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Reference Support Ticket #: 14105124 / Recalc_0_0

Using PA for Excel, we notice the following issue when trying to edit a DBRW formula that pulls text from a source cube: In Perspectives, we were able to F2 in the specific text cell (this would show the DBRW), then F9 would convert the DBRW to ou...
almost 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Workflow Engine

CP4D has so many components that run simultaneously, however, the orchestration is not there. In Data & AI platforms there should be an orchestration framework that gives the ability to build and maintain workflows. Hence, we can automate the ...
over 4 years ago in watsonx.ai 1 Planned for future release

Native API connectors from IBM CCR (On Cloud) to PowerBI

It is popular today for Native API connectors for a variety of systems and understanding that an organization may not utilize solely 1 or 2 systems from a principal. Hence, the need for native API connectors between various principals. Such would ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

Align Prompt Items horizontally

It would be great if there is a possibility for the Checkbox Prompt or Radio Button Prompt to align the dataitems horizontally and not just vertically per default. Sometimes it would be helpful to change the alignment to save space on the report p...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Add "recovering" state into spark-magic

If the Spark Driver itself crashes(Due to cluster or Job missconfiguratons) and Livy tries to restart it but failes, Livy will get leave the session in Recovering state and never remove it until the Livy Recovery Directory (Specified in /opt/ibm/d...
almost 6 years ago in watsonx.ai 2 Planned for future release

Data tables - ability to select elements in filter (not just deselect)

At the moment in an filter in a data table you can only deselect elements. It would be great, if you are able to select values as well.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

synchronizing the TASK_CALENDAR with the IYB_TIMER table didn’t work with the change to liberty

What we were trying to do with the V3 code for synchronizing the TASK_CALENDAR with the IYB_TIMER table didn’t work with the change to liberty. It appears that the V4 product uses Enterprise Java Beans (EJB’s) timers now. So to synchronize the TAS...
about 1 year ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Check 0 Planned for future release

Add search capability for stages on the designer canvas

If you have very large sequences, it can get difficult to find the job that you need to change as you need to scroll through the whole sequence. It would be very handy to be able to search on the designer canvas based on different criteria (stage ...
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 1 Planned for future release

Enable the setting of stage parameter defaults on project or server level

It would be nice, if it would be possible to set the default values of stage Parameters on project or server level. Some stage parameter defaults like SORT Stage: Stable sort=TRUE or AGGREGATOR Stage:Method=Hash are rarely used and in most...
almost 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

Dashboard Filterbar Enhancement

When I embed a dashboard onto an intranet site using an iframe there appears to be no way to have the filterbar collapsed by default. I can hide the navbar and appbar but not set the filterbar to be hidden or at least collapsed by default. Adding ...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release