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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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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com


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Enable registering SSL connection information for databases cataloged in LDAP.

For databases enabled with SSL connectivity, it would be useful to be able to register the protocol and certificate storage information in the LDAP catalogs as well. Currently the db2dsdriver.cfg supports including this information as part of a da...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Under review

Need a WKC API to add or modify terms to several columns with different terms in each column using a single API call.

Details: We need the WKC API to add or modify terms to several columns with different terms in each column using a single API call. With this functionality, excessive API calls for a single data asset will be avoided. The terms of entire columns i...
over 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Not under consideration

Controller Web error handling (with relation to invalid actualities / submissions)

With current version of Controller (v11), if you have a 'rogue' (invalid) submission (where it refers to an actuality that has been deleted in the past, so no longer exists) then it is impossible to launch Controller Web. Specifically, as soon ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Is a defect

Caption function updates dimension name in task pane but not in the PAX exploration overview

If we use the Caption option to show a different dimension name then it shows in the task pane of PAX but not in the Overview section. Both need the alias to improve useability.
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

blocknonlogged should prevent nonrecoverable loads

The blocknonlogged config should block all nonlogged activity including loads. Or, an additional cfg should be added.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Not under consideration

Mark an element in PAW to be mandatory for data input and warn when not filled in

We would like to have the ability to register certain elements in PAW to be mandatory for data input and warn enduser when not filled in. This functionality is especial important when using pick-lists and virutal dimensions.
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Add syntax highlighting and function suggestions to Reporting's expression editor

Dashboard and data Module calculations support syntax highlighting, and possible functions are suggested as you type their first letters. That editor would be of great use in Reporting as well.
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Access Members from Multiple AD Forests

Cognos is unable to search members across Active Directory forests. Cognos must have a separate namespace configured in Cognos Connection for each forest. This creates overheads on Administration by maintaining multiple namespaces.
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Provide Macro Functions in Send Email Sections

Provision to add following dynamic text to be report output file distributed via email1. DATE or YY/MM2. Source of the Report (Package Name or Cube Name)3. As of Date/Time4 .Data source Name
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Unencrypted password in udl file

We have discovered that in udl files the password is unencrypted. When discovered during a penetration test this is considered a high risk.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration