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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


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Provide a way to refresh db/node directory cache to an active instance

When an instance is active, it reads the db directory and node directory information and the instance keeps it in a cache. This catalog is used for federation, to connect to remote databases. If for some reason, it is necessary to modify the direc...
over 4 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

Customize font colors in Cognos 11

We want to be able to customize font colors in Cognos 11. In previous version, there was option to customize User Interface (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ba-pp-infrastructure-portals-page631/) by using styles/skin.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

DB2 should support auto de-activation of (monitoring) connections

Numerous application environments rely on DB2 mechanism of de-activating the database when the last connection terminated. E.g. stopping the application server leads to termination of the DB2 connections, which in turn automatically de-activates t...
over 8 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement of TPCIP task when using DDF

When running source and target jobs on different LPARs, we need to use a TCPIP job even when we choose DDF as the connection type. We need that Cloning Tool uses DDF to run queries and commands on objects of the target datasharing without the obli...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Unable to connect to IDV ( Informatica Data Vault ) as a Data Source for Reporting Purpose

We have critical data stored in Informatica Data Vault (IDV )and this data is accessed via 200+ Cognos reports across different areas in the company. In the version Cognos 10.2.2, we used the Microsoft ODBC driver ( Nucleus ) to connect to this da...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Business Terms : UI Change Request : Relocate the Data Steward attribute to the main screen so that it is displayed along with the other attributes

Relocate the Data Steward attribute to the main screen so that it is displayed along with the other attributes
11 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Not under consideration

Modify the way WLM adjust the Bufferpools size With AUTOSIZE=YES for Bufferpools

With AUTOSIZE=YES for BP's, WLM adjust automatically the size of BP but since that moment the size of BP's is "increasing continously". WLM recommends increasing or decreasing the size of the buffer pool based on the hit ratio but we have observed...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MQSEND function support for MQ group ID

We would like to have MQ group ID and message sequence numbering supported in Db2 MQSEND function. This would help to achive desired message ordering in situations of more complex unit of works. We had a case where we wanted to do more MQSEND call...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improvements for Automatic Runstats

Auto-runstats (AR) is invoked by health monitor on a fixed timer, each timer 7500 seconds (approx . 2 hours) apart. AR consists of "iterations". In each iteration, AR evaluates tables/views one by one. If a table is deemed needing stats, AR will i...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Analytical Functions 0 Not under consideration

Enable drop of more than one foreign key at a time

I want to drop 2 foreign keys on a table. I type the 'AL' line command next to the table and go to panel ADB21TA. I choose DROP FOREIGN KEY and go to panel ADB21TAH. I put a '?' in the Constraint field and go to panel ADB21TRI. In my example I hav...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration