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Salesforce Connector - Support for Bulk API on Queries

Currently the InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Salesforce.com only supports the Real Time API for querying data. Please can support be introduced for the Bulk API to improve the performance of large data extracts.
over 8 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Improve the Aggregator Stage

The Aggregator Stage hasn't change for a long time and there are a lot of things that could be improved, currently a lot of things is done with sorting, keychange and transformer variables (or in a database connector) instead of using a Aggregator...
over 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Data Stage Integration/Connectivity with Infor (https://www.infor.com/) source

Hello, Problem Statement: Recently we came to know from IBM Support that Data Stage can't connect to Infor using jdbc connector stage. I am submitting this new idea based on IBM rep's recommendation. Please see IBM case# TS008021248. Benefits/Valu...
almost 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

SETNET32 automatically maintain the SQLHOSTS file

Behaviour in SDK 4.1Fc1 and TC1 is changed . In previous version of windows SDK connectivity details were taken from registry ( setnet32 updates registry) but in SDK 4.10 Fc1/TC1 there is need to setup sqlhosts file apart from setting setnet32 . W...
about 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

Enhance User reports

Roles by User Report contains a prompt to display individuals but will only show individuals directly associated to a security domain ( rather than listing the individuals within a associated group)
almost 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Need a function or pseudo-field to return the number of elements in a BSON array

Put in simplest terms, if I have a JSON/BSON record with an embedded array, I need to know how many elements are in the array. I need a function similar to bson_size() (which returns the string length of the total array) which instead returns the ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Future consideration

support the configuration of route-maps and filters on BGP setup

We use BGP Setups for connection from IPS serveurs to our switches (client side). We need inter-IPS connections to have better network performances for IPS to IPS data copy. These connections use also BGP protocol. When we add these inter IPS conn...
almost 3 years ago in Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Future consideration

Foreign keys to use compound indexes

In the below the foreign key does not use the compound index. Another index is created with adds overhead. create table p1 (t char(4) not null); create unique index px1 on p1(t); alter table p1 add constraint primary key (t) constraint p1_pk; ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Foreign keys to be able to use compound indexes.

With the following the existing compound index is not used for the foreign key and another index is required. This adds overhead with additional maintenance. create table p1 (t char(4) not null); create unique index px1 on p1(t); alter table p1 ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

SMF data for use of SORTL and z15 Z Sort accelerator

Recently we have had some issues and queries around use of SORTL by Db2Sort and currently the only way to track whether SORTL is being used by Db2Sort is to scan every job and look for the message "CNK558I SORTL INSTRUCTION USED". To report on usa...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Sort for z/OS 1 Future consideration