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Update GUI to allow scripting-out of GUI actions

In our organization we are not allowed to do manual changes in Production using GUI, all changes have to be scripted, added to the version-management repository, tested in pre-Prod, and executed as a script, this way they are repeatable, auditable...
12 months ago in Db2 AI for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Prompt/parameter defauts - Set by Query (Use Query as source instead of hardcoded text)

Instead of hardcoded text, have the option to use a query as the source for prompt/parameter defaults. This will make the default selection of a prompt dynamic (user can access each report with own preferences). In our company we need to be able t...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

Allow join of base temporal table to archive enabled tables

Temporal and archive enabled tables both provide valuable features depending on the use case for the data. We've implemented both types of tables in our Production environment and had initially implemented temporal tables for one of our most criti...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

HA functionality for Datastage Cartridge

Background •In general, the best practice to ensure high availability for OpenShift cluster is to spread the masters and workers across three AZ’s in a cloud. But for DataStage, it only makes sense if the platform allows multiple conductors spread...
4 months ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

JDBC Gateway import uses /tmp

On JGate the export and Import of Personal Data and Repositories and JDBC Library is an activity that needs to be done for several reasons. When importing the settings.zip file a fileuplaod* directory is created in tmp, this has caused space short...
4 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

LastUpdated property in TM1 REST API: most recent processes/dimensions/...

I have often a need to sort processes by last updated time. For instance, from DEV to PROD, I only need to get the processes updated in let's say, the current month. Which processes are more recent: I don't need to push processes from server A to ...
8 months ago in Planning Analytics 2 Future consideration

Connection Pooling for DataStage

We wish us that DataStage has the possibility to use a connection pool. We have thousands of connects and disconnects in Db2 that stresses out LDAP and use a lot of resources in Db2. It also costs a lot of unnecessary time.
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 3 Not under consideration

Database sends (DBS) should fail

In Pafe when a user executes a DBS against a cell which is not writeable the formula returns the value of the cell. Not writeable means C level, read-only access, write access but locked. This is counter productive, the job of the formula is to...
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 7 Not under consideration

Allow offline backup to automatically force all Allow offline utilities such as backup, restore, rollforward to auconnections

Modern enterprise applications are often using connection pooling for database access. Connection pools are usually monitored by application servers, and dead connections are reestablished with minimal delays..For offline backup operations, this l...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Future consideration

Support lineage for Data Modules

I was surprised to find that data lineage is not supported for data modules when this is one of the key differentiators in the market for Cognos. Please consider to add lineage support for data modules asap.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Future consideration