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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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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

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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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ODM 9.5 Integration with IIS 11.7.1.3

The current Infosphere datastage supports ODM 8.10 only. There is a dependency on Java JDK 9.5 for ODM 9.5 packages to be used. We wanted to see if there is a way to backport ODM 9.5 integration to DataStage on Java 8. This would allow us to conti...
3 months ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Submitted

POSTGRE SQL Connector -IAM Based DB authentication enhancement

IBM PMR #TS022742354 Submitted for the same. Situation/Background: As part of the organization’s Zero Trust adoption policy, applications connecting to GCP Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL are required to transition from password-based built-in/local data...
about 1 month ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

Bringing a Classic ETL Tool into the Modern Data Era

For decades, IBM DataStage has been a cornerstone of enterprise data integration. Known for its robustness, parallel processing engine, and strong ETL capabilities, DataStage powered many large-scale data warehouses long before cloud-native tools ...
4 months ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Submitted

CP4D (IKC + Manta OEM ) EDB postgreSQL connector support (MDI, MDE, Lineage, IKC DB reporting)

Context: CP4D SW v>=5.2.1 with Manta OEM Customer (Intesa SanPaolo Italy) need to use a CP4D supported EDB postgreSQL connector to implement: - Meta Data Import - Meta Data Enrichment - Lineage (using MDI get lineage from "IKC") - DB reporting ...
12 months ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

Enable Table/Schema/Database-Level Filtering When Searching Database Columns in Custom Attribute Relationships

Hello, In IBM Information Governance Catalog (IGC), we have configured custom attributes with relationships addressing database columns to define primary data source references. However, due to the scale of our organization, the current dropdown ...
5 months ago in Information Server  / Governance 0 Submitted

DataStage incorporates multiple open-source components. To ensure system stability and operational consistency, any behavioral changes resulting from updates to these bundled open-source components should be managed and absorbed by the DataStage installer. This approach prevents disruptions during system deployment and post-deployment operations.

Currently, there is no mention of open-source components in the Release Notes (e.g. https://www.ibm.com/docs/ja/iis/11.7.0?topic=rn-infosphere-information-server-version-1171-fix-pack-5-releasenotes) or in the installation-related information prov...
about 1 year ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Under review

InfoSphere Information Server support Linux on Power architecture

We have Power equipment with Linux OS and need to install IIS on this platform.
over 10 years ago in Information Server 2 Not under consideration

Please support LockTimeout parameter in IBM data server provider for .NET

It's currently not possible to configure the LockTimeout Parameter in .net applications on client side (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/12.1?topic=keywords-locktimeout). This would help us to optimize our environment.
over 1 year ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

ServiceNow Platform Data Source Connector

Connection to a ServiceNow data source to be used within Data Virtualization and other CP4D Services.
about 1 year ago in Connectivity 1 Needs more information

Oracle DataStage Connector Should Automatically Serialize XMLTYPE Columns to LONGVARBINARY Instead of Requiring Explicit getBlobVal() in Every Query

I have an oracle table with a column of type XMLTYPE. I have a flow where, using oracle-datastage conenctor, I try to cast this xml data into LONGVARBINARY type to be used in the flow. They are receiving the following error when trying to run that...
about 2 months ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted