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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


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CSV file support

One of our largest design patterns is to export data from a source system into a flat file (CSV, JSON, etc.). We use these flat files to populate our data warehouse ecosystem. Manta does not support CSV files, and this is a showstopper for us. Can...
4 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Functionality already exists

Enable rebind of packages after a reorg in Automation Tool

I want to use Automation Tool to reorganise a tablespace to materialise a change to a UTS. I will issue the ALTER TABLESPACE MAXPARTITIONS nnn statement during the working day, which will put the tablespace into the AREOR state. I have a job profi...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Automation Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Use an AI Assistant to rewrite obsolete COBOL applications

Cleanly rewrite old, more or less monolithic COBOL code to improve the maintainability of COBOL applications.
12 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Functionality already exists

A way to automate user und group management in PAW

Regarding “corporate usability” there should be a way to automate the user und group management in PAW. Regarding the export of this data, please make a trigger available from outside, e.g. via an API or via a shell-script.
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

Query Monitor CAE GUI - Add ability to Alert on -904 Resource Unavailable but exclude instances for specific reason codes

QM and CAE have been set up to use the ALERT feature for DB2 SQL error -904 with an email response. Please provide a solution on how to configure the email RESPONSE to NOT send the email if it is for a specific reason code 00C900D1 (Explanation: T...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

crosstab freeze options

I am using crosstab a my report. Currently we can freeze column header on report by right clicking on output and click on Freeze Column & Row headings option. However requirement from user is that they want to have both freezed column and Row ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Functionality already exists

SPSS Modeler 18.1.1 on Windows's support for a data source PostgreSQL on RHEL

System: SPSS Modeler 18.1.1 Actor: User needing a PostgreSQL data source to support SPSS Modeler on Windows platform as well as a current Linux support Description: In Japan, there are many PostgreSQL users including the customer for this request ...
over 6 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 1 Functionality already exists

SHUTDOWN DB2 WHEN RACF EXIT FAILURE

After RACF EXIT is abending and failing , DB2 is changing back to Native DB2 Auth checking , If you migrated to RACF exit this can lead to unwanted behavior , we would want a ZPARM or OPTION to make DB2 shutdown if the RACF EXIT is not wokring
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Run REORG only for ALTERs that placed in AREOR (exclude AREO*) and needed for newly deployed modules (Bind/Rebind) eg DROP COLUMN

Currently, the RUN_REORG_REBUILD option has the following characteristics M = Mandatory. Generate REORG utility statements to remove REORG pending conditions. (only Reorg Pending)A = All relevant. Generate all needed REORG utility statements to fu...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Ability to copy values from a list, crosstab, etc in Cognos 11

The new interactive viewer in CA does not allow the ability to copy values from a list, crosstab, etc. Sometimes it's very important copy a value from a particular line of a report. It would be great if this functionality were added.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Functionality already exists