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Expand Conditional Formatting option in PAW

Currently PAW condition formatting only allows for the following 5 conditions: - Equals- Contains- Starts with- Ends with- Is empty We would like to see this extended to include at least the following additional options:- Does not equal - Does not...
almost 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Allow more granular control over what SQL will result in Statistics Profiles updates

Unnecessary statistics can increase RUNSTATS collection elapsed and CPU time, sometimes exponentially, and impact BIND/PREPARE performance because the optimizer must read in all available statistics to determine what is and is not useful for each ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Disable gridlines in Cognos for Excel exports of reports/dashboards

Users desire that Excel exports of reports/dashboards to look as much as possible as in Cognos. For this, the gridlines in Excel should be disabled. Currently, there is no option in Cognos for disabling the gridlines, which means that each individ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

De-couple view window from Excel-sheet

When one opens a view in PAfE, it stays in the front, even when one clicks beside into an Excel cell. One has to minimize the window actively to pull the Excel-sheet to the front. The normal Windows behavior for overlapping windows is, that the on...
almost 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

データ変更を伴うSUBNMの変更でシートのリフレッシュを行わない

シート上にプルダウン(SUBNM)を配置したWebシートにて、セル値に値を入力した後に更新(キューブへの保存)を未完了の状態でプルダウン(SUBNM)を変更してしまうと値が自動で保存されてしまう。 意図しない保存が発生してしまうため、上記動作で自動的に値の保存を実施しないか、保存前に警告メッセージを表示するなどの機能を用意いただきたい。 ※詳細はCase 番号 TS004643031 に記載しております
about 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Rulers or alignment functionality

PAW needs the ability to switch on rulers or align/distribute worksheet objects to improve the look of a workbook. Current using your eye or holding a ruler to the screen is the best approach to ensuring consistency across worksheets and distribut...
almost 8 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Functionality already exists

PA for Excel: Set Editor window (in new look) cannot be moved independently

If you need to work with more than one window possibility to move Set Editor would make life much easier.
almost 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Provide datasource name as a package property

Provide the ability for a user to view the package datasource name from the package properties within Team / Group Content.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Support DB2 LUW Specific Functions that are Missing in DB2 z/OS

State of California Office of Systems Integration (OSI) uses Db2 LUW in AIX environment, to support Child Welfare Reporting Caseworkers. We are working on a proof of concept to demonstrate transitioning of reporting workloads from Db2 LUW to IDAA ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Db2 z/OS limitations with ALTER TABLESPACE MOVE TABLE

I love the upcoming FL508 and this new availability even though I have not used it. Looking deeper into the Knowledge Center there seems to be some limitations that I would like to see resolved. The two items are: a) Exist in the same data...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration