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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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INTRA_PARALLEL should be ONLINE configurable

INTRA_PARALLEL should be ONLINE configurable DB CFG INTRA_PARALLEL is configurable, but it should not be just configurable, but ONLINE configurable.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Not under consideration

Quick link to next step in workflow when it's on a different object

Problem description: There are cases when the next step in a business workflow involves going to a related object and performing some action on that related object (create new, associate, or run a workflow step). For example, an issue arises that ...
about 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Under review

INSTANCE_MEMORY AUTOMATIC should be automatic, not calculated

The default value of the INSTANCE_MEMORY parameter is AUTOMATIC. The AUTOMATIC setting results in a value that is computed at database partition activation. This behavior is inflexible regarding dynamic memory changes e.g. for AIX LPARs. Today it ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Platform support for Docker Container

We are trying to explore the possibility of having to install cognos on a docker container to maximize our hardware resources. Having it on the docker will save the OS running on every VM that was build from physical.
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Flexibility to Make Attributes Searchable After Creation in Match360

Currently, in the Match360 data model, an attribute can only be designated as searchable during its initial creation. Once the attribute is created and published, it cannot be altered as a searchable attribute. This lack of flexibility restricts t...
over 1 year ago in Master Data Management 0 Planned for future release

Enable UUID as a column type, and generation of UUIDs

As we are moving towards more microservices on Z, and more interaction with cloud services, where UUIDs are much more used, we see a growing need for saving and generating UUIDs on Z. We therefore propose that UUID be made a column type in DB2. Th...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Save Report output to Box and OneDrive

We are looking for a solution where we can allow users to schedule their report's output to Box or OneDrive accounts. This will bring a lot of value for our users as often our users schedule reports to be delivered via email and some of them are r...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Extension Output Node for Python with Graph Output tab like R

We would like to create a graph in an Extension Output Node using Python libraries such as matplotlib or seaborn. Currently, when we connect to the Modeler Server from the Modeler Client and run the node, the graph is not output and the stream pr...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 2 Planned for future release

Set User Preference for Automatic Group and Summary Behavior for Lists

Allow users to set their preference for 'Automatic group and summary behavior for lists' as a user preference rather than the current requirement to set as an option for each report.
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to delete objects from an instance & application

Objects can be decommissioned when they become redundant, and so being able to delete indexes/tables/databases etc from instances and applications needs to be supported by DOE.
4 months ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 2 Future consideration