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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI 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).


Shape the future of IBM!

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,

  1. Post an idea

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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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Provide an Open-Source Repository for the Db2 Docker Image Build Scripts/Files

I have been using the Db2 image from Docker Hub to test Db2 11.5. This has been an invaluable option to quickly get an instance up and running, so we can test the new features. However, I have run into some issues with the image. One such (minor!)...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Functionality already exists

Implementation of MFA-Ping to access WMLA

Currently, WMLA doesn't have implementation of MFA where ping can be used to have multiple factor authentication. UI page of spectrum conductor expects the username and pwd to be entered.
over 2 years ago in Spectrum Conductor / Version 2.5.1 2 Functionality already exists

Enable Sendmail in Cloud

Request that SENDMAIL be enabled by default for use in the Cloud for Planning Analytics
almost 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Functionality already exists

PAW - Be able to share the link to a specific folder

PAW url api allows to open a specific asset (workbook, view,...) by defining a path in the url. For example : https://PAW_URL/?perspective=dashboard&path=/shared/Workbook. It would be very useful if we could target a specific folder as well. F...
over 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

LZ4 DB2 Compression Option - DB2 Connector Stage

As we've been migrating from Netezza to DB2 (with the support of IBM) - It's been noticed (by IBM) that the LZ4 Compression Option is not available in the DB2 Connector. Tests performed via the DB2 Command Line (on the Datastage server) show signi...
about 4 years ago in Connectivity 0 Functionality already exists

Graphical difference between 2 versions of the same job

currently we are piloting IIS manager to create packages for deploying datastage code into lhigher environments. However there is no way of identifying quickly what the changes were between an old package and a new one.
over 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Restrict Exploration from specific Packages

Provide the ability to restrict access to specific packages with the Exploration tool, as allowed with with tools, such as Report Studio. Not all packages may be designed for optimal use with Exploration. The users may need access to one package f...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

allow QM to EASILY search for SQL that does data changes

This idea belongs to both the ISPF QM interface and the CAE browser interface. I would like some method to use QM to EASILY find SQL that is doing data changes. Sometimes I am using QM to search for SQL that is doing data changes. Why? I am trying...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Searching for data assets using synonyms

Suppose you assign only one representative business term to a data asset, and you have set up multiple synonyms for that business term. In this case, it would be useful to be able to search data assets for synonymous terms as well. If this cou...
over 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Functionality already exists

Add Git and GitHub to supported source code systems for DS IDE client

From within the Datastage development client IDE provide support for GitHub and Git into the development UI to allow use of Git as the source code control system when developing jobs, in IS v11.5
over 8 years ago in DataStage 2 Functionality already exists