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TRANSFER OWNERSHIP for ALIAS for table or view

To drop an alias for a table or view you need high privileges (SYSADM, SYSCTRL or System DBADM) or ownership of the alias. Aliases that were created before DB2 V9 do not have an owner and some other aliases have the wrong owner. It would help a lo...
2 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

For Db2 z/OS, we need to have a way to find only the committed data present in tables for which we have set AFTER triggers in Db2 and also to have a unit of work ID to identify the commit scope for multiple changes that an occur as part of a single commit. This will enable us to have an efficient mechanism for integration with other applications and software such as IBM zDIH.

It will enable to modernise our heritage applications and enable to expose our data with modern interface quickly.
8 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Make DBET selectable

It would be useful in many different situations if the DBET could be read via SQL, similar to some tables in the Db2 directory.
18 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Reorg index should update Real Time Statistics table SYSINDEXSPACESTATS

In case opened to IBM support, I found out that RTS table SYSINDEXSPACESTATS is not updated after reorg index. We have automated reorg of tablespaces and indexes through IBM DB2 Automation Tool using conditions for reorganization from RTS tables S...
24 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

The PL/I macro names should be referable in WCA4Z Understand

When preprocessing PL/I source code in WCA4Z Understand(ADDI), macros are visualized in their expanded state, which makes it impossible to identify the original macro names in Application Discovery (AD)Analyze Client. To improve usability for appl...

Extend watsonx Code Assistant for Z – Optimize to support PL/I performance analysis and optimization.

Many enterprise z/OS customers still run important workloads in PL/I, especially in banking and insurance. Today Optimize works well for COBOL, but PL/I is not supported, so teams still rely on manual analysis or a few experienced PL/I experts to ...
about 1 month ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 9 Submitted

DB2 - Correlation Identifier for RACF Access Checks Triggered by DB2 (FASTAUTH)

Description of Current Situation: We recently migrated from Db2 internal authorization to RACF-based Db2 Security using RACF profiles. Functional behavior is correct, but transparent and auditable reporting of Db2 access decisions is currently not...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Allow Override of Allocated Data Sets in Batch CLIST Input (DSNTIDOM) in DB2 Migration/Install

In Db2 for z/OS, the DSNTIDOM input member defines parameter values that control how the installation/migration/function‑level activation CLIST generates tailored JCL jobs and artifacts when run in batch mode. DSNTIDOM corresponds to the panel fie...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

AI Agent for Stress test on IBM Z

At Fall 2025 AI Council, multiple clients indicated that an AI agent for Stress test on Z will be vital to their organization. Donna Dillenberger had indicated that IBM Research is playing with this item, so this requirement should be directed to ...
about 1 month ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

Increase Limit for processing LOB values

We want to use the new OAM S3 interface. But we are hitting the limit of 50GB for processing LOB values.This results in errors with Resource unavailable and REASON 00C900D2.Before V12 there were two zParms LOBVALA and LOBVALS which could be set to...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review