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UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ should favour use of indices for sort when more than one column is specified

Currently (in my testing) any UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ specifying more than one column will not use indices for sort and will instead scan the table, write to temporary files and sort. This is true even when all columns spe...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Sort data calculations should not be used to determine number of passes for UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statements where an index is used, fix misleading explain output

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH can be used with an explain option. The explain file always shows a sort data calculation which then determines the number of table scans (passes) the database engine will undertake. These are calculated before any de...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Do not allocate MGM memory to UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ if index is used for sort

If an UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ is run, Informix will allocate memory for sorts from the memory grant manager (MGM). This happens regardless of whether there is any sorting to do. If a single indexed column is specified in t...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Avoid UPDATE STATISTICS [LOW] sampling failures due to data skew

If onconfig parameter USTLOW_SAMPLE is set, sampling will be used for all UPDATE STATISTICS LOW commands. On some tables this will always or nearly always fail due to data skew, printing a message like: Warning: update statistics low using samplin...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Bilingual filters works in Report but not working in Dashboard

When I create a bilingual Dashboard, the default language is English, the filters are in English. But If I change the language in “My Preference” to French, the filters are not selected (not switched to French).
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Removing defunct Delta Backup images after automatic database backup image removal

We have automated backup options enabled (num_db_backups and rec_his_retentn both set). Our backup schedule takes a full backup on Sunday and a Delta every other day of the week. When a full backup image qualifies for removal, with reference to th...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

no "ok" button when changing properties on a report

There is no "ok" button after changing properties on a report. You aren't sure if the change was applied after it's made. The button existed in Cognos 10.2. Sometimes the change is applied and sometimes not. You have to go back and check.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Rest API Native View Skip Consolidations

The native view entity object of the rest api does not include the skip consolidations property. This complicates things when copying native views with the rest api. I realize architect/perspectives will be deprecated at some point and native view...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Improve drill through security

A customer was using SQL/ODBC drill through that showed sensitive data in some cells and "general" data on some other cells. Drill through could not be secured by dimension elements so we had to develop complex setup to check if user has access to...
about 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DB2_BAR_STATS table view

Add a table view for the bar stats output
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration