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Online index rebuild

We need command tool in Informix >>-ALTER INDEX--index--REBUILD------------>< | | '-ONLINE-' working like: REBUILD INDEX online utility in DB2 or ALTER INDEX index REBUILD ONLINE in Oracle or REINDEX [INDEX|TABLE] in PostgreSQL
about 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

For Dynamic SQL that is stabilized, Add the SDQ_STMT_ID

For Dynamic SQL statements listed in Query Monitor, it is important to know if the SQL statement is/was Stabilized. Listing the SDQ_STMT_ID that is assigned to the Query in both the online monitor and downloaded into CQM_SUMM_METRICS can help with...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

add part level to object profile and reorg profile discard screen

We run reorg discard utility monthly with our legacy job. We have large partition by range table spaces that have billions of rows and 100's of parts. Currently with the automation tool I need to edit the object profile for each table space to cha...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

MANTA should script Data Lineage of PL/1 Program as same as Cobol!

Customer uses PL/1 with Db2-Commandos which should be Data Lineaged!
about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

DMC Backup Restore

It would be great if database administrators could manage and schedule backups and restores from the DMC in Cloud Pak.
about 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

Use of temp folder

My suggestion is that the themes and extension are not temporary and do not belong in a folder called temporary it causes confusion and difficulty when diagnosing. These should be moved to another folder outside the temp folder.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Future consideration

Provide Db2 utility messages regarding the usage (or not) of the Large Block Interface

The Large Block Interface (LBI) provided by z/OS can be used by Db2 utilities (such as COPY) to greatly reduce the utility runtime of when creating data sets on tape devices. The LBI must first be enabled through the DEVSUPxx member of SYS1.PARMLI...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Remove the need for NC Drop, handle dead processes / schedules better

Currently, if a bad report is scheduled or something happens to the environment, the NC table can build up as explained by this technote and make schedules slow or send them into pending. To resolve this requires a lengthy process of a) backing up...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Using distinct subsets and/or dimension attributes on distinct views on a same tab/book

Customer has a book with two views, one is a exploration, the other is a bar graph. Both this views are using the same cube and dimensions. A dimension (Region) has as its names/codes values are MS1, MS2, MG1, MG2 and so on. Captions for these ele...
about 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

can we download the preview of data asset which is from a data connection

Please take a look at the screenshot in the attachment, the download icon is gray(unusable) when the data asset is from a data connection. Is it possible to make the download work for the data connection asset preview?
about 1 year ago in watsonx.ai 0 Future consideration