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Information Server 11.5 support for Oracle 12R2 (12.2.1)

Oracles latest release 12R2 is unsupported by IBM. This request is for a jdbc driver that is compatible with 12R2.
about 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Would like OPT_SEEK_FACTOR as a session set environment option

In 11.70, a new "seek cost" component for index costing was introduced, the purpose of which was to more accurately reflect the cost for seeking in an index scan (when index is not clustered) for large indexes. OPT_SEEK_FACTOR is an undocumented O...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Server Trace profile values should be tied to a specific subsystem

While in the ISPF Server Trace, I can set profile values in order to limit the number of records being viewed. These profiles should be specific to the subsystem that I am currently connected to instead of a global variable that applies to the ISP...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Return sql warning when zero/spaces are returned for invalid values in host files.

DVM allows us to turn on parameters like SQLENGIVZERO and SQLENGDFSHRC to handle situations where the underlying record contains invalid values or is shorter than the table structure. In cases where DVM converts values under the covers, a warning ...
over 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0

Use hexadecimal attributes as reference attribute in counters

Currently, Safer Payments only allows the usage of Numeric and Text attributes as reference attributes in counters. This limits the usage of counters with computation "Most occurrence value" to those two types.
over 3 years ago in IBM Safer Payments 0 Future consideration

Create Schema Based on Shared Container Links

When columns of the Shared Container links do not match the metadata of the stage in the job on mapping it, you should have the option to add the missing columns in the schema.
about 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support of Oracle 12 release 2

Are there any plans to provide patches for 11.5 and 11.3 that would make them compatible with Oracle 12.2? Can we escalate a request for those patches to be created? How quickly could we expect a patch if they will create one for us. If we have ou...
about 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Table Values functionality

Is it possible to add following functionality to DB2 zos 10, 11 and IDAA 4.1 and above. Apparently it is supported in DB2 LUW. SELECT S.Year, Q.Quarter, Q.ResultsFROM SalesAgg AS S, TABLE (VALUES(1, S.q1), (2, S.q2), (3, S.q3), (4, S.q4)) AS Q(Qua...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Data Masking

Column mask : A column mask specifies the value to be returned for a specified column based on the role. Example: Paul from the payroll department can see the social security number of the employee whose employee number is 123456. Mary who is a ma...
over 3 years ago in Netezza Performance Server 0 Not under consideration

Enable admin group access Admin Console

When group configure enabled in options.cfg, it should be able to set 'administrator, "Group"' that adding/removing members from the Group instead of changing options.cfg file.
about 7 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration