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variables in agents and kept in context

Like assistant we used to have variables in prompt and context. We need this in orchestrate and better if the variables could be called by tools and as a filter for ES connections. And in order to redirect the action to next agent.
5 months ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 1 Delivered

Exhaustive DB2 catalog search for all dependencies when command like DROP FUNCTION is generated

When entering a drop command in ADB panels against objects like stored procedure or function etc,ai. FN1, ADB generates only a drop for the specific object at which the command is entered. However, in 99% of scenarios, such generated drop cannot b...
6 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 3 Delivered
273 VOTE

Dashboard - Combination Chart with More Options

The most used chart type on Cognos reports is the combination chart where multiple columns and lines are sharing the same axis. Currently Dashboard only supports one column and one line on different axis and different scale and this really prevent...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Delivered
253 VOTE

Waterfall chart or Step Chart

Waterfall charts or step charts are a common requirement for Financial Reporting. In Excel the approach is to use transparent colours in a stacked bar chart to build the height required to just show the differences). In the Explorer view a Waterfa...
about 8 years ago in Planning Analytics 3 Delivered
230 VOTE

Customization of new Homeview screen

We have more than 3 clients currently asking and wanting to customize their home screen in Cognos Analytics. The new default (11.0.7+) has additional "tiles" that show recently ran reports and a quick links section at the right that shows some IBM...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 7 Delivered

Rendering of rich media: images & videos

Rich media formats for content presentations, viz. images, videos, interactive charts, tables [see ideas for tables and charts] Making insights easier to understand and act upon. Instead of lengthy reports, users will receive clear summaries b...
5 months ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 6 Delivered

GPU support for embedding models in watsonx.ai SW

Currently, embedding models are deployed using CPU resources, which leads to slower processing times and increased latency when handling large-scale data. This RFE proposes the implementation of GPU support for embedding model deployments. The enh...
8 months ago in watsonx.ai 0 Delivered

Agent Access Control: JIT(Just-in-time) JEA( Just-enough-access)

In regulated domains like Talent (HR systems) or Finance (ERP, banking platforms), granting AI agents standing access to sensitive data and systems poses significant security and compliance risks. Just‑In‑Time (JIT) and Just‑Enough‑Access (JEA) ar...
8 months ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 1 Delivered

Increase timeout for Cognos Controller on Cloud & Excel Add-ins

Even when users are actively working on Excel for more than 60 minutes following a report refresh, the Add-ins prompt them to log out and re-login with their IBMid. This occasionally causes Excel to hang, forcing users to end the task via the Task...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Delivered

Include DB2 Warehouse as a supported quality rule output

From Case number: TS019727896 Within the architecture that we have proposed to be able to use IKC as a Data Governance tool and where DB2 Warehouse is as a fundamental source, we need to have it as an option to create output tables of the results ...
5 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Delivered