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Sort data calculations should not be used to determine number of passes for UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statements where an index is used, fix misleading explain output

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH can be used with an explain option. The explain file always shows a sort data calculation which then determines the number of table scans (passes) the database engine will undertake. These are calculated before any de...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Do not allocate MGM memory to UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ if index is used for sort

If an UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ is run, Informix will allocate memory for sorts from the memory grant manager (MGM). This happens regardless of whether there is any sorting to do. If a single indexed column is specified in t...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Avoid UPDATE STATISTICS [LOW] sampling failures due to data skew

If onconfig parameter USTLOW_SAMPLE is set, sampling will be used for all UPDATE STATISTICS LOW commands. On some tables this will always or nearly always fail due to data skew, printing a message like: Warning: update statistics low using samplin...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for Management Console

We have run into a situation where we need to have select access on application objects in order to be able to use Management console. However this type of application access is restricted to our 'privileged' IDs, which use 2FA to login. But Manag...
almost 7 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration

Q Capture/Db2 LUW: Replicate DROP COLUMN-operations

If the source table of an active subscription is altered by a DROP COLUMN operation, there is high risk of continuous data corruption on that table due to incorrect reading of Db2's transaction log entries from that time on. The current workaround...
about 1 year ago in Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Replication for Availability (LUW, Db2 Warehouse) 0 Not under consideration

Allow Signing of Any Outbound Message with an Local Authenication (LAU) Key

Payment message security and integrity is important and network participation rules continue to involve and add stricter enforcement rules deeper into a bank's processing systems. FTM solutions are a critical step in processing payment messages an...
about 1 year ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Not under consideration

Visually Identify Fed and Un-Fed Cells with Cell shading

Create a feature to allow developers to turn on cell shading for Fed and Un-Fed cells. It is difficult and cumbersome to determine the level of feeding within a cube. It is difficult to understand how much over-feeding or under-feeding that is occ...
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Add STET Feeder Feature

Create the ability to call out regions of a cube that are designated as to not be fed. With Rule language it is often the case that some Version are Calculated while others are not. Versions that are not calculated, such as archived versions, are ...
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Change element icons within the content store navigation (as it was possible under Cognos 10.x.x)

In Congos Analytics 11 it is not possible to change the icon for example of a report or folder as it was possible under Cognos 10.x.x. If a user navigates through the Content Store he always see the same icons for reports or folders, it is not pos...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Security enhancement - support of roles for GRANT SETSESSIONUSER privilege

After the change of the security setup in DB2 database to a role based model there is still a part where some rights can only be granted to groups instead of roles. This forces admins to maintain to sets of security setups making a complex Task ev...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

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