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).


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    A Github integration ensures enterprise-grade governance, automation, and agility for data engineering workflows. By leveraging GitHub and LevelUp tooling, clients gain robust version control, rollback capabilities, and automated testing/deployment for pipelines and DAGs. It reduces operational risk, accelerates delivery, and aligns with modern DevOps practices.

    Large enterprise clients like AT&T, who manage complex data pipelines across hybrid environments, will benefit from streamlined CI/CD processes, improved security, and consistent governance across services. How should it work? GitHub Integra...
    about 1 month ago in watsonx.data integration / watsonx.data integration - Bulk/Batch and ETL/ELT capability 0 Submitted

    Support REORG for DEFINE NO

    I have heard, in various IBM presentations (Haakon at IDUG Valencia, John Lyle at CCDB2) talking about Db2 Vnext, the statement "no migration to vnext if you have 6 byte RBA/LRSN or non-UTS tablespaces". This if fine unless you happen to have old ...
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Functionality already exists

    Option to change Field type from Simple String to Large Text

    We are facing the challenge that after implementation, it is found out that simple string fields do not allow enough characters to be added and therefore we need to change the field into a large text field.This is currently only possible by creati...
    4 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

    Allow ALTER TABLE xxx COLUMN yyy SET NOT NULL

    The ability to change nearly everything about a column is really cool in Db2. Sadly, the one thing that you cannot easily change is the NULLability of any given column. This is definitely a requirement all over the place and currently can only be ...
    6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    cpd-cli manage command suddenly fails with inconsistent SSL error/timeout when http_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy variables are configured

    The failure occurs even when correct http_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy variables are configured in the environment and inside the OLM Utils container (olm-utils-play-v3). The OLM utility Python client ignores the configured NO_PROXY values. As...
    about 1 month ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Submitted

    If Db2 boosts a thread, it should have preference over other boost activities (like zIIP boost)

    We had the situation that some threads (DDF threads) hold a latch and this latch is required also for Db2 system tasks. The Db2 boost does not help in this situation because we use zIIP boost during IPL. So from a WLM perspective higher prioritize...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Enable Agent-Level Security Configuration for Embedded Chat in Watson Orchestrate

    Tenant-Level Security Scope in Watson Orchestrate Embedded Chat
    about 1 month ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 4 Under review

    There needs to be a Default setting for font effects.

    There needs to be a Default setting for font effects. The font dialogue box has Default options for Family, Size, Weight and Style yet does not have a Default option for effects (Underline, Overline, Line through). This makes it difficult to turn ...
    about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

    Backup in V12 - allow to exclude files/folders

    In Planning Analytics V12, when an administrator requests a backup, it includes all server files, as well as the contents of File Space (which can be browsed using File Explorer).However, this area can contain many files that are not required to b...
    3 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

    Change/Update ownership of Schedules to Service Accounts

    We would like the ability to change or update the ownership of schedules to service accounts. By default they are owned by the creator, however this leaves a single source of failure if the person would leave. Also when creating scheduled emails, ...
    almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 8 Future consideration

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