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Making testing easier ("impersonation" of another user)

When we test new designs out, it turns out that it is a big pain to set priviledges/user groups correctly. Typically the ones doing testing have broad access rights, but for testing they should have similar access as "real users". This is especial...
10 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

In the Catalog section, for a certain asset there's section "Related Items" - it has headers. I would like to use the headers for sorting. Especially based on "Item type". Now they seem to be in random order.

It is very natural to want to sort lists based on the values, I assume you have simply forgotten to add that functionality? we have case where it would be convenient to sort by relationship type, item type. Possibly by workspace also. You do have ...
10 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Future consideration

Introduction of Framework 'View Transaction History' log or similar concept for Data Modules to capture changes.

The 'View Transaction History' log within Framework was a good way to identify evolving changes on a FM project. Data Modules, by my understanding, do not have this facility. This type of enhancement for DM's would be beneficial for developers to ...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 2 Future consideration

Set expiration date for API Key

Set expiration date for API Key. It would be nice to be able to set an expiration date or let it not expire.
about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Submitted

Extract lineage for SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW)

Our organization uses SAP BW to store data. We do not have a method to extract data lineage from it. The ASK: Add support for data lineage for SAP BW
about 2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Not under consideration

upload/download feature for List within the model in AD

This is regarding an import or export feature for Lists (within the model). Previously we were using Risk Lists (on the Monitoring tab) and that has the capability to both upload and download its contents which made our weekly refresh and monthly ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Safer Payments / Technical 0 Submitted

Update Statistics from secondary

Given the statistics update process is almost entirely read-only, excecpt for the ind of each table/index, it would be useful to be able to run it from a secondary ( HDR/RSS Node ) too keep load off te primary
about 2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

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...
6 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...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Would like Business rules to not allow a second click of the activate button or a flag be set that activation has started and not allow other attempts to activate again until it is complete.

A release was accidently activated twice within 2 minutes, while Business Rules was tied up, it kept inbound files from processing. This caused files to go into error in inbound physical transmissions. Files were able to be successfully restarted ...
8 months ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Common Services 0 Under review