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Create an Archive checker to validate L1 backups

We need a tool that validates the Level1 backups in a similar manner of the L0 backups arch-checker
4 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review

Enhance messages of CDDS start / stop in data sharing to document which member stopped / started CDDS

When CDDS is stopped / started (e.g. STOP CDDS) in a member of a data sharing group this member documents messages DSNJ375I and DSN9022I in MSTR. In the MSTR of the other members of the group only DSNJ375I is logged. For monitoring / problem manag...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance DSNJU008 LIST CDDS output to also list the number of tablespaces maintained in the CDDS

DSNJU008 LIST CDDS today lists the number of dictionaries contained in the CDDS. Example: “DICTIONARY RECORDS PRINTED 123”. This could be 1 dictionary of 123 tablespaces, or 41 tablespaces with 3 dictionaries for each (41 * 3 = 123). We would like...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Dashboard: How to set the column width of the table freely.

The width of columns cannot be set freely in the table for dashboard. If that is possible, valuable space can be effectively utilized.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Planned for future release

Allow ability to adjust column widths on a table visualizatin in a Dashboard

currently the properties show settings for columns width for a table visualization on dashboard, looking at 11.1.4 on sandbox, but you can't adjust the width. So if you have 5 columns they spread them equally, when you might want to make a date ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

watsonx.ai to support OpenShift running on virtualized environments (here VMWare)

As it turned out in a recent conversation with watsonx.ai Product Management, watsonx.ai running on OpenShift on VMWare is currently not officially supported. OpenShift on VMWare is a pretty common deployment scenario. We need to get this resolved...
10 months ago in watsonx.ai 0

Support userid/password authentication for odata connections

Support basic userid/password authentication when using the odata connector and accessing a URL. With any connection to odata, being able to provide a list of tables to then query.
9 months ago in watsonx.ai 0 Under review

Have option to stop and start the VIP on specific db node when Pacemaker instance is in maintenance mode

We have a customer which uses VIP extensively for in their current environment (TSA/HADR) and have ability to stop, start and move VIP at will.This helps them extensively with near zero downtime during the database refresh process (very frequent p...
over 1 year ago in Db2 2 Not under consideration

Enable advanced drill behavior in interactive mode

Advanced drill behavior give report developers a fine grain of control when building reports. Interactive mode no longer supports it, which causes a number of issues. An option should also be added to allow single-click drilling, as my users are c...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Possibility to filter requests in the Task Inbox

Filtering capability based on Primary Category and Tag/classification, to be able to differentiate recipe cycles (tags) in different data domains (categories) and artifacts.
5 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration