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Ability to specify NetBackup Copy Number on nzrestore operations

With multiple CP4D appliances, and multiple NetBackup Media Server Clusters, it would be beneficial to be able to specify the NetBackup Copy Number on nzrestore operations to match that of the most local NetBackup copy. For instance, CP4D applianc...
over 4 years ago in Netezza Performance Server 0 Not under consideration

Allow Exploration views to accomodate larger views to eliminate double scroll bars (minimum 60 columns vs current 30)

In retail we are often analyzing data by week. Currently the exploration view is only equipped to handle 30 columns with the view expanded to eliminate double scroll bars. When we were having an exploration with all 52 weeks we are left to have th...
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

OPL language enhancements : cannot slice with nested constraints on subTuples

I've been a happy user of OPL language, which has lots of wonderful features. However, there is one remaining recurrent issue in data modeling, which prevents some intuitive modeling. This is called "cannot slice with nested constraints on subTupl...
over 4 years ago in Decision Optimization CPLEX & For Watson Studio / CPLEX Optimization Studio 1 Not under consideration

Add onconfig parameter to not allow slow alters.

Add an onconfig parameter so that slow alters are not allowed by default. This is to prevent outages for customers from long transaction rollbacks.
almost 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Rename Foreign Key

Up to now a RENAME FOREIGN KEY is only possible by dropping and re-creating it, thus asking for a CHECK UTILITY to be run.The enhancement of the ALTER to a RENAME would make those actions superfluous and would be much faster.
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Cognos Analytics Folder and Report Permissions interface is difficult to use

Cognos 11 Folder/Report permissions interface is very hard to use. Cognos 10.2.2 Folder/Report permissions interface is much better than Cognos 11. We can see all the user groups at one time when viewing permissions tab. It's also very easy and ef...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Remote DB2 connections via Universal Diver T4 not well balanced.

Sysplex workload balancing does not guarantee that executions are distributed among the available systems. It depends on the capacity of the systems (WLM choose systems with more CPs/ZIIPs), performance index of enclaves, and DB2 system health (fr...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

CAF plan name new feature

There are applications that have hardcoded the plan name in their programs using CAF. In some cases, it is wide spread that it will take a lot of work coding and testing due to program change. To avoid the cost of coding and testing, can there be ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PA for Excel: "Cancel" in new set editor should be more visible

"Cancel" is not easy to find in new Set Editor when you open it from Viewer. It should have the same background as the other options ("Replace", "Save as", "Apply").
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

ifxclone to not change BUFFERPOOLS

ifxclone to not change BUFFERPOOLS when running.
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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