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Need a Db2 option to return control (and not wait) if the maximum number of threads is already reached

We've seen cases in z/OS DFSMS OAM where the application invoking OAM can use up the available Db2 connections/threads so when OAM goes to process their request, there are no longer any threads available resulting in a deadly embrace. Typically th...
1 day ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

For online REORG, create parameter to set RC=4 when DRAIN fails

I am creating a scheduled job to perform regular REORGs of the Db2 Catalog. I am generating a list of catalog objects and feeding it to LISTDEF and then using ITEMERROR,SKIP I am using extremely gentle DRAIN settings...DRAIN_WAIT of 2 or 3 seconds...
1 day ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

IKC Policy enhancement with AI

Extend the functionality of policies in CP4D by using AI to automatically propose actionable governance and protection rules based on a data governance policy. The current policy management feature in CP4D is limited to capturing a policy (or sub-...
2 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

REORG with a new keyword should transfer the page set work to DFDSS

Why is the above idea useful? Sometimes you need to move page sets around due to altering the HLQ, due to removing extents etc. These actions do not require an unload and reload of the data, because it is external stuff out of DB2 scope. For small...
4 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

ALTER STOGROUP can run in parallel to applications => Deferred ALTER

We need to move a lot of page sets and hence a lot of data from one z/OS catalog to another and also to other stogroups and volumes. For this task we nned to ALTER the hlq of the page sets and move them via DFDSS FASTREPLICATION. Unfortunately the...
4 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

AVI Stage incorrect Lat/Long calculation

THR is using AVI stage for CASS certification of address and lat-long information. We are seeing an issue with data for Latitude and longitude Columns. Different addresses are returning same latitude and longitude values. We have verified a sample...
4 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Under review

REORG PREFORMAT of 1 TB page set should be interruptable

With PH64760 one can create 1TB page sets in one step. If one runs a REORG PREFORMAT on such large objects, the Media Manager Preformat task is not interruptable. Such a size of 1TB needs ~1.5hours to preformat the page set. In the meanwhile neith...
5 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

UDF INTERPRET should accept any CCSID

The built-in function INTERPRET added with FL505 should also support CCSIDs other than the CCSID of the Db2. For example, it should be possible to convert data in a Db2 with CCSID 1141 to CCSID 1141, provided the source data is defined with FOR BI...
6 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Option to update/replace Project data asset when add it from Catalog to avoid duplicate data asset

When we add a data asset from Catalog to Project brand new are added to project as many times we add it from Catalog. The idea here is to have an option to update/replace the data asset when add it in the Project that the data asset has already be...
9 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Display Login user username all the time on TOP black Banner,

Display Login user username all the time on TOP black Banner, We have inbuilt tool which analysis the performance of OpenPages , example User have click which form, how much time form took to get loaded , etc. For this inbuild tool we need to have...
9 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Under review

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