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Data Module: Combine fact tables (like a presentation layer)

I want to have the capabilities to regroup measures(columns) from different tables into one folder. In other words, having the possibility of using a presentation layer which reference the measures. At the moment, I have to make my user navigate t...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Under review

EXTFILE size needs to be in TCz

The size of the EXTFILE is actually hard coded in the skeleton. Other than reducing the scan range (currently 3 and 7 hrs), we can recommend updating the skeleton. For the transaction scan, you can edit SARYSLIB members ARYINBX (currently line 90)...
about 6 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Recover of freed packages

We would like to be able to recover freed packages. One of our clients always performs bind from a temporary library to avoid cluttering. This means it can require some investigation to find the correct DBRMs, especially if a lot of package were f...
about 6 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Fix how reference shortcuts on alias shortcuts work in FM

You create a query subject from a database table. Then you create an alias shortcut on that query subject. On this alias shortcut you add relationships to other query subjects/shortcuts. After that you create a reference shortcut on the alias shor...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

AWS Dynamo DB

AWS is all over the place and people who uses the DB services are growing everyday. on the vendor list do not see any Dynamo DB support, it would only be helpful to add this to the list
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 2 Not under consideration

Allow Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS to display the status of HSM

Since Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS makes extensive use of DFHSM it would be useful to view the current status of HSM from within RE. Questions such as: Is HSM operational? Have previous offloads been completed? Are there any issues with HSM before...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide option to use the full dataset when advanced analytics only uses sampled data

The problem: Users can receive fast pattern warnings that indicate analysis was based on sampled data AND that there is no reliable predictive relationship. These users would be interested to see if the sampled data is representative of all data i...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / AI/Smarts 0 Not under consideration

Enhancement for DB2 z/OS database backup/recovery

BUSINESS REQUIREMENT Database Recovery is probably the most critical area for DBAs and Application Support teams. As important as new features and performance are, Recovery is absolutely crucial – Production data loss is unacceptable, long databas...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Record recovery events in SYSCOPY

I did a recovery using Recovery Expert but no entries were populated into SYSCOPY. This is a gap for record keeping and audit purposes.
about 5 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Record recovery in SYSCOPY

When using Recovery Expert, I am noticing it doesn't record an entry into SYSIBM.SYSCOPY.
about 5 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration