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Allow insertion of session variables on context and/or prompt on AI Guided Actions

To enable more flexible AI-guided actions that cover a wider range of use cases, I suggest using session variables as context in the Grounding Context section and/or Prompt Instructions.
12 months ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 1 Not under consideration

Adding a search box for IMS Definitions when creating Virtual Tables

Currently, when creating IMS Virtual Tables, users must select a DBD and PSB from a dropdown list. However, since these follow a naming convention, finding the correct DBD or PSB can be time-consuming and inefficient. To improve usability, I propo...
12 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Standard forms with dimensions in rows in Controller Web

Many customers are using 2-4 free dimensions and have at least one standard form using dimension (expanded) in the row definition. This is not supported in Controller Web where you can have only one dimension in column (and another in filter).
over 3 years ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 2 Planned for future release

Logging of assignment of permissions

Assignments of permissions on all objects should be logged into the Audit Database or a log file. It's important to see who gives whom which permissions and when.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Official documentation of FMP enhancement variables DB2_AGENT_CACHING_FMP and DB2_MAX_THREADS_PER_FMP

Valuable enhancements for db2fmp processing have been added back in Db2 V8 and V9 already via APAR (e.g. IZ08425), but they are still NOT documented for Db2 V10 and V11, although they are valid and available. Concerning Java stored procedure handl...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Future consideration

Reset the serial value in the partition page if the table no longer has a serial column

If you want to check whether a serial value is close to its maximum value, it is very unpleasant that tables that no longer have a serial value or whose serial value has been changed to a Serial8 or BigSerial value still have the last value in the...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Submitted

Be able to launch a workflow from a calculation

It would be useful in situations where you want to start a workflow when specific conditions happen on your object. A user could make changes on a child object which in turn changes a calculated value on the parent. Once that change takes place a ...
over 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 1 Under review

Enhanced Drill Thru in PAW

PAW currently displays all drill thru in a standard system style window that users can't interact with. I would like the ability to define the destination of a drill to any of : - a cube view- a web sheet- as a set of filters to another book This ...
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Integrated Pacemaker Monitoring & Alerting Functionality

IBM recently integrated the Pacemaker cluster manager in Db2 but the feature has no documented monitoring or alerting capabilities exhibiting best practices. Enlighten customers with Best Practice/Configuration documentation on how to setup the mo...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Add IBM App Connect Enterprise to CP4D

Request: Enhancing CP4D with Enterprise Integration Capabilities via IBM App Connect Enterprise We propose the addition of a robust integration solution within Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) to support Enterprise Integration Patterns. A suitable candid...
8 months ago in Master Data Management 0 Under review