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allow LDAP based db2 instance user for PureScale instance creation

Right now instance creation and maintainance in PureScale (db2icrt/db2iupdt) requires that the db2 instance user is local, i.e. has an entry in local /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. This expose a huge problem for LDAP based environments like ours whe...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Implement an automatic periodic repository sync

Implement an automatic periodic repository sync process that will keep repositories in two different LPARs or DB2 LUWs synchronized with datasource connection strings and Workspace contents.
almost 4 years ago in QMF for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Categorize/Organize Filters for easier access

Currently the dashboard has drastically increased the requirements for more filters. These filters clutter the user's Gridviews with dozens of filters. It would be nice to be able to categorize filters as 'For Grid View' and 'For Admin/Dashboards'.
almost 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Future consideration

Possibility to display changes made in SYSADM before approval

We have activated Dual Authorization in FTM SWS as part of our CSP. We would like Approvers to be able to list, what was actually changed by person, who comitted the changes. list -ou % -qo O -lo NCSV - shows all configuration for that OU.
over 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 2 Not under consideration

Small screenshot / sample of saved output object without opening or executing the object

This is just an idea I got when thinking about how do the report look, what columns are present, how can I look through a number of long running reports without having to either execute them or go into edit mode for each of the reports? What if, t...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Future consideration

Default output format in reporting

Please use the same mechanics as in Cognos 10 where you had the same output format every time you clicked on the play button. Now you have to chose every report execution which output format you want to see.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Support JSON Output Format for the LSB Stream File

We have a number of downstream uses for the LSB Stream file. One of the downsides of the current format is that it can be difficult to read and parse. If this file where had an options to be written in JSON format, it would be much easier to consu...
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

A function that brings up words that are similar in usage from a certain word

< Assumed procedure> (1) Prepare the original word (seed) (including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and sentence expressions if possible)(2) Estimate and output words that are used in the same way as Seed from the input sentences.(3) Check the wo...
almost 2 years ago in Watson Discovery 0 Not under consideration

Is it possible to use a SAML proxy as an workaround of LSF PAC that does not support of Azure AD?

Dear experts, We expect to integrate Azure AD into Application Center, but LSF PAC does not support of Azure AD. So I would like to ask the experts from IBM if it is possible to use a SAML proxy as an workaround of LSF PAC that does not support of...
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / End User UI/Applicaton Center 0 Future consideration

Support a more robust yet responsive SDLC within the Watson Assistant studio

Rather than suggest a solution (we have multiple ideas, I’m sure IBM and community would have many others) thought it better to state our problem. Our needs: We need to speedily develop and promote conversation fixes to production to respond to pr...
almost 4 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Not under consideration