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Ability to "view lineage" on data sources when creating queries in a data set (mimic existing ability from query building in reporting )

similar to building a report, it is helpful to check lineage on field sources when building datasets. In reporting , once a source is added user may right click on any field name, select lineage, change radio button to detail and view the complete...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Record usage of application plan

In our production environment we have about 15000 application plans. Most of them are probably still used but a lot of them have not been used for several years. We want to get rid of the old ones not to have to rebind them at every new release of...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add Explain Support for Queries with DGTTs

When a query in a program uses a DGTT, there is no access path written to the PLAN_TABLE at bind time, and there is no way to see the potential access paths. There needs to be a way to see those access paths in Administration Foundation. Currently...
8 months ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Dashboard should mask data (Data protection rule)

Dashboards should be mask data based on the data protection rule, Problem: Even if certain data is masked in Preview or Refinery in the analytics project, Dashboard allows all collaborator to show its data. According the manual below, in the Dashb...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Dashboard Embedded 0 Future consideration

add tables to active CDC subscription

problem statement : for every table addition, subscription needs to be brought down, impacting the CDC replication service. workaround : none at the moment Proposed Solution : rather , an ask from IBM - please allow table addition to subscription,...
over 1 year ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Future consideration

Dashboard Filter - support "Display" and "Use" values

In Framework Manager, "The Filter Item Reference property identifies the query item used when Reporting or Query Studio generates a filter. This property can help create more efficient queries by ensuring that a filter uses an indexed numeric colu...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

Issue different return code when no rows loaded

We have an IDAA loader job that disables the table prior to the load to IDAA. Upon successful load of # rows, Loader will end with RC = 0 and enable the table for acceleration again. If the same process is run multiple times and results in "no row...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Db2 PureScale Spectrum Scale Package (GPFS) should include performance sensor and collector package

Dear IBM, in the Spectrum Scale distribution bundled with DB2 pureScale, the binary of mmperfmon is included but the packages for the required sensors and collectors are missing. mmperfmon is needed to identify possible performance bottlenecks wit...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / pureScale 1 Future consideration

Related Content Tab in Business Terms should present respective data type for each Data Asset Column and an option to print a .csv file

When the related content (Related Content Tab in Business Terms gov artifact) is a Data Asset Column type, its presentation must be accompanied by its respective data type. In addition, there must be the option to print a csv file for that generat...
4 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

Enable scheduling when using smartcard and kerberos constrained delegation

Using smartcard to login to CA means no username/pwd are stored in the system. This is a problem when scheduling. Currently scheduling in CA requires saved credentials (username/pwd). Bottom line: a system configured with kerberos constrained dele...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Future consideration