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For buffer spinslocks show if loops are for read or writes

When reviewing onstat -g spi for buffer spinlocks e.g. fast mutex, 3:bf[1024] fast mutex, 3:bhash It would be great if we could tell if this is from either: a) Read access i.e. more app caching/better query plans/more data archiving+purgin needed ...
about 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

IBM report studio: Running basic satatistics over a query result, without requerying the database

I need to be able to execute statistical calculations over a query result in Cognos and there are no functions currently. We need to be able to process statistical calcuations after parameterized queries execute and result sets are created. IBM SP...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

ADD CHUNK' OPERATION SHOULD RETURN WARNING THAT LEVEL 0 ARCHIVE NEEDS TO BE DONE

An 'add dbspace' operation returns the following warning upon completion: ** WARNING ** A level 0 archive of Root DBSpace will need to be done. An 'add chunk' operation just returns 'chunk successfully added'. An 'add chunk' operation should also ...
over 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

In Import template, narrow results as value is typed for attributes which use Enum_Ranges

When selecting a value from a drop down list in the import template, it does not narrow the results to the value you are typing. For example if you had a range of values from AAA to ZZZ and you start typing J it doesn't skip down to the J values. ...
about 3 years ago in Product Master 1 Not under consideration

Kafka Connector job failed when schema compatibility mode set to FULL

TS006561571 We have IIS 11.7.1.1 with SP1 installed on RedHat 7. Users are using Kafka Connector stage to publish message with Avro schema. The job success when Kafka schema compatibility set to NONE. But the job failed with error "Schema being re...
about 3 years ago in Connectivity 0 Future consideration

Exclude Admin Accounts for Data Size Limits

We have a host of critical object data sets and file uploads along with some user adhoc data files and sets but we own and schedule the critical files with an Admin account however have bumped up against the Size Limit of Stored Data Per User and ...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Support rich-text in annotations

Annotations should allow rich-text to provide formatting capabilites like bullet or numbered lists, bold, underlined and italic text and so on.It would be nice to allow ASCIIDoc or Markdown formatting (like in Jira or Gitlab).
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Hindi language support

Hindi is the most common of the Indian languages with more than half of the 1.3 Billion using the language. There are huge numbers of Hindi news/blog/social media messages that are critical for companies operating in India to be able to analyze.
over 6 years ago in Watson Discovery 0 Planned for future release

Workspace: Add justification options to widget titles

We can add titles to widgets (slider and select value filters), but the titles are only left justified. Add ability to choose left, center, or right justification
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

[Installation and Upgrade] Install - Package - Run egosh/soamview on non cluster hosts

We would like to run tools such as soamview and egosh on hosts that are not members of the cluster in order to administer them remotely.
over 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Not under consideration