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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).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


Post your ideas

Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

  1. Post an idea

  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com


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Cognos Analytics

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Disable query hints at report level to avoid override model level or server level governance

There are a few governors that we want to ensure they cannot be overridden at report level. 1. Maximum row retrieved (report level)/Maximum number of retrieved rows (model level) 2. Maximum execution time (report level)/Query execution time limit ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

IMPLEMENT CLEAR FUNCTIONALITY WHENCLICKING ON X IN INTERACTIVE MODE FOR SELECT AND SEARCH PROMPT FIELD

IMPLEMENT CLEAR FUNCTIONALITY WHENCLICKING ON X IN INTERACTIVE MODE FOR SELECT AND SEARCH PROMPT FIELD
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to add Legacy tools directly under New

Currently, Query Studio is under other applications, after selecting New, within the portal. An extension should be available to modify the "New" selections so that the legacy tools don't need to have the extra click to go through "other applicati...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 2 Not under consideration

Ability to change the Identifier of a data source in Data Modules

Each data source used in a data module gets an identifier assigned by the system. This is seen in the properties of the data source. There identifiers are used to define data items in queries when developing reports. They currently are meaningless...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

NO WAY TO HIDE OBJECTS IN CIRCULAR MENU

When you hide the report toolbox for a role in customization > features, the (+) in the right pane to create a new object, that circular menu still shows all objects. No way to hide any of those options - List, Crosstab, Text Item, Block and Ta...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Drill through difference in IE from reports html vs PDF

When you open a report using html and choose drill through the screen looks different then if you choose a pdf and then choose the drill through. The PDF one allows you to see the parameters being passed but the html doesn't. See the difference ...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

Edit Cognos Charts in PowerPoint

A chart is exported from Cognos to PowerPoint(PPT). It is then sent to the client for review. The client requests font changes (non-data) to the chart. However, to make these changes the developer has to go back to Cognos, make the updates, log th...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Dymanic cross-tabulation with process execution

I would like to know how to display data in Cognos from a pivot table with process execution existing in IBM planning. In IBM planning there is a function to add an action button and you can add a process (as in the screenshot) and you can also sy...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Enhanced Prompt Controls

Provide enhanced prompt controls out of box like the one below. 1. Multiselect Dropdown List With Checkboxes 2. SingleSelect Dropdown List with RadioButtons. 3. Advanced and Search and Select prompt with ability to only display seach input box wit...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Enable cell merge in crosstabs imported into Word

When a crosstab is imported into Microsoft Word, special cell-based border styles are not recognized. IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office respects the formatting style defined for the first cell in the table and applies this style to the entire report.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration