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Restore IIS gateway dispatcher redundancy functionality to behave like previous cognos versions

In cognos 11 the iis gateway requires the use of url rewrites to create a reverse proxy to work. This hard codes a single dispatcher per IIS gateway. The workaround suggested by support would require a dedicated IIS instance per dispatcher and loa...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Adding xlsx files into Modeler stream by drag-and-drop

You can add excel data source into Modeler stream by drag-and-drop xls file onto Modeler canvas. But you can't add xlsx file in that way. Old xls files are not supported now and IBM recommends to use new xlsx files. So SPSS Modeler should have dra...
about 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration

Support ODBC to SQL Synapse

Today PA does not support an ODBC connection to a SQL Synapse database. This is a major shortcoming since this is a widely used database that is becoming more and more popular.
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 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

Report widget for Panel in new UI

Hi Team, We have a number of teams using the same profile like Audit, ORM etc and we will like each team to have their separate panels on the home page. We are able to achieve the charts and count for the panels. However, there is no option to a...
about 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Not under consideration

Dashboard drill though changes

When I attempt to connect a drill through report to a dashboard, my only choices to pass to the drill through report are values in the dashboard. My drill through report has a prompt for Current, Official Report or Effective date, I would like to ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Output embedded reports as part of PDF outputs in Dashboards

The Use case revolves around dashboards that have complex embedded reports as part of the dashboard output. When exporting to PDF, currently, embedded widgets are not shown in the PDF output. This hinders the ability to consolidate and share insig...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Not under consideration

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