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PostgreSQL instance is only DUAL from build 5607, only-source is needed

Since build 5607 of 27 September the CDC PostgreSQL instance has become DUAL (supports source and target). For security reasons it would be essential for us to have the possibility to make the instance only source as it is possible to do with the ...
almost 3 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Future consideration

Enable granular trace option for IDF QRYDTA and CNTQRY messages

We would like to be prevent the following messages from being logged in trace browse due to the high number of messages for a large result set. IDF Req 022876 CNTQRY IDF Rpy 022876 QRYDTA
almost 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

More granular control of EGO_SERVICES_CONTROL for notebook consumers

This has been explained with figures in the slack thread: https://ibmsystemslabservices.slack.com/archives/GTDAWABQX/p1643389039169000 Today, in order for a user to be able to start/stop its own notebook in an instance group, the permission EGO_SE...
almost 3 years ago in Spectrum Conductor / Version 2.5.1 0 Future consideration

Db2 Templates should support defered tape Mounts

We use a VTL for our Tape Environment. For a VTL it is recommended by IBM to use UNIT=(TAPE,,DEFER) in all Jobs. DB2 uses templates to generate JCL. In this templates it is not possible to code a DEFER parameter. Is there a way to solve this dilemma?
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

More user friendly and correct IC Reconcile Intercompany Balances report, if using large dimension/BA structure

See attached file with current report and suggestions to change the report to show correct and useful and a lot more user friendly information.
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Enhance User reports

Roles by User Report contains a prompt to display individuals but will only show individuals directly associated to a security domain ( rather than listing the individuals within a associated group)
almost 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Need a function or pseudo-field to return the number of elements in a BSON array

Put in simplest terms, if I have a JSON/BSON record with an embedded array, I need to know how many elements are in the array. I need a function similar to bson_size() (which returns the string length of the total array) which instead returns the ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Future consideration

support the configuration of route-maps and filters on BGP setup

We use BGP Setups for connection from IPS serveurs to our switches (client side). We need inter-IPS connections to have better network performances for IPS to IPS data copy. These connections use also BGP protocol. When we add these inter IPS conn...
almost 3 years ago in Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Future consideration

Foreign keys to use compound indexes

In the below the foreign key does not use the compound index. Another index is created with adds overhead. create table p1 (t char(4) not null); create unique index px1 on p1(t); alter table p1 add constraint primary key (t) constraint p1_pk; ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Foreign keys to be able to use compound indexes.

With the following the existing compound index is not used for the foreign key and another index is required. This adds overhead with additional maintenance. create table p1 (t char(4) not null); create unique index px1 on p1(t); alter table p1 ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration