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External Tables support on Windows

I went to use this marvelous feature on windows.. and for my surprise external tables are not implemented for this platform :-( (v11.5) Why ? Please, add support for external tables usage on windows hosts as well .
about 3 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Future consideration

Need an onmode option to terminate orphaned, tightly coupled global transactions. Onmode -Z does not address this case.

If a Java application that uses tightly coupled global transactions (such as from Geronimo / WebSphere app servers) abnormally terminates, it may leave the global transaction orphaned on the Informix database server. In this case, an onstat -G wil...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Improve issue of PII getting leaked in the Granite 8B Japanese model

The clients have noticed PII getting leaked in the Granite 8B Japanese model. This is a massive Red flag and must be dealt with properly before watsonx.ai can be deployed live(scheduled in early September).We did a quick search and found the infor...
3 months ago in watsonx.ai 1 Submitted

To and CC fields dynamic when bursting.

When bursting a report, need the ability to change the To and CC fields based on columns in report.
7 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Add onconfig parameter to limit TLS ciphers used.

Add onconfig parameter to limit TLS ciphers used. Perhaps called SSL_CIPHERSPECS Similar to DB2 parameter ssl_cipherspecs https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/10.5?topic=instance-supported-cipher-suites
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review

I would like to force the use of the "DEFER" option on the creation of an index (using Zparm to make it optional).

We have DBAs that at times (accidently) run a "CREATE INDEX" and fail to include the "DEFER" option. This is rather easy to do because the reverse engineering tools fail to create syntax with the "DEFER" option. The creation of indexes can be very...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Restrict Message Types with Versions

We are implementing HongKong Region HKICL CHATS RTGS Function using FTMV3.2.4.8, HKICL supports only specific MX messages with specific version. for this requirement we are customizing DNIMX Message domain with HKICL Supported MX Messages, but ...
over 1 year ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 0 Not under consideration

Allow "Asset Broswer" node in datastage on cp4d to have access to connections that is inside the catalog

It is useful to search for connections using the Asset Broswer node within the DataStage ETL flow designer. However, the Asset Broswer currently can ONLY find the connections that are added as assets within the project that the flow belongs in. Th...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Support legacy application types in PAx

Application folders are not only used for Excel sheets which is the only supported file type in PAx as of v32. Applications are used to:- Consolidate TI processes (for admin and business users)- Link to views in control cubes for metadata review, ...
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Support for Bit type from MS SQL Server

We use a Bit field as a boolean to indicate if a record is the current record for our customer. Currently, it is not supported and requires casting to another type.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration