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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI 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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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

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  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


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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.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com


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Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

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Increase timeout for Cognos Controller on Cloud & Excel Add-ins

Even when users are actively working on Excel for more than 60 minutes following a report refresh, the Add-ins prompt them to log out and re-login with their IBMid. This occasionally causes Excel to hang, forcing users to end the task via the Task...
10 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Delivered

Controller Web - Freeze Panes in Free Forms

In Controller Classic you have the possibility to select ”Fixed scroll area” and “Viewable area” defined in the Layout Options in Controller Classic.”. This or similar functionality is needed to make Controller Web practical for the end user. As i...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Delivered

Enter comments from a drop down list in Controller Web

In Controller Web, both in the standard and free forms, a pop up window is used for entering a comment on a account. In some cases, it is great to have a list with predefined options of comments instead of letting the reporter enter a free text. I...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered

Review reports in Controller Web, general

In Controller Web it's possible to create Reports in the section "Review". Unfortunately every user has to create his/her own reports. Would be preferable if an admin user could create reports accessible for all users, trough the "Review" selection.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Export all company data (forms) to Excel in Controller Web

In the Populate section it is possible to "Export data" for one form at a time. The users would really benefit if you could select to export data for all forms at one time.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered

Method to disable 'Select Server' prompt (using classic client)

Since Controller 11.0.1 FP2 IF2, the classic client now gives an extra 'Select Server' prompt/choice as soon as a user launches the client. The 'select server' selection screen appears *before* the 'Select Database' section (where the user chooses...
2 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Delivered

Improved reporting of Intercompany details in Controller Web

The reporting of intercompany details in CCR Web is very time-consuming. The following improvements would really help the reporter: Possible to maximize the Intercompany Details window (it's really small) Possible to write the information in the c...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Attachment to journals in Controller Classic

Possible to attach a file in the journal text window when posting i journal in Controller Classic
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered

Attachment to a journal in Controller Web

When posting a journal in Controller Web it would be very helpful if you could attach a file, not only write a text.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Delivered

Filter option in Define Submission to include Actuality

in Define Submission, Use Filter option currently filter for periods, to include filter by Actuality as well so that there is filtering option by actuality or by period only, or actuality & period.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Delivered