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Big Query connector uses legacy API by default which is adding 90 minutes of wait time for the streaming buffer to be flushed for DML operations to be performed. We need functionality in BQ connector to be able to use Storage write API to avoid this wait time

If a BQ job abends for some reason due to connectivity issue etc, the application team has to wait for 90 min to restart the job 2nd time. if this issue occurs in critical flow, it is causing SLA miss which is causing business impact
5 months ago in Connectivity 1 Under review

Identify/log slow queries on a busy system

SQLTrace offers the DBA the tooling required to monitor a user session. However its difficult to monitor heavily used systems. For example one needs to have a buffer large enough to store 90 seconds of SQL queries (small lookup SQL's consume the b...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Truncate incompatible with online backup command

Db2 online backup for warehouse environments running longer depending on database size, online backup command have a lock incompatibility with Truncate table command which is says backup is not fully online. This should be one essential feature th...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 5 Not under consideration

Application status change time is not available in any mon_get_* table functions

In snap admin views, users could see STATUS_CHANGE_TIME column for the application which was helpful in determining when exactly the application changed it status when investigating performance issues. This would help users to estimate or know how...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 1 Not under consideration

Alt-tab to move between cube viewer/ set window and Excel sheet

Currently, users have to minimise cube view and set windows to return to Excel - this should be possible via alt-tab, or just clicking through directly to the workbook
over 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

Link PAW security to TM1 control cubes

Link PAW security to TM1 control cubes Replicate “}ApplicationSecurity” cube for workbook security, dimensions are }WorkbookEntries }GroupsThe settings in the cube are• View only - The user can view content in the book but can't edit it.• ...
about 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Make Export add a column header row to output

Export is often used to download data from a Db2 Server to a user's workstation where they then look at it in excel.
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 2 Not under consideration

Using SAS data sets in Cognos Analytics

Ability to use SAS data sets as a data source in Cognos.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Bar Charts in PAW, positive and negative values in differenct colors

It would be great to have the option to choose different colores for positive and negative numbers in bar charts. An example is to show variance in % of plan vs. last years actuals in a bar chart. Positive variances could be show in green, negativ...
almost 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Future consideration

Manipulating a custom node from a stream script

want to manipulate a custom node from a stream script. Currently, it is possible to create a custom node from a stream script using "createAt", but it is not possible to set the value using "setPropertyValue". Since custom nodes cannot be manipula...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Future consideration