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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).


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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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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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Cognos Analytics

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When report is clicked to run, Cognos version 11.0.x shows a blank page before report result shows up. Request the same behaviour like Cognos v10.2.2.

When report is clicked, Cognos version 11.0.x shows a blank page before report result shows up. Request the same behaviour like Cognos v10.2.2. In real client environment, for complex reports, it takes more than 8 seconds for this blank page, end...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

implement EXISTS or NOT EXISTS operator in reporting

I would like to have the possibility to use in reporting the sql EXIST operator available. I don't like to write manual sql because of manteniance and portability or use other shortcuts or alternative to implement the sql EXIST logic for example u...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

MDC file last update date and time that is not cube specific

Provide a function or variable that would display the MDC file last update date and time that is not cube specific. This would be used in the Report tool win Cognos Analytics whether on-prem or Cloud.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Under Team Content We need All reports and path and description details not Audit report

User asked what are the reports under Team content. Report Name ,Report Path and Description of the report. Example: Team Content->Office A->under 10 Reports we need to see all 10 Reports and description. In Audit Report only User run report...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Multiselection prompt missing checkboxes in interactive mode

Hello, we would liek to have a different presentation of multiselection prompt when we enable interactive mode in reports. Today to domultiselection we have to use ctrl. With many lines to select it makes it complicated for users and we have neg...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Planned for future release

Remove option for users to sent themselves a blank email

In Cognos 10, when emailing report output the menu required either attaching the report output or sending a link to the report. In Cognos Analytics when a user is attempting to email themselves the report output, if they want to attach the report ...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

CA 11.2 all quick launch hide to be turned off/on

Currently you can hide the quick launch in the portal, when you log back in the quick launch is no longer hidden. Would like have stay hidden until I choose to unhide it.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 0 Future consideration

Root Folder by tenant for Multitenant Installations

Currently you can specify a custom folder for a tenant and it shows on the menu bar, but it is still referenced under Team Content as a sub-folder. We have the scenario where we have our base content that needs to be deployed on a per tenant basis...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

set placeholders on a SQL statement to SAP Hana

Per the PMR, when Cognos generates a SQL statement to access a hana view with required prompts, the SQL generates a select *, not a select col 1,2,3. Support suggested this is expected behavior but it is less than optimal
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Keep Report Description after a Save As action

Most desktop applications like Excel or Word, keep description content when editing a document and then using Save as to save the document to a different name.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration