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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

Keep the replication functionality in the 2.1 release

IBM support just notify us that replication and synchronization functionality that exist and has existed forever with TM1 is going to be deprecated for now and IBM does not have any new feature for replacement. We have been using this functionalit...
4 months ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

We want to cancel all Db2 THREADS with one command in a Db2 Datasharing Member.

Today we must cancel any single thread. During a Db2 migration or shutdown you must cancel the Db2 threads to stop Db2.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under 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

Automate the clean up of orphan rows in the database catalogs during the db2ckupgrade processing.

We have been dealing with orphan rows in the database catalogs for many years now. The first tool to deal with this was db2cleancat and it has gone through various iterations to address all of the various flavors of this type of issue and now has ...
6 months ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

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

Distribute custom nodes without disclosing the logic of the custom nodes

want a way to distribute custom nodes without disclosing the logic of the custom nodes. Currently, when custom nodes are distributed, people can see the logic of the node. want a way to distribute custom nodes without disclosing the logic, for exa...
over 3 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Planned for future release

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

help in the cleaning of package versions

We'd like to have a new ZPARM to limit the max number of version for packages. Once this number is reached a new version replaces the older one. Otherwise a COMMAND like MODIFY to facilitate DBA in housecleaning
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists