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Allow workflow scope to have multiple categories (subcategories of same parent)

Right now when creating a workflow, one can specify only one category - the selection is based on radio buttons. So let's say we have primary category "DSA" and under that we have four 'working' subcategories A,B,C,D. We would like to have an appr...
5 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Functionality already exists

Include transform feature from Natural to Java

Some SPGI clients (public tenders within them) that are using IBM's Mainframe are requesting to convert from Natural language (SoftwareAG) to Java in order to modernise it. They would like to avoid using ADABAS and start using relational databases...
about 1 month ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 2 Needs more information

PAW Security for instances

As both a developer and a user, I would like to see only relevant instances displayed in the side panel of PAW. However, I do not want to have to manually select the instances I wish to view. Instead, I would prefer that this be managed by an admi...
4 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Add metrics to distinguish between a real active DBAT and a "cached" DBAT if High Performance DBAT is used

If High Performance DBAT is activated there is no flag in -DIS THREAD or in IFCIDs to distinguish between a real active DBAT (processing work) or a "chached" DBAT waiting for work. In a high volume environment as in our shop, it is critical to ide...
4 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Colour consistency should be definable across all objects, not just within a single dashboard. And we should have attributes on members, not just data items.

Colour consistency is a great feature, ensuring that within a single dashboard all visualisations will show a member with the same colour. But what about if you have a suite of dashboards? What about if you have reports? A user would want the same...
7 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Submitted

Chore overview to be available in a tabular view

Currently chores need to be opened to see the time at which they are scheduled. In most cases an administrator needs to look at a review of all chores to see when they are scheduled to run i.e. a table of Chore Name, Active Indicator, Frequency, S...
2 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

Allow relations to be defined between drafts

In certain cases we would like to leave terms/rules in draft state until they are 'ready' - meaning there is no published version. These objects should have relationships between them. Thus we'd need a way to create relationships between two draft...
8 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Watson Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Real-Time Reporting Capability in IBM Cognos Analytics

I would like to request an enhancement in IBM Cognos Analytics to support real-time data streaming for reporting and dashboards. Currently, Cognos does not natively support second-by-second real-time updates, making it challenging to use for scena...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 4 Submitted

File Upload Option on PAFE Action Buttons

Allow users to upload files to the "model_upload" directory from a PAFE action button would be incredibly useful. It streamlines processes where a user creates an upload template and then has to move over to PAW to click an action button to upload...
10 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

The way Japanese input is handled in the prompt

I'm using WCA on VSCode 1.96.4 / macOS 15.2. When entering Japanese text in the input prompt, I often need to convert characters to kanji. However, pressing Enter to confirm the conversion also sends the input as a message in WCA Assistant Chat, r...
about 2 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 2 Under review