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possibility to add a column at the partition clause without dropping the table

We would like to have the possibility to modify the PARTITIONING clause without DROPPING the table, with an ALTER COMMAND
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Ensure that 'bresize' calls ESUB so that we can do policy enforcement, like limit the increase to no more than X tasks or to keep the job from going over Y tasks

Once we re-certify Session Scheduler, we know that the users will 'game the system'.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 0 Future consideration

Make DB2_USE_ALTERNATE_PAGE_CLEANING=ON the default

DB2_USE_ALTERNATE_PAGE_CLEANING is of great benefit for performance and scalability since it was introduced in v8. It's now the default in pureScale and BLU environments, so why can't we make it the default all around?
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Not under consideration

Add Runstats Check functionality for DB2 LUW objects (similar to Reorgchk) to determine if a table really needs runstats or not

No description provided
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Allow defining rolling container windows defined on user defined calendars

Currently time series rolling window containers can only be defined to use a predetermined set of calendars to define the number of time points included in each window. Those are: day, week, month, and year. There is a need for more flexibility. T...
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

gzip support with filter option on sequential file stage when using multiple files option

Our use case is that we need to split data into multiple files by "x" key, and as the data is huge (MB to GBs) we want to also have the files compressed while being written to. The option works when just writing the data into a single file.
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Use container / cgroup cores when automatically picking threads

Currently, when auto selecting the number of threads, it looks like cplex uses the number of cpu cores. That doesn't work for containers that are cpu limited using cgroups, as the number of threads will be equal to the host machine's cpu core coun...
about 1 year ago in Decision Optimization CPLEX & For Watson Studio / CPLEX Optimization Studio 0 Future consideration

Data Modules - For data server connections and uploaded files, turn off/on cleansing of table and column labels

This is how it works today: For data server connections and uploaded files, the table and column labels are cleaned up in English and some other languages in the following way: For single files, the file extension, such as .xls or .csv, is remove...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Limit batch connections via DB2 profile tables

We had a few instances where an errant user submitted multiple batch jobs against a DB2 subsystem and caused DB2 to reach IDBACK limit. This affected other users trying to submit batch jobs for an extended period of time. Making use of DB2 profile...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add control setting to determine the additional text on the name of output files.

I have a report written in Cognos 11.  It runs on a schedule that saves it to the file system on the Cognos Server.  When they are saved there, it adds the “-en-us” to the end of the file name. For example: The report scheduled was name...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration