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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


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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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Fixed Color Assignment in UI/Dashboards/Reporting – CUG2026

Allow fixed, category-based color assignment for charts in Dashboards and Reports.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Multi-Report Email Export in Reporting – CUG2026

Send multiple reports in a single email without requiring Event Agent.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Modernized Prompts in Reporting – CUG2026

Modern, responsive prompts with resize support, auto-complete, and toggle, slider, and multiselect controls.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Drill-Through from Reporting to Dashboards – CUG2026

Support direct drill-through navigation from reports to dashboards.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

In-Report Comments in Reporting – CUG2026

Add commenting capabilities directly within reports, including write functionality.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Enhanced Visualizations in Reporting/Dashboards – CUG2026

A unified, feature-complete visualization type supporting master-detail, SVG output, high-resolution export (including PDF), and new chart types such as native Gantt charts.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Fix & Sortable Headers in Reporting – CUG2026

Ability to freeze row and column headers and sort by clicking column headers in lists and crosstabs.
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Db2 Connect NULLID packages should be shipped in Db2 zos PTFs for BIND

This is a historic and on-going problem with the design of binding the NULLID packages on Db2 zOS from the Db2 Connect client installer. For high-security mainframe platforms, the Db2 Connect installer will not have authority to bind on a producti...
8 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Enable Dynamic Widget Titles in PAW Books Using Book Parameters or Selector Values (Live Update Based on Filters)

Dear team, Business Case / Summary: In Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Books, the widget title (Visualization Properties → General → Title for Cube Views, Charts, etc.) is static text only. There is no support for book parameters, MDX expressio...
7 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Enable Advanced Border Configuration (Style, Color, Thickness) for Row/Column Headers and Enhanced Borders for Data Cells in PAW Format Manager

Dear team, Business Case / Summary: In Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), the Format Manager allows basic formatting for data cells and headers, but border options are severely limited: Data cells: Borders exist only as simple on/off toggles (n...
7 days ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted