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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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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.

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When adding chart values change the background behind the value itself

When chart values are added in certain visuals it is very hard to read the values. Giving the ability to change the background colour will improve the functionality. See image for example.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

Remove XML files after saving them in the shared location

This case has been opened to eliminate the XML files that has been creating while saving the file to an external system.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos and export to BOX

Would like the ability to export Cognos output to BOX
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Request for the addition of a generic JDBC driver connector to enable users to connect any database in Cognos Analytics.

We would like to propose the addition of a generic JDBC driver connector in Cognos Analytics. This feature would allow users to connect to any database that supports JDBC, providing the flexibility to use a wide range of database systems with Cogn...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Functionality already exists

Request for an enhancement to include a Jira connector in future releases of Cognos Analytics.

We propose the addition of a Jira connector in future versions of Cognos Analytics. This feature would allow users to directly connect Jira as a data source within Cognos, simplifying the analysis and reporting of critical project data such as tic...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Not under consideration

Filter Behavior in Interactive Mode

When filter is added to the layout in interactive mode, and filtered data set is returned, there is no visual indication that the additional filter was applied. Target application: Report Studio
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Allow Multi-line Labels on Map Visualisation

Thanks for the Map Visualisation. Instead of the label for the map points being compressed into a single line, I would like to be able to produce the map labels in the form of an address, which each component of the address on a separate line, so ...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Select and Search Prompt at global parameters

to pick values for global parameters by a "Select and Search Prompt" (available at reports) would make it more comfortable
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

ADD IMS AS POSSIBLE DATASOURCE IN COGNOS ANALYTICS

The IMS data source has been removed from Cognos Analytics since version 11.0.6This database is however an IBM product while the IDMS database (Computer Associates and now Broadcom) is still available in 11.1.5 for example. We have the need in our...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Improve manage of role members

It is very difficult to manage role members in new web interface. We have role with about 1000 members from AD and loading is really very slow. It is impossible to find member in list. Add new member takes lot of waiting time. Now we can use old A...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration