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can we make file connector to read file only in directory with name matched to the wildcard pattern

The File connector is unable to read expected partitions data : Expected to read data from all partitions excluding part_num=0, but it is reading data from part_num=1, part_num=10, part_num=11, part_num=12 and part_num=2 only. Expected Format as p...
almost 6 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Allow escaping of data class column regex expressions

Current SQL Server environment does not allow multi-byte unicode characters. When IA/IGC data classes are installed out of the box, the multibyte characters in the regex are lost and replaced by question marks. This causes the column analysis to c...
almost 6 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 0 Not under consideration

Set scrollable area height for lists in other metric units (like percentage, cm, etc.)

On some occasions we make a scrollable report for customers. In this situation the reports we make contains one or more lists with a lot of items where the customer can scroll to find his information. Because not all users have the same computer m...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

User permission to view Analytics for specific APIs only(API Connect)

The reference is taken from API Connect 2018 4.1.8 VMWARE version. Currently a user who is logged in to API Manager can view Analytics data for all APIs. So a user would be knowing the details of all the transaction. So certain users should be ab...
almost 6 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Not under consideration

Client libraries size

As explained in the case, we consider the size of the libraries that need to be included are big for the client. For us is a concern that we need to distribute an additional 192MB with our executables. It's our impression that symphony c++ client ...
almost 6 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Future Version 2 Planned for future release

Reduce the number of Db2 threads when replicating table with XML column

When a table with a XML column is replicated, we observed a high number of SMF Db2 accounting records, one for each row that a have a XML column. The records are due to Db2 threads created by the replication process. As the Db2 SMF records are goi...
almost 6 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Not under consideration

Feature Request: Allowing dirty read capability beyond ETX 1.31.xC2

IDS 11.70.FC7W2 OS AIX 6.1 ETX version expression) DataBlade version: Excalibur Text DataBlade Release 1.31.FC1X3 Problem: Due to the fix of IC73561 may have introduced the new behaviors on 1.31.xC2 that impact customer's current operation. Custom...
almost 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Update session-timeout-minutes value to at least 5760

Our customers have long running modeling applications that they were running. RStudio default timeout value is only 360 minutes. These processes were running in excess of 24 hours so the session was lost. We adjusted the timeout value to 4 days (5...
almost 6 years ago in Watson Studio 2 Not under consideration

Ability to set time restriction on reporting schedules

When scheduling a report, I would like to designate times when end users are not able to schedule their reports.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Table statistics are zero'd from sysptprof everytime it is not open or there is no sessions accessing it.

Our understanding is that tblspace profile should remain in the records as long as 'onstat -z' is not issued. Besides, we are aware of situations when table profile is reset, while several sessions are still accessing the table. Therefore, we find...
almost 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration