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determine length of data stored in smartblob

Just because data is stored as a smartblob not blob, we have to go to a work around solution to get "LENGTH" of blob stored. By using length(smartblob) the amount of bytes stored in the smartblob should be returned. The LENGTH function works ...
about 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Functionality already exists

Create save point (view) of a report that include interactive report actions by the user.

As a user, I would like to be able to navigate a report interactively and save the report as if it was a view and be able to recall it with the initial saved parameters.
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Want to use the python library (numpy, scipy) in stream splicts in Modeler

Currently Modeler does not support numpy or scipy. Want to use the python library (numpy, scipy) in stream splicts in Modeler.
about 4 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration

force the execution of a query on an accelerator if more than one is available.

The CURRENT ACCELERATOR special register specifies a preferred target accelerator or accelerators to which Db2 sends dynamic SQL queries. But If you have multiple accelerators on which the same set of Db2 tables are accelerated, by default the wor...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Documentation with return type for scalar functions

The documentation of the knowledgeCenter should explicitly describe the type the returned value. I mean, if it is an integer, a char, a timestamp, etc.
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Add a warning message if a file is cancelled after it has been ICRE'ed

If a file is ICRE'ed and processed thru the system and items have been thru DISTRIBUTION and the PRESENTMENT has been sent to the posting system CANCELLING a PRESENTMENT can cause several issues. If a warning message that shows that the file has a...
about 4 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Check 0 Not under consideration

Make PDF documentation available that describes the Cognos extended SQL functions

It is common practice by Cognos report authors and administrators to use the "Generate SQL" feature to view the SQL that executed during a report run. This may be done either for performance improvement or troubleshooting reasons. When the SQL con...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Modeler code conversion

It seems that Modeler converts characters as explained in the attached file. Therefore, Japanese has a problem with the Unicode converter. Some Japanese characters are garbled when converting from Shift-JIS to Unicode and when converting from Unic...
over 4 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Functionality already exists

Work load manager- time wasting while waiting for a job to start

Hello We did a migration from datastage version 7.5 to version 11.5. while deliver all jobs to production we realize that the performance in the new version are very poor compare to the old version. after investigation we realized that it bec...
over 4 years ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

Effective Rename Entity and Relations for Annotations

At the moment, when we rename the name/label of the Entity and Relation under "ASSET" column, it doesn't change existing annotations, which are still associated with the previous labels. This is problematic when we need the label to be change...
over 4 years ago in Watson Discovery 0 Not under consideration