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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Improvement in the check for high serial values

I'm trying to check if a serial value has reached its upper limit. I noticed the following unpleasant behaviour. In the sysmaster tables sysptnhdr and sysactptnhdr the currently used serial values are in three fields for the datatypes serial, seri...
over 5 years ago in Information Server 2 Not under consideration

IMAM XSD Import from Engine Tier

InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM) allows you to import .xsd files to get metadata about respective .xml data files. However the way IMAM currently works is that the .xsd file you want to import can only be on the client from which the IMAM ...
about 8 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Auto-update "Contained Relationships" of Physical Data model / Schema Relationships

In Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM), relationships can be defined between Physical Data Models (PDMs) and Implemented Data Resource (IDR) schemas. These relationships can have "Contained Relationships" which associate design tables with IDR tables wi...
about 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Not under consideration

IBM DataStage support PostgreSQL

The "official document or information for IBM DataStage 11.7 support PostgreSQL 13.x under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x" could not get now. Same situaation as PostgreSQL 14.x.
over 3 years ago in Information Server 1 Not under consideration

More efficient ISALite Check for IMAM import area connections.

Part of the ISALite general health check includes a check for InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM) Import Area connections. Specifically, it test the connection for every single Import Area to ensure they're still valid/functioning. This quick...
almost 8 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

istool import asset values -cao option to be available in IGC UI

1. Product: IGC2. Associated PMR: TS0014637973. Describe the requirement: Would like istool import asset values -cao option to be available in IGC UI4. Use Case: APAR JR60264 addresses performance issue with custom attribute only updates in asset ...
about 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Planned for future release

IGC Workflow - more filtering options

We are having some challenges with working with a high volume of assets for review in IGC workflow, and unable to narrow the information down into a manageable list.
about 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Not under consideration

Ability to run lineage at Term Level

We have a business requirement to view the Lineage Graph of a Term in IGC Glossary.However, we know that currently its not possible to run lineage on terms or categoriesWhat would be the best way to therefore show lineage for a term in IGC
about 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 2 Not under consideration

IGC support FROM <DATABASE>.<SCHEMA>.<TABLE>

The Labs (development team) confirmed that only FROM .orFROM could be parsed for the SQL embedded in an ODBC Connector.The request for FROM .. is an Enhancement Request.
about 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Not under consideration

IGC New Welcome Page Customization

Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points, state your current workaround(s), state any proposed solution(s), state the benefits/value this idea has, state # of users impacted and how often are they impacted In IGC Class...
over 4 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 2 Not under consideration