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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI 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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DISPLAY EARLY CODE command

Good to know what the level of of the DB2 early code. IBM currently make viewing the early code level far more difficult than it needs to be.
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 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 5 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Bulk Update Configuration to Exclude Fields and Apply RUles

Provide the ability for administrators to define on a per object basis what fields can be updated in bulk using existing functionality in TFUI. Also, allow rules to specified for fields to be updated I.E. a text 'Risk Title' field needs to be over...
about 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 8 Not under consideration

Improve performance of EXPLAIN

With early versions of DB2 the performance of EXPLAIN was not relevant. Nowadays, where DBAs do thousands of EXPLAINs, the performance and turnaround is getting critical. I think there is room for better performance and throughput of mass EXPLAINs...
about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

Documentation update regarding DataStage Roles and Capabilities

Every DataStage team in the world needs a quick reference to the DataStage roles/permissions/capabilities which is easily understandable and comprehensive at a glance. There isn't one in the manual, it's just a bunch of overly-complicated text. So...
over 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Under review

Ability to Control data mapping into Read Only fields (Fields that are read only due to calculations)

Currently, when a field was made read only due to calculation ( ie.. Using the field in the set operation of a calculation), When we use fastmap to load data into that field, it can't be overridden. This seems to be accurate from a perspective tha...
4 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Under review

Support for Kafka "Client-Side Field Level Encryption" in Apply for Kafka

Confluent had released Client-Side Field Level Encryption to their on-prem offering as early access similar to the support they had for Confluent Cloud. We like to make use of this feature to secure our sensitive data. Can IBM add this support in ...
4 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

CQM - Enhancing Granularity in SQL Code Monitoring and Detail Collection

Currently, there is a limitation in the MAX_SQLCODE_DETAIL parameter, as it does not allow exemption of a single negative SQL code. This becomes evident in the CQM$SQCM panel, where although a significant number of entries for a specific SQLCODE, ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

I want to execute an arbitrary process when the workbook is opened or closed in Workspace.

<AsIs> Currently, the only way to start a process is to click a button or execute it as a job. <ToBe> I want to be able to execute an arbitrary process when the Workbook is opened or closed in Workspace.
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Customizable Tooltips for Enhanced Data Interaction in Reporting Canvas

Introducing advanced, customizable tooltips across various containers—such as lists, crosstabs, and charts—within the reporting canvas. This feature would allow users to display detailed reports or additional data visuals as pop-up overlays when h...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted