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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).


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:


Search existing ideas

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,


Post your ideas

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

  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

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


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

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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Default text in the email body

The ability to add default text to an email body when distributing reports, similar to a signature section. Currently the same text needs to be set up for every email report and would be easier for maintenance or other messages (holidays etc) if t...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

missing input validation

Malicious input of attacker can be restricted.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Future consideration

User should be able to login into Cognos application only one browser at a time and one desktop at a time. Should not be able to login Cognos application simultaneously in 2 or more desktops.

Security can be tightened, and user multiple sessions can be restricted.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Future consideration

Spacing of Text in Prompts

Provide additional configuration options on setting the Text spacing. Better UI Experience
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

MHT File Download

Provide users with the ability to download the active report while viewing the report in the browser
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Singleton Object to Dashboard

It is difficult to create dashboard tabs that are centered around single office or employee since there is no singleton object on Dashboards. Therefore it is difficult to show office address, country, phone number in a appealing way on the dashboa...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

ADA Compliance: On activating Tab key after selecting Learn button, focus moves to Home button

Steps to Reproduce: 1)Navigate -> Authoring and Analysis 2)In IBM Cognos Analytics screen, move focus to Learn button 4) Activate Enter key, Learn menu expands 5) Activate Tab key and verify the focus order On activating Tab key after selecting...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration

Data Table - Complex Aggregation

We rely heavily on calculated percentages / rates that are embedded within our framework modeler packages, both relational and DMR. Many of these calculations require complex aggregation that entails the percentage / rate (such as return on sales ...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Hyperlink items in dashboard

We often generate lists with detailed information in external systems. in a report we are able to make a list with hyperlink items. However, in a dashboard, such a hyperlink for a list is currently not available img1: hyperlink item in a report im...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Not under consideration

Unable to edit Combined Filter from show filter option available in the Cognos 11.0.10 viewer

Not able to edit the Combined fitlers when we run the report from the Cognos 11.0.10 Viewer even though we specify the option 'Can be Changed in the Viewer' for the combined filter.
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration