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Shorter Suffixes for from precompiler generated COBOL-variables

In older versions of DB2 the COBOL-variable for VARCHAR-columns was:nn VARCHAR-COL1-X 49 VARCHAR-COL1-LL 49 VARCHAR-COL1Today the suffixes generated by the Db2-precompiler are much longer and lead to problems if the column-name, which was extended...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Support

Customer would like the DB2 Unload and Load Utilities to support Partition by Growth (PBG) tablespaces.
almost 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Encrypt data in transit to DB

per corporate audit finding connections from application must be encrypted, and connection strings modified to use encryption between application and database.
almost 2 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Check 1 Functionality already exists

Dynamically Construct A List Array String of Report Columns To Be Used For Progress DataDirect Autonomous REST Driver

We are currently trying to use the Progress DataDirect Autonomous REST driver to connect to some our custom UKG APIs. During our initial observation on how the driver works, we’ve noticed that even if we create a Cognos report against the APIs wit...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Controller Web - ability to use more than 13 periods for Data Entry forms

Currently, if you try to open a data entry form (in Controller Web) for period 14 or 15, then you get a message “Internal Server Error ... fsid STATUS: 500 ... Unexpected error”. It works OK if you open the same data entry form for period 12 or 13...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Is a defect

have the latest DOcplex package pre-installed

Hi, the docplex packages in python 2.7 or 3.5 are out dated. I find out when i tried the latest tutorial of DOCPLEX in DSX would be great that IBM package are up-to-date
about 7 years ago in Decision Optimization CPLEX & For Watson Studio 0 Functionality already exists

Possibility to display changes made in SYSADM before approval

We have activated Dual Authorization in FTM SWS as part of our CSP. We would like Approvers to be able to list, what was actually changed by person, who comitted the changes. list -ou % -qo O -lo NCSV - shows all configuration for that OU.
over 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 2 Not under consideration

Default output format in reporting

Please use the same mechanics as in Cognos 10 where you had the same output format every time you clicked on the play button. Now you have to chose every report execution which output format you want to see.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Need config param to allow user to specify what dbspaces should be used for Mongo collections

Currently (IDS 12.10.FC2X6) when a collection is created in the Informix server the dbspaces used are selected by some automated process. The user has no control where the data or indexes are placed. There should be a config parameter which could ...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

A better Element management approach in Leaves dimension: Hierarchy

Currently when managing ( deleting and rebuilding) Hierarchies, it's fairly common for a C: Element in an Alt Hierarchy to end up inthe Leaves dimensions as an N: element when the hierarchy is made to go away. This causes programmatic problems/err...
almost 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration