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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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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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Confirmation button when running a process from a button

This is could be useful to ask users whether they are really sure (for instance, clearing many cells for the right scenario/version/year combination). Ideally, a customizable message like: "Are you sure to delete Actuals from pYear-pMonth ?" By de...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Enable queryValue() and queryValues() for Report Queries and Data Items

As of today, both macro functions queryValue() and queryValues() can only be used with direct source paths (e.g., package or data module). It would be extremely beneficial for report authors if these functions could also reference report queries a...
10 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Read only / Write toggle for Admin

A toggle in Workbench, ideally per object but if not possible for all objects in one go, to disallow Admin who is using the toggle, to change any objects. A similar solution exists in SAP BW workbench, where the default setting for admins when wor...
6 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Macro functional parity of prompt/paramvalue and promptmany

The cognos macro language has the ParamValue function which is great for getting parameters without causing a missing parameter exception (and a prompt appearing). ParamValue can only be used for single values. It has feature parity with the Promp...
29 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Use server formatting in PAfE not only for QuickReports but for all Reports

Dear Sirs, we would like to use the server formatting not only for the Quick Reports as it is now the case, but also for the other report types. For now it is not possible, unfortunately, so you have to create / to prepare the same formatting that...
2 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

Expand the logger functionalities for TI parameters and parameter values

Dear IBM team, we need the possibility to get the information concerning TI process parameters and parameter values. On the one hand it is possible to retrieve this information through own codes in a TI directly, however, it would be smoother to s...
20 days ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

PAW Enhancement: Proactive Notifications for Updates and Brief Disconnects

Dear IBM Planning Analytics Team, Based on support ticket [Insert Ticket ID], where the team endorsed logging this as an enhancement, I'd like to propose better communication during PAW updates or temporary API disruptions. Users often see alarmin...
14 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Select a delivery method while running a report with full interactivity

When running an ad hoc report from the Cognos portal, there is a noticeable difference between full interactivity mode and classic mode. The option to select a delivery method is only available in classic mode, meaning users cannot send the report...
15 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Planning Analytics - Identify which PAW books are being used

Across large environments and a large user base, many PAW books will be developed and being produced over time. In current stage information is available when the PAW book has been modified the last time. Understanding when the PAW book was access...
about 2 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

PAW freeze book with global variable for vizualisations

We used global variable on our book for synchronisation.When we apply it, we get freeze on our book pages especialy for vizualisations (waterfall, columns etc..). It seems to work well with Explorations. We attached all captures to explain the pro...
9 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted