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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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The ability to apply the DB2 Connect Unlimited Licence directly on zOS

It would be useful for DB2 sysprogs to be able to apply the DB2 Connect Unlimited Licence to a database natively on zOS without the need to install the runtime client and run the db2connectactivate utility.
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

issue DISPLAY BLOCKERS instead of DISPLAY CLAIMERS when DRAIN timeout

Currently when DRAIN fails during REORG, a DISPLAY CLAIMERS is issued. The draw back is there is no "age" information, so user does not know which thread is the blocker, because the claimer could also be waiter.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Online BAR from pureScale to non-purescale

There are many cases that a database on the purescale cluster is needed to move on non-purescale instance. for example,backup, development or DR system . However, oracle does support this.
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover / pureScale 0 Future consideration

Function Lookup UI for Calculations In Data Modules and Dashboard

Need a good function lookup UI in the Data Module and Dashboard tools, like exists on the Report tool. That would make it very easy to see what your choices are, and how to use them. Right now, there is no UI. Just an expression editor. You need t...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Convert xlsx files to csv as an option to Allow file upload

In PAW, the recent option to Allow file upload on a button would require users to upload their files in .csv format, meaning they have to convert their .xlsx or .xlsm files locally and then drag and drop the files in the file upload screen. Altern...
almost 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Future consideration

Make Db2 Connect ready for the future (which is already here)

Hi IBM Community, hi IBM Support, as part of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux version change, at the moment we have to set up many new server systems for the application software we support.Our application software relies heavily on DB2 and so the IBM D...
9 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Poor performance on DB2 V11.1 due to changes in build process

Some customers are noticing performance degradations moving from v105 ESE to v111 ESE on the same hardware.These degradations are most pronounced in OLTP workloads, with an emphasis on INSERT and UPDATE operations. Db2 Support has confirmed that t...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Empty links in CPLEX Optimization Studio Documentation

There are many 'empty' links/pages in the CPLEX Optimization Studio Documentation when I search for topics. I limit the scope to CPLEX and IDE, but still get many, many blank results. I spend a great deal of time clicking through blank pages to fi...

Ability to disable Notifications for Bulk Update of Fields and Bulk Workflow Actions

When users use the Bulk Udate feature from a Grid view, or they complete Workflows in Bulk from a Grid view, the system shows them the result of the operation directly in the UI. At the same time an e-mail notification is triggered to the user. Th...
almost 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Using QR Code for login in Mobile App with SSL or SSO

Lots of our customers using SSL and SSO for Cognos Analytics On Prem. Since Cognos Version 11.2.4 they also more and more use the Mobile App for consuming Dashboards. The point is that they currently have to enter the Dispatcher URL for connecting...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration