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Option to manually stop/ deactivate scheduled jobs in CCR

Currently in our production environment there is a database optimized scheduled job in CCR setup by user which has been resigned from the team and the job is still scheduled to run despite the user is removed. This would pose audit issues and lice...
4 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Submitted

Make scroll cursors more consistent when lists/collections are involved

This RFE is for removing the protection to disable collection types in scroll cursor at the prepare phase, and fail only at runtime if the cursor retrieves a row greater than row limit.
24 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review

Deadlines shown in Controller Web should be able to show other 24 clock format instead of hardcoded AM / PM

When showing the Deadline times in Controller Web, there is only the possibility today to show the AM /PM formats. It is not possible to show as a 24 hour clock format, for instance that 5:03PM could be shown as 17:03.
5 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Future consideration

Detailed Status and Logging for API-Based Data Loads in Controller

Current Challenge In the Classic Client, detailed log reports are available for data uploaded to Controller. Similarly, Controller Web provides status and detailed logs for consolidations, manual web imports, and a summary of Classic imports, incl...
4 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

"Condense xacclock table" in Database Optimize should not run where one or more submissions are open for the chosen period/actuality combination

"Condense xacclock table" in Database Optimize should not run where one or more submissions are open for the chosen period/actuality combinations up to and including the period chosen. It would be good if the user was presented with a message deta...
14 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Controller Web import specifications must allow the reuse of a column for different field definitions to avoid customers having to produce duplicate columns

In the version 11.1.1100.47 and forwards it is not possible for in import specification created in Controller Web, to re-use a column in a file 2 or more times for a field in the import spec. This was possible in previous versions. The fact that t...
3 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

Self-Service Restart, Status Monitoring, and Alert Notifications for API-Batch Service in Controller Web

Description Currently, when the API-Batch Service encounters issues or stops functioning, users must raise an IBM support case and wait for the SRE team to manually restart the service. This dependency introduces significant delays, especially dur...
4 months ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Support Informix for Ubuntu 24.04

Useful for using Informix in Ubuntu 24 and higher.
9 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Add TCP_NODELAY as a CSDK Parameter

We are a comprehensive ERP platform serving thousands of business users across industries in Australia and internationally. The application runtime is built on C/ESQL and connects to IBM Informix as its database engine via the CSDK ESQL/C API. As ...
18 days ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Submitted

Have an new TEMP_TABLE_SIZE = [LARGE|SMALL] onconfig and session parameter

It appears that LARGE temp tables are not best practice, as these are slower than SMALL temp tables. It would be nice to avoid application code changes because of this Informix behavior, and force programmers to use CREATE SMALL TEMP TABLE ... All...
2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review