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gzip support with filter option on sequential file stage when using multiple files option

Our use case is that we need to split data into multiple files by "x" key, and as the data is huge (MB to GBs) we want to also have the files compressed while being written to. The option works when just writing the data into a single file.
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ should favour use of indices for sort when more than one column is specified

Currently (in my testing) any UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ specifying more than one column will not use indices for sort and will instead scan the table, write to temporary files and sort. This is true even when all columns spe...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Sort data calculations should not be used to determine number of passes for UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statements where an index is used, fix misleading explain output

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH can be used with an explain option. The explain file always shows a sort data calculation which then determines the number of table scans (passes) the database engine will undertake. These are calculated before any de...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Do not allocate MGM memory to UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ if index is used for sort

If an UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ is run, Informix will allocate memory for sorts from the memory grant manager (MGM). This happens regardless of whether there is any sorting to do. If a single indexed column is specified in t...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Avoid UPDATE STATISTICS [LOW] sampling failures due to data skew

If onconfig parameter USTLOW_SAMPLE is set, sampling will be used for all UPDATE STATISTICS LOW commands. On some tables this will always or nearly always fail due to data skew, printing a message like: Warning: update statistics low using samplin...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Change Management - copy then modify previously saved dialog

We are a new user of the IBM tools. I'd like the ability to copy the existing saved dialog and then modify it (change environments). If there is an existing way to do this or workaround let me know. Editing the dataset "user.ADMIN.SAVEDLGS" isn't ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

extended ESQL/C login structure for solving password length problem

Status: In an application using ESQL/C authentication with instance users, a user can change his password by using sql with a passwort length greater than the 18 character limit imposed by the struct InetLogin (see case TS003855467). After the cha...
over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

Migration Capability in Lifecycle Manager across different PAW environment

Currently in PAW Version 30; there is no way to setup mapping between across instances hosted on two different PAW environments (Say DEV and QA) in Lifecycle manager. The only way to migrate objects is to export from the source and import it in ta...
almost 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Export Dialog as Pretty Table

Export dialog as pretty table so that it can be printed, reviewed, and audited by a third party outside the tooling. For every response, create a row that record the relevant information such as: - which node do this response belong to (i.e. node ...
almost 7 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Not under consideration

Need an API to fetch Group Administrator settings

API for groups and (users) only returns what security admin permissions that group has to administer other groups . Currently there is no API for users/groups to get the list of everyone who has access to administer them and the properties (Manage...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Integration & Risk API 2 Not under consideration

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