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Allow for multiple Object Storage containers

The current setup seems to limit projects to only connect to one container in Object Storage. That's painful if I need data from other containers.
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 0 Not under consideration

support the use of Lasso and Ridge in binary logistic regression. SPSS has it in linear regression, but it would be useful in logistic regr

support the use of Lasso and Ridge in binary logistic regression. SPSS has it in linear regression, but it would be useful in logistic regression.
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 0 Not under consideration

Allow saving browser bookmarks for projects or notebooks

It would be good if I could save a bookmark for the current screen I'm on, for example if I'm editing a notebook and save a bookmark, when I open the bookmark it takes me back to the notebook in edit mode.
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 1 Not under consideration

Create a 'custom' secure gateway connection.

Dsx should not be limited to the connectors listed in the target external service drop down list. We should be able to create a secure connection to a 'custom' endpoint (host and port) so that we can connect using vanilla spark packages.
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 0 Not under consideration

encrypted password vault

I would like an encrypted password vault that I can save my passwords in. I would then like to access passwords using an API call from a notebook: ibm_id_password = getPassword('ibm_id')
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 0 Not under consideration

post upcoming maintenance in notebook

Post upcoming maintenance in notebook if Spark or any other dependency will go down, someone that is using DSX is not going to be monitoring the Status Service Page. It would be very nice to be able to see why a Kernel is dying instead of blindly ...
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 0 Not under consideration

New notebooks created from file default name

New notebooks created from file should have default name set to name of the file. Ex: you create a notebook from MyNotebook.ipynb,then the default name should be set to MyNotebook. Otherwise you typoe text in useless way.
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 0 Functionality already exists

Fix scheduling jobs for notebook viewers

Currently scheduling a notebook to run, only updates the shared version of a notebook. It would be convenient as well for it to update the actual notebook on a scheduled job so that a viewer of a project can see up to date information for that spe...
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 1 Functionality already exists

Enable real-time collaboration in notebooks

It seems notebooks are currently shareable in read-only mode. However it is not possible to interact in the exact same notebook.
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 1 Functionality already exists

Improve the Spark progress bar section by removing the "hide all" button, and adding the standard Jupyter hiding mechanism.

In Jupyter, the standard convention to collapse cell outputs is to click to the left of the cell output. Currently, the Spark progress bar section does not follow this convention, and instead uses a non-standard "hide all" button along the top of ...
over 8 years ago in Watson Studio 2 Functionality already exists