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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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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.

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Support Data Modules for the Event Agent - CUG2026

With Cognos Analytics version 12.1.1 and higher, Data Modules have matured into a powerful and strategically central modeling layer. They enable fast, business-oriented, and low-maintenance modeling and are now the recommended foundation for repor...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

In Metadata display for Reporting and Dashboards with an OLAP source the cube should be represented with a cube icon and not a box with eyes...

Currently in Metadata display for Reporting and Dashboards the icon associated with a cube is shown as a large box linked to 2 smaller boxes above. Presumably this is an Entity Relationship I believe a more intuitive and representative icon would ...
1 day ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Base64 encoded pictures in PAW view

Dear community! Would it be possible to display small product images instead of text cells in the PAW view? Can this also be made dynamic? Images can be stored in books in Base64 format. Would it be possible to display the image defined in the cel...
4 days ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

Reduce size of pop-up that informs when a process is running or make movable

When running a process, the pop-up that appears (to inform user the process is still running and remains in position) often blocks areas of screen requiring accessibility. the pop-up can be closed but then the user loses visibility of process stil...
4 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

OLAP Support in Data Modules – CUG2026

Support DMR or Dynamic Cubes with proper dimensional modeling and hierarchical navigation in data modules. Same as https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/CAOP-I-398 from 2018 Is now labeld as Planned for future release
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Add Book Information to Workspace TM1 Session Context

Hi all, At the moment, when a user connects via Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE), the TM1 session Context field includes valuable details such as: PAfE/Version (0); Excel/Version (x64, WorkbookName, WorksheetName) This information is extremely ...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Debugger Window Width

Following a recent update, the width of the debugger pane has been reduced, making it significantly less convenient to use. The narrower layout makes it difficult to clearly view all fields and parameters at once and requires substantially more sc...
19 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Update Satellite Connector to dynamic ports and rotating credentials

Technical Problem Connectivity Challenge: Client needs to connect to their on-premises Oracle RAC database using IBM Satellite connector, but it's not secure in its current configuration Dynamic vs. Static Ports: Client's security requirements...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

In V12, add (restore) the capability to manage transaction logging at cube level.

Context V12 relies on transaction logs, a feature that is equivalent to that implemented in V11, through a Mongo DB. This feature notably allows data to be shared between replicas. While the transaction log is essential and justified for instance ...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Dynamic Default Values in Dashboards/Data Modules – CUG2026

Support dynamic default values for dashboard filters and widgets, such as automatically selecting the latest available data.
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted