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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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  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


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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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Add native background image / watermark support for Books and Pages (transparent logo as subtle background)

Dear team, Currently, Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Books only allow a solid background color (via Book Properties → Background color). There is no built-in option to set a background image (e.g., a semi-transparent PNG logo) that acts as a t...
4 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Dynamic Default Values in Dashboards/Data Modules – CUG2026

Support dynamic default values for dashboard filters and widgets, such as automatically selecting the latest available data.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Better integration of Planning Analytics and Cognos Analytics – CUG2026

Best way: Offer Planning Analytics (TM1) and Cognos Analytics as a single, unified platform with write-back support to TM1 cubes. or Provide possibility to create TM1 cubes with datamodules as source (single point of truth).
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

OLAP Support in Data Modules – CUG2026

Support DMR or Dynamic Cubes with proper dimensional modeling and hierarchical navigation in data modules. Same as https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/CAOP-I-398 from 2018 Is now labeld as Planned for future release
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Enhance Cognos Administration – CUG2026

linke Motio CI/PI Capabilities in AdministrationNative support for search & replace across reports, Git-based version control, full content visibility, and bulk role/group assignments.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Better Role-Based UI Customization in UI/Administration – CUG2026

Allow full UI customization (buttons, menus, toolboxes) based on user roles. For Example: At the moment it is not possible to hide the toolbox in reporting or the page switcher... We need this to get the Analysis Studio Users happy in Reporting (o...
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Side-by-Side Content Editing in UI – CUG2026

Enable working with multiple contents in parallel using side-by-side windows with copy/paste support.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Centralized Settings Storage in Administration/UI – CUG2026

Store all user and system settings in the Content Store instead of cookies or session parameters.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Recycle Bin in UI – CUG2026

Provide a recycle bin for deleted objects with restore capability.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 0 Submitted

Fixed Color Assignment in UI/Dashboards/Reporting – CUG2026

Allow fixed, category-based color assignment for charts in Dashboards and Reports.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted