. Th...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Planned for future release

Cloud Pak Configuration as Code

We have 3 Installations of Cloud Pak for Data (Stages - PROD, QA, BUILD) and would need the ability to configure the hole instance in a git repository. To Configure Cloud Pak for Data "ArgoCD" like as code in yaml form. Why do we need this: It is ...
8 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 1 Planned for future release

Enable use of sub-select in datamodule security filters

At this moment, version 12.0.3, it is not possible to use a sub-select in a security filter. We get syntax errors when we try to use a sub-select, but the syntax proves to be correct when used in native SQL. We need sub-selects to select from a se...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Planned for future release

Implement a possibility to configure the ctrlChars option for dataset storage in DB2

When we enable the dataset storage in DB2 and attempt to pull in data warehouse data into a dataset, we get a failure to store the data due to DB2 complaining about ascii characters below 31. CSV and Excel files seems to be stripped during upload,...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Planned for future release

Case of letters in objects paths

There is a problem when switching between MSSQL and Oracle databases. Both databases may have the same structure and naming convention. In MSSQL, object paths use a naming convention where only the first letter of each entity is capitalized (e.g.,...
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Planned for future release

Data Modules Complex Join Editor

Within Data Modules - when do you decide to give the user an editor rather than a very basic user interface?For example, you can enter a calculation with a simple creator OR AN EDITOR allowing you to build complex calculations.You can create a fil...
9 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Planned for future release

More control over local processing

More control over where to process which part of a report: on database or local, make visible when the report is being processed locally (after run, on development). Alternative: Locally processed report runs must be more stable and reliable: a) S...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Planned for future release