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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Add support for ssl key lengths greater than 2048 bit

Cognos Analytics currently supports a maximum key length of 2048 bit for ssl certificates. The limit seems to derive from the ThirdPartyCertificateTool, but might affect the whole ecosystem including Planning Analytics, PAW and Jupyter Notebook Se...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Submitted

Reorg Index materialization

For REORG INDEX pending alter materialization, the utility performs a DRAIN ALL on the target index before starting the SWITCH phase, and then relies on DDL/Dependency logic to invalidate all the affected plans/packages/DSC...etc in the middle of ...
4 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

Implement multiple warnings prior to altering the database schema in the system setup section. Additionally, provide the capability to revert to the previous database schema, enabling users to retrieve prior evaluations.

Utility: The significance lies in the fact that modifying the schema currently results in the loss of all prior evaluations, without an option for retrieval. This enhancement aims to safeguard time and projects from potential loss, particularly in...
11 months ago in Openscale 0 Submitted

Allow Category Definitions for Numeric attributes with ID formatting

Attributes when defined as numeric with ID formatting does not allow for the definition of categories. We have attributes that were historically defined as ID formatting for which we would like to define categories without changing the formatting ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Safer Payments / Business 0 Submitted

Support for Complex File Formats in Manta Lineage

So the idea here is to augment the Filesystem flow model and introduce the notion of file section by adding the notion of file section but make it optional. This means that a given customer could choose to model file with sections or a file withou...
3 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Customizable Tooltips for Enhanced Data Interaction in Reporting Canvas

Introducing advanced, customizable tooltips across various containers—such as lists, crosstabs, and charts—within the reporting canvas. This feature would allow users to display detailed reports or additional data visuals as pop-up overlays when h...
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Powerplay Studio / PowerPlay as a container

*** Please note: IDEA for a future evolution of CA on Software Hub ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/software-hub/5.1.x?topic=new-cognos-analytics ) *** PowerPlay Studio / PowerPlay as a container required to allow smooth transition from Cognos Analyt...
about 1 month ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cognos Analytics 0 Submitted

Enable shell command to recall the archive file stored in Centera storage

In a scenario where the customer gets an audit request to retrieve the older data stored in the archive file and copied over to Centera storage, for a given date range, the customer currently has to use the "Recall complete file" option through Op...
3 months ago in Optim / Optim Archive 2 Submitted

In Pipelines' DataStage nodes using Parameter Sets, add an option to use a paramfile

In some scenarios, the values of the DataStage parameters in a Parameter Set must be loaded from a file at runtime. This option is possible through DataStage paramfiles. However, when you're running DataStage jobs from Pipelines using a DataStage ...
3 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

Add Option to Create a new job step to Action Menu of Report

Currently, we add new reports to an existing job by navigating to the job and editing it by adding a new job step. Our idea is to add an option to the Action Menu of the report which would allow us to add it it to an existing job. There is current...