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when editing connection you can activate the option to initialize HADR

When editing the connection, the option to initialize HADR will appear on the screen. Today this option is only possible for new connections or databases. However, every old database can become a HADR.
7 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Submitted

Add additional security for NZ SaaS

We would like to see Netezza SaaS allow a CIDR block to allow only legitimate IP addresses which would limit others coming from the Public Connection to gain access.
7 months ago in Netezza Performance Server 0 Submitted

Improve AOT backup performance

We're using IDAA loader V 2.1 to run backups for very huge AOTs. When IDAA loader takes a backup from an IDAA AOT it uses SQL multirow fetch to transfer the data from IDAA into a z/OS sequential file. This may work fine for small AOTs. But in our ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic cubes heap when loading in-memory aggregates

Loading the in-memory aggregates consumes massive amounts of heap. In previous versions of Cognos when all in-memory aggregates was loaded from the source the heap consumption was far less. We have a setup with a few cubs starting at the same time...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Db2 To Provide A Way To Override Certain Implicit Table Space Parameters Default Values

TSYS has QMF applications running in 6 UAT and Production Db2 environments. There are approximately 2,600+ client users running QMF queries and procs for their applications in those Db2 environments. Many of the users are creating temporary tables...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add radial and lasso map selection controls to map visualization in Cognos Analytics dashboards.

We have a business requirement for selecting radial and custom geographic areas to quickly identify clients at risk during extreme weather events, disease outbreak, flooding, fires, or other localized emergency.
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Support DB2 LUW Specific Functions that are Missing in DB2 z/OS

State of California Office of Systems Integration (OSI) uses Db2 LUW in AIX environment, to support Child Welfare Reporting Caseworkers. We are working on a proof of concept to demonstrate transitioning of reporting workloads from Db2 LUW to IDAA ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 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

Excessive DBHEAP by BLU compression dictionaries

In current design, when SQL statement accesses a table, the compression and expansion dictionaries of that table will be read into DBHEAP and kept there until database deactivation. For column-based table, the memory consumption may up to 100MB. i...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

Global Search parameters in TFUI

Thank you for bringing back global search into the TFUI. Can you please also bring back option to include the parameters of the search. Right now it is only a search box that doesn't allow you to refine the criteria any further.
about 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 4 Not under consideration