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Decouple archive log purging from BACKUP utility

For databases using AUTO_DEL_REC_OBJ, at the end of the BACKUP utility there is a synchronous process which purges any history records and their associated archive logs. This can take a very long time on busy systems. It is necessary to decouple t...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Future consideration

Allow Better Aggregation Stage options such as the same column with multiple aggs or count option within the calculation option.

We have a need to do multiple aggregations on the same column for a grouping. 1. Sum it, 2. Count rows. You cannot use the same column twice, and count is not even an option within the calculation section, it is a separate option and exclusive.
6 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data as a Service 0 Submitted

Improve reliability of re-run functionality

After a server crash, current report runs must be restarted with the re-run functionality with users credentials. So the run once functionality of a schedule does not help, because it uses admin credentials. In some cases the re-run functionality ...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Allow ability to adjust column widths on a table visualizatin in a Dashboard

currently the properties show settings for columns width for a table visualization on dashboard, looking at 11.1.4 on sandbox, but you can't adjust the width. So if you have 5 columns they spread them equally, when you might want to make a date ...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Pacemaker to support Multiple primary VIPs across different interfaces if needed

We have a requirement to isolate the public traffic and qreplication traffic, so we normally create two interfaces on servers , one for public and one for qrep, currently with TSA we create a floating VIP for public interface and one for qrep inte...
7 months ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Submitted

Please create current training material for Db2 administration

Please create basic training material for database administrators on Db2 that is easily consumable and free. A platform like EDx, Udemy, etc, would be ideal, but even on a proprietary platform would be acceptable.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Ignore opening balances on import

Many customers copy opening balances forward then load trial balances which contain opening balances. To avoid overwriting the copied forward OBs a separate form excluding OBs has to be used in the delete tab of the import specification. This dupl...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Under review

enable groups/users update routine using impersonation

on TM1py (Tm1service using Python/Rest API) we are using user's Impersonation, our real user is a prod user that is part of the admin group. the only part that we are having issues is in the security refresh. the security setting that we have in t...
3 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Option to include 7zip for application backups in TM1 Servers

We are not able to do backups and zip the data as we use to do on-premise.
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Allow Default Settings on a Workbook View to be defined as a System Setting

The New Experience interface (Release 78) of Planning Analytics allows the Overview section to be configured to display Hierarchy Names, Iconography, Context Information and Section Headers. By default only Iconography is set to display. Users fin...
over 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 4 Future consideration

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