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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Convert xlsx files to csv as an option to Allow file upload

In PAW, the recent option to Allow file upload on a button would require users to upload their files in .csv format, meaning they have to convert their .xlsx or .xlsm files locally and then drag and drop the files in the file upload screen. Altern...
about 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Future consideration

Automation of code (UNIX scripts) deployment to storage volumes for CPD DataStage service

This is for automation of code especially unix scripts used for ETL batch processing by DataStage service on CPD platform. DataStage service needs storage volumes for processing files which are accessible by both conductor & compute PODs on CP...
4 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Under review

List down all the patches installed with date time from the time of installation of CPD

Reference IBM case:- TS017418161 We need help in listing out patches for CP4D, we don’t have direct option like On-prem DS11.7 where version.xml would lists all patches with installation date. We would like to know detailed steps on how to retriev...
4 months ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

Request is for ELIMS to be imported into LSF Simulator

Currently LSF Simulator only permits LIMS resources, not ELIMS. All LSF clusters use both LIMS and ELIMS therefore there why would Simulator only support LIMS resources and not ELIMS
4 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Simulation & Prediction 1 Not under consideration

Multi Parameter conditional formatting

Adding the ability to create multi parameter "and" statements within PAW conditional formatting would enable more unified & visually appealing representation of cube views; allowing you to focus in on specific areas of the P&L without repe...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

Improve administration of Scheduled Reports

We have a CA enterprise system that has been live for over 15+ years. Over that time users have created hundred of schedules. Some of those schedules are on reports they have created themselves or report views. Some of those schedules error becaus...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Better documentation on syscdr database

One might find it hard to understand and troubleshoot ER without proper knowledge and/or documentation. We should have better and detailed documentation about the syscdr database and its tables and views.
7 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Pipeline Explicit Compile Option on GUI

Pipeline Compilation Option (Similar to 11.7) It's observed that there's no explicit Compile option for Pipeline (Sequencer). It helps to check the changes made to the stages are correct and compiled, before running the job. On 11.7 - it allows to...
7 months ago in DataStage 0 Planned for future release

Add REMARKS column to SYSIBM.SYSDATABASE and COMMENT support for database object

We would like to ask you, to add the REMARKS column in SYSIBM.SYSDATABASE and support for COMMENT statement for databases. There is no possibility currently to store some form of a description for databases in DB2 catalog. In big sites where thous...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

failed logins in auditlog

In the audit logs (WAS_install_path/profiles/InfoSphere/logs) there is no information on failed logins. This information is only logged in the WAS SystemOut.log as Authentication failed.It would be important to have this audit-critical information...
about 1 year ago in DataStage 0 Under review