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IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform 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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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com



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Platform Connections (for Storage Volumes) should recognize new users

When new users are added to the Cloud Pak for Data Platform, they are unable to view existing Storage Volume Platform Connections even though they have access to the underlying Storage Volume. A workaround is to update the Storage Volume Platform ...
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

DataStage designer - performance stats support multiple instance

In DataStage designer there is an existing great feature that you can right click and show performance stats which shows row counts and rates on the designer canvas against each of the links This breaks down when the job is multi-instance because ...
over 10 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Allow File Connector to manage Hive tables properly when they are located in HDFS Transparent Data Encryption Zones

When the File Connector is configured to write files to an encrypted zone (TDE) within HDFS, with "Create Hive Table" set to Yes and "Drop existing table" set to Yes, jobs will fail if the table already exists. This is because Hive requires the PU...
almost 9 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Pulsar platform connection

Pulsar being used as an event stream, all operational system updates are being pushed as new messages. Required for Match 360 record updates, and periodic DQ checks on WKC.
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

AWS IAM Role Compatibility with S3 Connections

Problem Statement/Pain Points: We work with a government agency who has specific security requirements and we are utilizing Cloud Pak for Data within their environment. They have a need for utilizing S3 Data Connections to resources in AWS GovClou...
over 5 years ago in Connectivity 2 Future consideration

Ability to encrypt password when applying Infosphere Information Server patches. Authfile or inline with silent patch command

When applying updates (patches, fixes, etc.) silently, to Infosphere Information Server (/opt/IBM/InformationServer/Updates/bin/installUpdates), there is no way to script the installation of one or multiple patches without exposing credentials in ...
about 9 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

11.7.1.1: SSO did not work for IGC and Enterprise Search

After login into igc, and then you visit enterprise search, you need to login again. The sso seems did not work for IGC and enterprise search. For more details. please see the attached document. PMR number: TS003689653
over 5 years ago in Information Server  / Governance 1 Is a defect

QRadar: Maintain Last Position in Cisco FMC Log Collection via eStreamer Protocol

Description: When collecting logs from Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) using the eStreamer protocol, an issue arises if the FMC system undergoes a reboot. During the FMC reboot, traffic logs generated on Cisco Firewalls are sent after the ...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

Support Secure Impersonation for DataStage Big Integrate JDBC Hive connection

We are using the JAAS configuration file (JDBCDriverLogin.conf) to implement the Kerberos authentication mechanism. In our original beta testing with PX on Hadoop , we found that DataStage assumed that the Hive SPN and cache would be used for auth...
over 9 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Standardize features across similar database connectors.

Certain features are not consistently available across similar connectors, leading to potential confusion for users. For instance, the 'PostgreSQL' connector supports the Data Quality output table, while the 'Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL' connector d...
almost 2 years ago in Connectivity 0 Under review