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advanced filters in data modules not available

In order for data modules to be a suitable replacement for Framework Manager packages, we will require the ability to add advanced filters to tables objects within data modules. Currently, all that can be done is to pick from a list of values. I b...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Answer Writer role and tooling

The work of defining a dialog tree is technical, however the the work in writing, editing and reviewing individual answers is better performed by a Writer/Author/Subject Matter Expert. This idea is for the Watson Tooling to add a new screen that l...
over 6 years ago in watsonx Assistant 3 Not under consideration

Add zoom function to Active Report Viewer

It would be nice to have zoom functionality in the Active Report Viewer client to get rid of the scrollbars when opening report on a laptop with smaller screen.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Add JSON as new report output format

Besides HTML, Excel, Excel data, CSV, PDF and XML there should be another output format for reporting: JSON
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Index support for "expression op expression"

In our environment, we have many queries with predicate: "expression op expression". As they don't use indexes they're performing a table scan. We would like DB2 to be able to use indexes to resolve this type of predicate. Examples: SELECT [id], [...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Multi Row Insert

Support Multi Row Insert: insert into table1 (col1, ..., colx) values (1, ..., x), ... (1000, ..., x) ; Using Multi Row Insert multiple rows can be inserted with just one statement. Other RDBMs provide this feature with a performance improvement o...
almost 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Not under consideration

Themes should be ordered alphabetically, when creating a new report

When creating a new report, a template and a theme can be chosen. The templates are ordered alphabetically, but the themes not. The themes should be ordered alphabetically, too.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DB2 enhancement for REUSASID=YES

Please add functionality for REUSASID=YES to DB2 product. REUSASID=YES is not currently supported by DB2 z/OS. Since DB2 does not support REUSASID=YES, the ASID is not reusable until IPL.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

VIRTUAL_INDEX_USED column in plan table

MR0218096957 GGDB208030Mark all rows of a statement in the plan_table with an Y in a new column VIRTUAL_INDEX_USED when a dependency to a virtual index exists.
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Open Cursor with Hold

MR021809690 GGDB208033Add a new thread based accounting-class-2- and a package based accounting-class-7 counter ????????????????????????OPEN CURSOR WITH HOLD???????????????????????? which will be incremented whenever a OPEN statement with option H...
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration