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Enable dynamic selection of Parameterset Valuefiles in Sequences

I want to have the possibility to dynamically choose which Valuefile of a Parameterset i use when starting a Job/Sequence inside a Sequence. Currently you can only Propagate the Valuefile choosen when starting the Calling Sequence or choose a fixe...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 2 Not under consideration

Enable use of DB2 Compound Statements in DataStage Connector Before/After SQL

As far as I can see, it is not possible to execute a DB2 compound statement in the DataStage DB2 Connector before/after SQL. The reason for this is, that you need to specify a statement terminator other than ";" which is currently not possible. If...
over 5 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Enable the setting of non key partitioning of a link on the canvas via right click

Currently when Setting the partitioning of a link you have to go inside a stage to the Input and Partitioning Tab, which e.g. in case of the transformer or lookup stages takes 4 clicks to get there (the shortcut via right click on the stage and se...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Enable "Data flow cycle" in Parallel Jobs

Currently "Data flow cycle" are not allowed in DataStage PX as described in the error message IIS-DSEE-TFSR-00035. This maybe is correct for most cases to prevent wrong design, but it would be very usefull when working with parent-child hierarchie...
over 5 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Include option to always report access path changes.

Reporting access path changes should be independent of cost filtering. Some access paths can be detrimental even if little to no cost change is reported by an explain. For instance, the move to a hybrid join from a nested loop join can cause detri...
over 2 years ago in Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

PMML for Auto Classifier/Ensemble models

Make Exporting to PMML an option foe ensemble and auto classifier generated models.
over 2 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Future consideration

PAX doesn't support co-authoring in Office365

Our users collaborate and make edits to the excel workbooks connected to PAX. We use custom reports, dynamic reports and quick reports. Using the collaborate/co-authoring feature, multiple users make edits in the workbook at the same time. If the ...
over 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Ability to change data source on an upgraded data set

If you have an upgraded data set which has a data source with multiple data source connections (i.e. DEV and PROD) then when you replace the package you are not prompted to select a data source connection. If you create a new data source in 11.2.1...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Index support for "expression op expression"

In our environment, we have many queries with predicate: "expression op expression". As they don't use indexes they're performing a table scan. We would like DB2 to be able to use indexes to resolve this type of predicate. Examples: SELECT [id], [...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Future consideration

SQL Error Code -305 & -803 in Program DSNTRIN After DSNTIJRT job run Case TS007245993

Hello Team, We are getting sqlid error code -305 & -803 in program DSNTRIN after submiiting DSNTIJRT job while applying Db2 mainteance.DSNTIJRT job run fine without any issue but in log we can see the errors.SELECT does not have a null-indicat...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration