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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).


Shape the future of IBM!

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:


Search existing ideas

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,


Post your ideas

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,

  1. Post an idea

  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

  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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Enable Native HTTP/REST API Calls from Db2 LUW SQL

Business Scenario and Problem Banco do Brasil is accelerating the adoption of hybrid cloud architectures based on IBM Db2 for z/OS, IBM Db2 LUW, Db2 Data Gate, OpenShift, and Cloud Pak for Data. As part of this modernization strategy, business app...
5 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Db2 0 Submitted

NTLM support on SalesForce connector on Cloud Pak for Data (DataStage)

Currently our salesforce connector connects to salesforce using user id and password via app proxy service without authentication at the app proxy layer.  With current security and vulnerability issues identified by Mythos, the network team i...
about 8 hours ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Submitted

UNIVERSAL ADVANCED QUANTUM DISTANCE, ATOMIC PRECISION & SPACETIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Program Acronym: UAQ-DAS

IBM IDEAS — FULL TECHNICAL INNOVATION SUBMISSION UNIVERSAL ADVANCED QUANTUM DISTANCE, ATOMIC PRECISION & SPACETIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Program Acronym: UAQ-DAS Program Category: Quantum Computing, Advanced Physics, AI, Scientific Instrumentatio...

Add node search functionality to SPSS Modeler in Watson Studio

Currently, SPSS Modeler in Watson Studio / Cloud Pak for Data does not provide the node search functionality available in the legacy SPSS Modeler. In the legacy version, users can search for nodes within a stream using the Search tab, for example,...
5 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / SPSS Modeler 0 Submitted

Support selecting specific SPSS Modeler flow versions in jobs and promotions

SPSS Modeler in Watson Studio / Cloud Pak for Data supports creating versions of flows, but users cannot select a specific saved version when configuring jobs or promoting flows to deployment spaces. For other asset types, such as Jupyter notebook...

Allow Replication of a Subset of Columns from Db2 for z/OS using Db2 Data Gate

Allow customers to define which columns of a Db2 for z/OS table should be replicated to Db2 Data Gate, reducing storage requirements, replication overhead, and unnecessary data exposure. Today, when a table is added to Db2 Data Gate using the SYSP...
2 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Db2 for z/OS Data Gate 0 Submitted

IBM Software Hub – Expand cpd-cli OADP Online Backup Capability to Store Backups (Metadata + Volumes) Outside OCP Cluster / ODF Storage

Summary: We are requesting a product enhancement for IBM Software Hub to expand the cpd-cli OADP online backup capability so that backups — including both metadata and volume data — can be stored outside the OpenShift cluster / ODF storage, rather...
4 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Under review

Enable Branding Customization for Data Fabric

Currently, branding customization is not available within IBM Data Fabric Catalog. Introducing the ability to customize elements such as company logos, color themes, banners, and landing page branding would help organizations align the platform wi...
6 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Submitted

The platform should provide a mechanism to restrict API key generation based on user roles, ensuring that only authorized users can create API keys with extended lifetimes.

Currently, any active user on the platform can generate an API key either through the UI or via API requests. Because these API keys do not expire and can be created by any active user, they present a potential security risk. The platform should p...
6 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Under review

Support for persistent global (non-partitioned) indexes on partitioned tables in Db2 Data Gate for Db2 for z/OS to Db2 LUW topologies

In Db2 Data Gate topologies that replicate data from Db2 for z/OS to Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (LUW), there is currently a functional limitation in which global (non-partitioned) indexes on partitioned tables are not supported, as documente...
6 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Db2 for z/OS Data Gate 0 Submitted