IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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    Ability to take a report server offline, possibly into some kind of "maintenance" mode

    We would like cloud client administrators to have the ability to directly take a report server offline, possibly into some kind of "maintenance" mode. Once taken offline, we would also like to have some ability to run basic tests (e.g. test data s...
    over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

    Add User Name to XML File For External File Delivery

    A Cognos User wants to utilize the external file delivery method in order to deliver reports to their OneDrive account. However, the accompanying XML file that is created along with the report output does not contain that user's name, and therefor...
    about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

    Additional spaces in a Value Prompt when static values used

    Additional empty spaces in a Value Prompt/ Radio button prompt in a interactive report when static values used and multiselect set to yes. No additional spaces in non interactive report.
    almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

    For reports run interactively, display the report location.

    When you run multiple reports with the same name, there is no way from the Welcome drop down to determine each report location making it impossible to differentiate between them. See file Attachments for a screenshot or view this forum post:https:...
    over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

    Enable additional functionality for bursting: email subject/file name based on burst parameters

    Right now, to do this functionality relies on using the Event Studio plus cumbersome configuration to get it to work. Having this available as part of the bursting or scheduling configuration would allow for easy setup and more customization out o...
    about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

    Setting up the “Run in the Background” as default option at user level

    Most of our customers are using “Run in the Background” option for long running reports. They will be okay to use this option however the user has to explicitly set this option every time they run the report which they want to avoid, and it would ...
    almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Submitted

    Provide Transformer in Cloud for Clients building against DashDB

    Currently customers that are building Transformer PowerCubes on premise against DashDB in the cloud are forced to leverage IQDs (32-bit) due to the excessive round-trips of the data when using DQM data sources (64-bit). This is necessitating a slo...
    about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

    Multiple extensions on app bar based up on permission

    If we assign multiple custom folders to one user role, currently the product will only one custom folder to appear and there is no way to tell which one will show.
    over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

    Ability to add comments/hints to report elements in report author

    While developing a report, Funcional requirements, meeting’s annotations and such are documented, but it would much easier and better documented if present in the report’s specification. This resource is also more important if client uses any kind...
    about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 3 Planned for future release

    Create a join in a report, when having multiple datamodules added to the report

    We are developing a report with multi pages and add multiple datamodules. We create a fine and nice looking dashboard (using a report). I have multiple datamodules added, for example HR and Finance. For some Finance graphs, we need to make a join ...
    over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

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