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Formula-based MAX_QUERYDEGREE settings.

MAX_QUERYDEGREE allows to specify the maximum degree of parallelism for a query. The setting of ANY is usually to aggressive for typical Db2 SAP systems. Specifying an absolute value has the disadvantage of having to adjust the parameter for every...
over 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

PAW - Ability to upload flat file / excel file into workspace for reporting

Ability to create dashboards in PAW using non-TM1 data in the form of flat files/.csv files, without the need of storing the dataset in a TM1 cube.
almost 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Enabling the "XLS" option avaialble for reports along with "PDF" and "XLSX".

The user find it more efficient to format the data in XLS format for Cognos Reports.
5 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Period of inaction while building a report. Notification is generated for the user to warn them of an approaching timeout

Period of inaction while building a report.Notification is generated for the user to warn them of an approaching timeout Part 2If you have a period of inaction. Cognos becomes unresponsive, but does not direct you back to login screen to re-login....
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Object should go into advisory reorg when PCTFREE, PCTFREE for update, FREEPAGE is altered instead of immediate alter to have the REORG pick it up and ensure it is done. Having it immediate is just a catalog update and it might be missed.

When Altering PCTFREE, PCTFREE for UPDATE or FREEPAGE, the DB2 catalog is updated and the DBA must ensure a reorg is run to materialize the change. A process that can be missed. I would like to see this as a pending change and have the reorg pick ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PAW: The cancel button on the set editor is huge

The cancel button on the set editor is huge (Image 1). Would it be possible to give it the same size as the other 3 buttons on the right? and potentially another color to make it clear that there’s a cancel button and not an empty space (Image 2)
almost 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

REORG TABLESPACE REBALANCE option to leave some partitions empty

The current REORG TABLESPACE utility with REBALANCE option will distribute rows evenly accross partitions. Many of my tables have ascending keys, so after a REBALANCE of several partitions (example PART(10:16) ), most new rows will be inserted int...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

real append processing on insert for LOB when specifying append

Our customers send us many millions of documents every day, which we have to save in the form of LOBs very quickly and without interruption in DB2. For this we use the APPEND option to be able to process the inserts as quickly as possible. Unfortu...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Consolidate free space across entire chunk or dbspace

I suggest a repack-like tool which consolidates free space in an entire chunk or dbspace in order to get few, big enough, free spaces to use efficiently. Being able to do so online and with little blocking is desirable
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Framework Manager: Option to allow "true FULL OUTER JOIN SQL generation" using conformed dimensions

Framework Manager: Provide an option to allow true FULL OUTER JOIN SQL generation using conformed dimensions In other words: provide a way to suppress the use of stitch columns in well defined models.PMR: TS001052591
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration