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Import metadata from InfoSphere Data Architect for data into IBM Knowledge Catalog

Currently, customers using InfoSphere Data Architect for data modeling cannot import their metadata into IKC, as ER/Studio, Erwin Data Modeler, and SAP PowerDesigner are the only supported modeling sources for IKC. Our customer needs to import met...
3 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Support OpenSSL

Problem Statement Currently, GSKit is the only supported way of setting up TLS and cryptography in Db2 LUW. Because only IBM products rely on GSKit (as far as I know) it poses a higher barrier to entry when starting with Db2. While GSKit supports ...
3 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

DB2 inplace reorg, pause before TRUNCATE

Inplace Reorg acquires a share lock on the table, when empty pages are to be released after the reorg.To avoid this LOCK the parameter NOTRUNCATE TABLE could be used. But this leaves the pages allocated to the table object.It cannot be determined ...
4 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

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 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Improve lim -t assignment functionality.

Requesting enhancements to how LSF Parses and assigns host types for both x86 and POWER architectures with the lim -t command. Current behavior causes inconsistent cpuf values due to bogomips changes on x86 and insufficient CPU-model differentiati...
13 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Under review

Publish a documented list of Configuration Keys that can be accessed via REST API

The REST API supports retrieving and updating Configuration Keys, but there is no documentation on which keys are delivered with Cognos. It would be nice to have detailed documentation of the supplied keys as well as some examples of how to use cu...
2 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Submitted

Issue: keywords with hyphens getting auto-corrected

We have a case, where WxA auto-corrects hyphen words, even when auto-correction is turned off. WxA is integrated with Backend agent services, via custom extension. Business user questions in WxA, heavily includes names with hyphens like details of...
2 days ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Submitted

blimits command functionality improvements

Affected: Administration and all users. Benefits: Provides clients with greater visibility into job availability and limitations, as well as a more dynamic way to allocate resources. Details: blimits functionality needs to be more encompassing. Gr...
about 1 month ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Under review

Alert about DATACAPTURE being Disabled

Capture reads and stores all active registrations in memory when the Capture program is started. When DATA CAPTURE CHANGES is removed from any registered table while it is running, Capture will not know about it until it restarts as you had experi...
3 days ago in Db2 / Replication 0 Submitted

LOAD could end with RC=08 when no columns are detailed and lose data after VARCHARs

When a table has a column with varying length (VARCHAR, VARBINARY) and other columns after it, LOAD needs the column description in SYSIN to be loaded correctly, and ends with RC=00 (or RC=04 if remains CopyPend state). But if you forget to explic...
10 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review