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Add options to Run and Save after selecting "Try It" when editing a Data Module

When editing a Data Module, after selecting "Try It", there is no option for Run options, View, Run, or Save. As it is now, you have to save the Data Module, then from the Welcome screen, select Edit Report from the action menu.
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Enable Property "Maximum execution time" for DQM in Reporting and Framework Manager Governors

The feature is for Cognos Analytics on Cloud and Prem. Property "Maximum execution time" in Cognos Reporting and Framework Manager Governors works in CQM mode. It does not work in DQM mode, This property need be tuned to work in DQM mode. Additi...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

The search bar on the catalog should show exactly matched contents only

***This is an idea about the search bar on the catalog.*** ***This is not an idea about the black search bar on top of the CP4D WEB console window.*** <Background> User register some Business Terms and Tags using Japanese language in the C...
over 3 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

DB2 database in a read only mode

Ability to place a DB2 database in a read only mode for a period of time. Out side of the "db2 set write suspend for database" or a quiesce.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

Extend FM Governor "(DQM) Data Item Label Behavior"

Currently the FM Governor "(DQM) Data Item Label Behavior" has two options which are documented here. There should be added a third option: "Always use data item name (if there is no explicit label defined)". The problem is that the list column na...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Show an error when unknown field in a sort node

Currently when you filter a field or change a field name, but you don't do the modification in calculation of aggregation node, an error is printed, telling the field doesn't exist, and it appears in red in aggregation.However, if you use the old ...
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 Not under consideration

Support for Db2 Temporal Joins

Temporal table and Time Travel Queries are a powerful functionality which is not yet supported in Db2 although it has been introduced many years ago. The Join stage needs to be extended for Business-Time otions like "FOR BUSINESS_TIME FROM '1990-0...
almost 7 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Add Hijri calendar support to IBM Cognos Analytics

Enable Hijri ( Um Al Qura ) calendar support in Cognos Analytics: User profile preferences "Calendar type" (like Gregorian and Japanese Imperial) in each of the following: Reporting and Dashboards, the Data format dialog, when formatting as date o...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

When dropping table retain OBID for when recreating that same table

Any account that utilizes QREP should want this option of retaining OBID
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Certification of Informix Connection Manager with ESQL/COBOL

We are implementing Informix Connection manager with HDR as High Availability solution for our organization. During testing, we identified connection manager is not certified for ESQL/Cobol, our business-critical application is written in Cobol. i...
about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 3 Not under consideration