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New Authorization for SELECT all tables (DataSelect)

We use the DataAccess Auth to let Select. Insert, Update & Delete on all tables. But we'll appreciate also a new Auth for letting only Select on all tables. That's why we thought about the name DataSelect.
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Clear controlled field when response is changed in controlling field

When a question is made visible and editable by a controlling field, and a user responds to that question and saves their response, but then changes their mind about the response to the controlling field, the controlled field goes back to hidden a...
about 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / Automation 1 Under review

Scanning the content of uploaded Excel file

This subject has been brought to our attention by our clients, they need to make sure uploaded files are scanned for malicious scripts or codes. We deal with many banks and its part of the audit.
2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Sparse Index - sub select in where condition

The Where possibility in the Sparse Index is great. To get more flexibility it would be great if you include the possibility to use the sub select in the where condition. This can replace fixed values. Thanks.
2 months ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Enable/Disable job schedule with CPDCTL or API

Case: TS016318008 Our EPAM team is build the automation of stop/start inbound jobs' schedulers with CPDCTL. While we found even the job on UI shows no schedule, it still runs everyday with schedule. We tried to get the job information with API and...
5 months ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Add Arm64 support for Net.IBM.Data.Db2-osx

I am trying to use the dotnet library Net.IBM.Data.Db2-osx on an Apple Macbook M3 Pro, but it fails to work. I was told it is because the library does not support Arm64 systems. Can we add Arm64 support? See this thread for back story.
7 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 2 Submitted

PAW - Change default for TI parameter to String from Number

In PAW, when adding a new parameter, it defaults to the Number format. However, as a developer, there is often a need for a String parameter rather than a Number. While there is an option to change the format for multiple parameters, it retains th...
7 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Extend Cognos Analytics product documentation by information about 3rd party certificates

I was activating ssl in a customer's productive cognos analytics environment. I followed the instructions of the corresponding product documentation for cognos analytics 11.2.4: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.0?topic=ecmica-conf...
7 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Enhance MON_GET_TRANSACTION_LOG to return Transaction Log number of OLDEST_TX_LSN and the Transaction log number of the minbuflsn recovery information returned by db2pd -dirtypages

Enhance MON_GET_TRANSACTION_LOG to return Transaction Log number of OLDEST_TX_LSN and the Transaction log number of the minbuflsn recovery information returned by db2pd -dirtypages. For example when trying to identify the reason for the First Acti...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover / Monitoring 0 Future consideration

Request for RUNSTATS SHRLEVEL REFERENCE with SAMPLE to update RTS TOTALROWS

Recovery to PIT or to current, and non-standard recovery methods such as DSN1COPY or DF/SMS dataset DUMP/RESTORE from flashcopy backups can leave TOTALROWS set to 0, NULL or invalid values. Trying to run something like a REBUILD index relies on TO...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration