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introduce a parameter, which would control what message(s) / links are shown on (or hidden from) the output console

Default Import Job results returns page error lines/error links url though it should be configurable to redirect to the customized error reports generated in the document store for the implementation.
about 7 years ago in Product Master 1 Not under consideration

Dynamically change IFL quantity assigned to an LPAR without restarting DB2

The IFL quantity assigned to an LPAR can be set to a certain number in the configuration screen but there is also an option to enter a number of ‘reserved’ IFLs. It was explained that the reserved amount would require restarting the internal Db2wh...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Optim support on open source Linux

We are limited to using RHEL for Optim installs on Linux. Supporting other Linux flavors such as Ubuntu, CentOS, or AlmaLinux is desirable to drive down support costs.
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Remove limitation on tables with XMl column

Today there is some limitations on tables with XML column. For example, we can't alter the table with ALTER PARTITION partotion-clause for LIMITKEYS. This limit cause us to drop and recreate the table with a lot of data(xml) and for downtime. We a...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provision to carry out DML activities

1. Grants_On_Table/View 2. GRANT_EXECUTE_PLAN 3. GRANT_EXECUTE_PROCEDURE 4. GRANT_USE_ON_TABLESPACE 5. Grant Sequence
over 2 years ago in Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Limit dimensionality of annotation cube to only relevant dimensions

Exactly the same as for cell security cubes it should be possible to create cell annotation cubes with only the dimensions defined by the modeler as relevant for commentary. This woudl make annotating cells much more prwerful and easuer for users ...
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

InformixHQ should use TimeSeries for sensor data

InformixHQ should use TimeSeries for sensor data. I wonder, why are those typical datasets not stored in timeseries. This is a major informix technology for storing sensor data.Why is informix not using its own great technology?
over 4 years ago in Informix 0 Not under consideration

Slow database activate

DB activation is too slow because of lots of tablespace containers. My customer think so much time is spent to check or open all tablespace containers. Please consider design change for faster activation.
about 7 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DB2 User Defined Function(UDF) on zSeries to convert relational data from existing DB2 tables to JSON

I am looking for something similar in Mainframe described to the following URL which is available in DB2 for iSeries and not currently available on zOS DB2. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/sqlp/rbafyjsonpublishing.htm I th...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Analytical Functions 0 Not under consideration

Add support for IBM Cloud APM Agent for WebSphere MQ Agent on Solaris Sparc platform

Add support for IBM Cloud APM Agent for WebSphere MQ Agent on Solaris Sparc platform as we have primarily solaris sparc platform which has IBM Websphere MQ and your IBM Cloud APM agent 8.1.0.4.10 doesn't support this platform.
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration