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Unload LOCK YES Drain Writers instead of executing LOCK TABLE

When executing HPU in Native MODE with parameters ULLOCK = YES, ULLOCKTE = LOCK and ULLOCKMO = NATIVE_ONLY HPU executes a EXEC SQL LOCK TABLE. Sometimes table being locked is in a TS whose a IX TS lock was left in DB2 due to this table be used in ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Generate UETRs for MX during MSIF sending, not in the MER Data Entry (DNIMX&DNIFINPLUS)

1. For T2 MSGs that we enter in DNIMX domain the field for UETR is not mandatory so we can leave it empty but when we send the MSG from MER to InterAct and to SWIFTNet the UETR is not calculated and field PmtId – UETR is empty even if we put CD co...
over 3 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 5 Future consideration

Provide SQL access to product statistics API's

Provide a way to bring statistics from various products API's into an SQL context. Sample has been shown to selected zBLC customers during the Dublin face-2-face. Requirement has been discussed with Jeff Josten / Chris Crone. Offer has been made t...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Create a "RUNSTATS Check" report similar to the REORGCHK

Although there is an Automated RUNSTATS, some people prefer to execute RUNSTATS manually. Having some ability to run a report that "Recommends" that a table should have a RUNSTATS performed would assist in making decisions. with thousands of table...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

OpenPages Workflows Should Not Notify Inactive/Disabled Users

Emails being sent to disabled users is a significant security concern for the OP system. Anyone labeled as disabled or inactive should not be sent emails if a group they belong to was selected for notification in a workflow.
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Future consideration

Enable alternative authentication methods for S3 buckets

We’re currently working with a client on an opportunity that impacts multiple products, including watsonx.data, CP4D, Data Virtualization, and Data Gate. The client is eager to adopt our lakehouse solution but has stringent security requirements t...
3 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Under review

underscore character in "endpoint" name

in IBM planning Analytics Cloud, under Satellite Connector, when try to create endpoint, underscore charactor is not allowed in the name. can you support allowing endpoint name to have underscore character?
3 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Initiate (nz)genstats after NRS differential restore run

Actually there is are no statistics on NRS replicate side. In case of a failover genstats must be initiated first before database can be used for production.
3 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Submitted

late-binding RunProcess parameters

We currently have a generic TI process that is able to execute asynchronous processes in series or parallel via tm1runti.exe. This approach allows for datatypes to be defined at runtime: tm1Runti -i ..\TM1ProcRun\tiprocess.config -connect SERVICE ...
3 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

DMC alert on timeout , deadlock

it would be useful to have an alert that sends an alert message as soon as a timeout or deadlock appears in the db2diag.log (ex: error message ADM5506W)
3 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted