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API or CLI for MDS management

Add support in REST API or CLI for configuration of all aspects of MDS Plans. This includes • Get MDPlan.xml• Add, remove plan (distribution tree)• Add, remove consumer• Add, remove resource group• Change resource group preference• Update OverComm...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 1 Planned for future release

Blocking Executor/Driver on Shuffle Blocked host

If shuffle service is blocked on certain host, then executor and driver should also be blocked on that host so they are not scheduled on that host and failed.
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Conductor / Version 2.4.1 0 Planned for future release

As part of AFT application, we found issues with Automatic Distribution of Outound Transmissions by the distribution scheduler. We raised PMR# TS004448402 for the same. As per the PMR updates, the product is working as designed and required by ACH. But we see there is some scope of improvement here as mentioned in details in the PMR.

On doing test-cases surrounding "Automated Distribution" issue, we found that if a processing batch is "Not Ready For Distribution" and all the transactions inside that batch are either in Held or Rejected status, then Distribution Scheduler works...
almost 4 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Canadian Payments Association (CPA) 0 Planned for future release

Web Drill down details at Account level to excel for Comments at Inter Co level

Comments are available under Field 6 for counter company when clicked on ‘Open drill-down’. However, when this data is exported to excel, then these comments do not appear in excel download. Comments updated have to be referred while reviewing the...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

QREP DDL replication, add UNICODE factor for column length

When replicating from non-unicode to unicode, the legth of char/varchar target columns needs to be extended. Example: create all CHAR/VARCHAR columns at the target with source_length*2 and implemented an additional life belt with OKSQLSTATES = 220...
over 7 years ago in Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Planned for future release

Post profit&loss automatically in Controller WEB

Hi Lab In Controller Classic there is a functionality in import specifications to transfer profit&loss automatically to a P&L account in the balance sheet. This functionality does not exist in the WEB import. We would like to see this func...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Blank substitution lookup table - Controller WEB

Hi Lab In Cognos Controller WEB, we are creating lookup tables for import from Excel/csv-files. These import files contain rows where intercompany data has no counterpart information (blank). In Controller Classic we normally translate this blank ...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

Support image saving in stories (ad-hoc drag and drop)

I would consider stories before powerpoint (Microsoft) but only if I could upload images ad-hoc to the stories I'm telling. Let there be an image folder for every user if that's what it takes on the server.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Ability to send RFI (FI to FI) via DPUI for Originated(outgoing) Credit Transfer

Initiate RFI (FI) on outgoing CT – The functionality is listed as non-mandatory on the TCH 2.9 certification list. It was not implemented in any FTM 3.2 releases Ops tried to initiate a FI to FI RFI on an originated transaction and was not able to...
almost 4 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 0 Planned for future release

In FTM DP 3.2.4 USA Version, we are trying to process incoming Canada ACH CPA005 PAD files via FTM. CPA005 is converted to ISF and then feed to Digital Payments. But in the digital payments screen, some of the fields are not populated\mapped as shown in screenshot. We are unsure about the fields to be mapped in ISF, in order to get below highlighted fields populated in DP screen.

FTM-DP UI Field Name Inbound Transmission Hierarchy -> Parties -> Originator -> Identifier Inbound Transmission Hierarchy -> Parties -> Originator -> Name Inbound Transmission Hierarchy -> Total Credit Difference Also IBM team...
almost 4 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Canadian Payments Association (CPA) 0 Planned for future release