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Add Columns as Suppression Options for Lists

Crosstabs provide 4 Suppression Options based on Rows and Columns whereas Lists allow only for Row-based suppression. While Column-based suppression can be achieved in a List by using render variables, this is very time consuming when multiple Col...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

RTS history table outside DSNDB06

With DB2 12 new function features, IBM added RTS temporal history option. This is an excellent option, considering we used to perform that manually. Unloading and reloading the STATS into a history table. The new option, creates 2 new tables with ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow File Connector to manage Hive tables properly when they are located in HDFS Transparent Data Encryption Zones

When the File Connector is configured to write files to an encrypted zone (TDE) within HDFS, with "Create Hive Table" set to Yes and "Drop existing table" set to Yes, jobs will fail if the table already exists. This is because Hive requires the PU...
over 7 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Excel Export node with append option

Currently, we need to generate an Excel file with historical data processed periodically with a Modeler stream as a batch execution. The Excel file should append the data each time, not overwriting. The node can write an existing file, but always ...
over 1 year ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Future consideration

Global Timestamp

Currently in OpenPages there is only one timestamp for sign-off. I work at a global Japanese Bank and the timestamp is configured for the Tokyo Time zone. This means that if someone in New York Signs-off on a workpaper after lunch, it will show a ...
over 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / Infrastructure/Conformance 1 Not under consideration

Disable query hints at report level to avoid override model level or server level governance

There are a few governors that we want to ensure they cannot be overridden at report level. 1. Maximum row retrieved (report level)/Maximum number of retrieved rows (model level) 2. Maximum execution time (report level)/Query execution time limit ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Add option to Cognos Command Center to select plugin/plugin version when importing jobs

For example: source system: CCC 10.2.4 with TM1 9.5.2 Plugin target system: CCC 10.2.4 with TM1 10.2.2 Plugin During an upgrade cycle, if we need to move jobs from the source system to the target system, customers are expected to downgrade the plu...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Change behavior of option PARALLEL(0) for REORG TABLESPACE

We had a problem recently when a reorg of a tablespace with 100 partitions consumed far too much real storage. We ran the reorg with PARALLEL(0) and it choose to use 188 parallel tasks. That was probably OK at the beginning of the execution but no...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MJE Park & Post: include the approval step prior to actually posting the Journal

Currently, journals are posted as soon as the user submits it, and the approval is done after the journal has already affected the Financial statements. In order to reduce the risk of unauthorized journals affecting the numbers, we would like that...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Sensitive Access Report showing users with Write access rights with privilege to enter Journals

We need to validate what are the users that have sensitive access (i.e. Write access rights, with privilege to enter Journals) and to what entities/companies, so we can manage them appropriately and avoid business risks to our Financial statements...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration