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Requesting change to CHCMDMUT utility used to apply CDC maintenance

Currently the CHCMDMUT utility generates and executes DDL required for maintenance updates. The utility has a CURRENT SQLID parameter which is intended to be set to the Security Identifier that is being used to run the IIDR CDC for z/OS instance. ...
over 6 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Planned for future release

Reorg Utility should leave objects in Status UTUT when victim of a Timeout of DBD01

We have the problem, that every now and then a reorg abends because of a timeout of DBD01 in the switch-phase. The reorged object remains in status UTUT and cannot be accessed by anyone, until the utility is terminated via command.After a long tim...
over 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Planning Analytics - Cascading Dimension Selection

Being able to define cascading selection in the PA Workspace. We would like to have an improvement to either use a subset related on another dimension selection, or being able to use variables in the MDX statement to refer to another dimension sel...
almost 9 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Future consideration

When saving filters in TASK UI add a 'Save As...' button

In Standard UI , there is an option for 'Save As...' when saving a filter in the grid view. Can we add the same button to TASK UI? This was helpful for when saving multiple filters with very slight differences.
almost 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 7 Not under consideration

Minimize spacing in assistant output messages

Current default assistant behavior leaves large spaces between output messages. It would be helpful to identify how to minimize or control these spaces.
8 months ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 0 Submitted

Ability to set option "show item axis labels" only 1x when using repeated columns

Let's take the example a Waterfall chart with repeated columns . Attached are 2 screenshots: 1st screenshot: the option "Show item axis labels" is enabled => the labels are repeated for every column (they are blanked out in the screenshot) 2nd ...
8 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Ability to customize error messages presented in Cognos

We would like the ability to create custom error messages that are more intuitive rather than the default Cognos error message. (e.g. : Error Occurred! Please contact Support team.) The existing error messages are confusing to business users and ...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Cells locked for data entry in the form's Excel layout (standard form), should be locked also in CCR Web

In some standard forms it's necessary to lock a cell for data entry by using "Cell specification" within the Excel layout. It's an issue that this locking is not supported in Controller Web.
almost 6 years ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

Planning Analytics Workspace object sizes

Problem Description There is currently a maximum size to the content the PAW backup.ps1 script can manage. If the PAW container databases exceed this maximum size, then the backup.ps1 script fails. Currently there does not seem to be a way to de...
about 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Planning Analytics Workspace backup not returning error exit code

Problem Description It seems that the PAW backup.ps1 utility generates a success exit code (0) even when the backup fails. For example, if the PowerShell command is unable to complete a backup because its file size limitation has been reached, a...
about 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted