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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

Add ability to detect changes in data (similar to QSYS2.DISPLAY_JOURNAL)

When supporting a production environment, one needs to detect the sequence of updates, including before and after image. On IBMi, we use extensively the functionality to consult the journal entries (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qsys2displayjo...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Future consideration

Deploy SDU as a Service through a NLU enrichment

SDU brings many use case possibilities, however being inside WDS, is limited to use cases where documents are stored. With the ability to deploy the SDU model to NLU, the outputs can be used in a more flexible way.
over 5 years ago in Natural Language Understanding (NLU) 0 Not under consideration

Update RLF to Handle Secondar Auth ID or Roles & Trusted Context

Would like to avoid coding specific userid's in RLF tables. I need a way to permit the DBA's to run certain plans/packages/collections that is not as restrictive as Developers. See PMR. My DBA"s belong to a group in RACF that I would like to use. ...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide a method to accurately obtain package executions counts from SMF records

SMF record information for number of times a DB2 package executed is incorrect. As an example, when a package is executed via a thread 10 times DB2 records the SMF information as 1. Our TDS tables are built using SMF information. We use TDS packag...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Add an internal TERM UTIL command for Autonomic Runstats in case

Customer would like that DB2 code adds an 'internal' TERM UTIL commandwhen Autonomic Runbstats fails. This because DB2 automatically starts the Autonomic Rustats and automatically it should reset the satus in case of failure.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PAX Quick Report parameters not visible on output

When completing a quick report from Planning Analytics for Excel the parameters do not show up on the snapshot to show which dimension the elements were referring to. The quick report should include a reference to the dimension.
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

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