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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Allow pending alter to convert multi table tablespaces to PBG

As with other conversions now supported, we are requesting the ability to convert multi table tablespaces (either simple or segmented) to UTS PBG tablespaces via a pending alter and an online reorg to materialize the pending changes. We have many ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

One solution for uploading/downloading physical files to/from Cognos Analytics on Cloud Environments

Provide customers the ability to self-serve the movement of required files directly to/from Cognos Analytics on Cloud in the same manner Powercubes are currently handled. Include files such as images, content, fonts, data drivers, certificates, ja...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

Enhance EXPLAIN in order to no longer need Informix server access

Currently Informix EXPLAIN generates a server side file. For developers that are working from remote machines, it becomes problematic to retrieve the explain files when they have restricted access to the Informix Server machine. There are 2 undocu...
about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 3 Delivered

DB2 Distributed Thread - hidden high CPU consumption

DB2 Distributed thread with long-running OPEN CURSOR is difficult to detect in DB2 monitors. The CPU consumption is not returned until the OPEN CURSOR completes . If the thread is cancelled while still in the OPEN CURSOR, the Accounting CPU consum...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Embed IFF-File into WSL

We run the Compare on an integration test system and transport the created workstatement list in Converted format (action_convert_to_read_wsl = 'Y' ) to each target system. There, we make any necessary adjustments, e.g. to the schema or the databa...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

New UI lack Standard UI Search Capabilities

In GRC new UI search capabilities are very limited than as compare to standard UI.- Global Search Option is not available- Filter List search criteria is not available In new UI Search function is not very end user friendly and easy to use.Wh...
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 5 Delivered

Enhance uploading files within Task Focused UI

Uploading files within in the Task Focused UI has currently some limitations:- not possible to add other fields (e.g. enumerated fields) within upload screen- the version history is not available within the Task Focused UI- Download button within ...
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 5 Delivered

Workflows: Include support for mathematical operations/transformations in Expressions

It'd be a great addition if we can evaluate mathematical expressions as conditions or operations in Native Workflow. Sample use cases: 1. Operate on a field, making it 1.2 times its original value. 2. Operate on another field, e.g., adjust the val...
about 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 3 Delivered

Integration with Spectrum Scale object storage

IBM is involved in implementing data integration solution for State Bank of India using DataStage (version 11.7) and Spectrum Scale (version 5.05). DataStage is supposed to read / write object storage data hosted in Spectrum Scale using Swift prot...
almost 3 years ago in DataStage 1 Delivered

allow SELECT with LISTAGG function to always allow ORDER BY

I am using DB2 Version 12. function level 501 I have a simple SQL example I show my co-workers to show the power of new DB2 SQL function of LISTAGG SELECT IXCREATOR, IXNAME ,LISTAGG(ALL COLNAME,',') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY COLSEQ) AS ALL_COLS ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Delivered