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issue DISPLAY BLOCKERS instead of DISPLAY CLAIMERS when DRAIN timeout

Currently when DRAIN fails during REORG, a DISPLAY CLAIMERS is issued. The draw back is there is no "age" information, so user does not know which thread is the blocker, because the claimer could also be waiter.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Indication of the reason for conversion by drop/create

In our environment, we try to execute all changes to DB2 tables online via Alter commands if possible. However, there are a lot of reasons why in some cases the Alter is not possible and as a consequence Admintool correctly chooses the conversion ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

Search should look for Ids, not just labels

WIthin Data Modules and Reports you can for items. For example, I could search for 'Sales'. This will show me all the items with Sales in the name. However, within reports and data module expressions, it is an objects Id that is shown and not the ...
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Online BAR from pureScale to non-purescale

There are many cases that a database on the purescale cluster is needed to move on non-purescale instance. for example,backup, development or DR system . However, oracle does support this.
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover / pureScale 0 Future consideration

Bulk actions

I am having to action 50 tasks individually. Considerable time taken. Please consider the following: to manually reset all submissions without save as workaround to manually activate/disable all tasks in a plan
4 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Create Datasets/Dashboards from an existing Cognos Report

Create a dataset directly from an existing Cognos report and refresh it on a schedule.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Persistent URL for glossary assets - do not change when new version is published.

Today, when a glossary asset (e.g., Term, Rule) is updated and published, its URL changes. The version number is appended to the end. We want a persistent URL that will always link to the current, active version of the glossary asset - no matter w...
6 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Watson Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Enhance search features on grid views

It is our understanding that in grid views (incl. filtered lists), only "name" and "description" fields can be searched on. We would like the ability to search on other fields displayed in the grid view.
about 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Future consideration

Controller Web Exclude certain IC journals from Reconciliation tab

Elimination of intercompany revenues are often configured as a "one-legged" elimination. That is selling company reports an intercompany revenue. This is then eliminated and also booked against a cost account. The buying company do report an inter...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Conditional automatic journals to post values on different from REPO journal types

When using conditional automatic journals, it is not possible to re-direct postings to a different journal type then REPO, even if puting it on "Journal type" field, on control table. Even if filtering Trial Balance to show only REPO/BASE, automat...
7 months ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 8 Needs more information