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Add a "CREATE TENANT LIKE" functionality

The new Db2 release 12.1 provides the namespace isolation via tenant feature. Default is the SYSTEM tenant. For ease of use and the ability to spin up seperate tenants fast, a statement like "CREATE TENANT <new tenant name> LIKE <existin...
about 2 months ago in Db2 2 Needs more information

Possibility to check object state on HADR standby without ROS

Unfortunatelly some people on our HADR systems do deployments for which we are forced to set BLOCKNONLOGGED off (it's normally on on all systems). This may cause (depending on what they do) that objects on HADR standby become "destroyed" because t...
3 months ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Equivalent Parallel Transform routine

We are converting server jobs to parallel jobs through the MettleCI tool. The tool works well on simple jobs, but we find that not all server jobs can be translated to parallel jobs. For example, we have an original job that exploits the UtilityRu...
7 months ago in DataStage 1 Under review

Allow TI function Synchronized() to return immediately in case of conflict

In our application for some (complex) operations, the user asking for it has to be sure that another user is not performing the same operation on the same perimeter. For example when user validates his forecast for BUDGET 2025 for Business Unit ...
2 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

"Prevent the dbschema command from incrementing sequence values"

Currently, running dbschema increments the value of sequences, even when it is documented it is the expected behavior, we consider that it is not desireable.
about 2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

/resolve - error resolution command in watsonx Code Assistant

This type of command would give ideas where to look for when specific error message shows in our program. Error resolution command is a must because our competition (chat-gpt) has it and it has shown its usefulness as programmers are changing thei...

Limited the number of row processed with an update/delete statement

THis is similar to MS Server (and other DBs) DELETE ... TOP <N> and TOP <n> PERCENT This would help avoid LTX issues without custom SQL coding, it would minimize the time the table is locked UPDATE FIRST 10000 COUNT 0 ... N <table&g...
2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Change/Update ownership of Schedules to Service Accounts

We would like the ability to change or update the ownership of schedules to service accounts. By default they are owned by the creator, however this leaves a single source of failure if the person would leave. Also when creating scheduled emails, ...
12 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 3 Submitted

TLS encryption between Access Server (on Linux/Windows) and CDC Db2 for i

We need TLS encryption between Access Server (on Linux/Windows) and CDC Db2 for i due to company security restrictions otherwise we can't use CDC with Db2 for i.
about 2 months ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Under review

Hide the levels in the Cube Viewer in PAfE

If you have opened a cube in PAfE, you can also see the level in the objects. We currently have a lot of levels, some of which are not well structured. Is it possible to hide the levels when you open them?
5 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Under review