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Include Pversion in SMC 7.2.x

Include Pversion in SMC 7.2.x
over 5 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1.2 1 Planned for future release

Provide filters in 'Included Content' to limit what is updated in the content store

We use SDK to show the saved outputs in our own application. With Cognos 11, the default output version setting is 1. To allow our clients to see the last 5, we run a job that updates the setting to 5 for all content in the tenant root folder. The...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Support for ADO.net

In the context of BI tools (SiSense, Power-BI) it is quite frustrating to use Inormix databases as primary data source and it would be valuable to have also ADO.net.
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

this request is to hide Link “Select a delivery method” user-dependent (Cognos-Role-Dependent)

While a report is running a pop-up window is provided to the user. In this window a link “Select a delivery method” is shown, which should not be usable to all users.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DVM Studio parser needs 64-bit support

Mac users are limited to installing the DVM plugin on their workstations. MacOS 10.14 is the last version that supports the current 32-bit application. The plugin will not install on an OS beyond 10.14.
almost 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Function to sort cube and dimension names once alias /locale name has been applied

We are in a position where we need to add more meaningful aliases to cube names and dimensions. However, when we add the alias the sort order is based on the original name. To ease user consumption of the new names we would like an option to sort ...
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Specify how many records to parse to determine storage type with an Excel file

Currently, Modeler reads the first 50 rows of an Excel file to determine storage. I have seen many customers wish that they could determine the amount of rows to read in - as sometimes they have missing values for the first 100 records, and the st...
over 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0

Enable chunk rename during log recovery

Whenever Informix performs a backup of the rootdbs, it automatically backs up Informix critical files (oncfg, onconfig & sqlhosts). When the Informix critical files are restored via "onbar -r -cf only -t <A TIMESTAMP>", it restores the l...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Adding option to Search for members to remove them, this feature is currently only available when users are to be added

In Cognos administration, under the security groups, there is no option to search for members to remove them. You can only search once you have select the add option. In groups with 100+ users, it is extremely difficult to find individuals to remo...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Flashcopy abend REASON=X'00E40070 RFE 129327

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=129327 DB2 development recognized there is some room for storage usage improvement for processing of sequential copy and flashcopy together, though this would require a redes...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration