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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI 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,


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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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Cognos Analytics

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Ability to add ""Total"" to a data-driven Active Report control

Current product functionality does not allow for any additional data items to be added manually to Data driven Active Report controls (such as Data Radio Button Group). Standard reports allow for additional selections in data-driven prompts (i.e. ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

ENH: Cognos install kits to include installation option with user defined backup location

This is an enhancement for future Cognos products install kits to have an installation option with user defined backup location. Installer kit in 10.2.x versions does not give users an option to define their own backup folder location during insta...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Functionality already exists

Change default option on prmtGenSelectValueHTML.js

Customer wants to change the default option in the search bar for all users without using any Javascript thus he wants to achieve it by changing the prmtGenSelectValueHTML.js file or any other Cognos files.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Prompt API: getValues() returns undefined if the previously input value was considered invalid

Using Prompt API it is not possible to retrieve a prompt value via getValues() if that prompt is considered invalid. The result is returned undefined which typically stops the entire javascript validation process thus leaving the entire prompt pag...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Enh: looking to have a free form text box prompt which can be displayed on the report as typed

Currently the multi-line text box prompt allows for the key to be entered when typing in the box but the output of this parameter does not show them Carriage returns are replaced by spaces so what is typed into the box does not match the output on...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Improve drill up/down performance when using new chart authoring and DQM

One of our users is requesting to improve drill up/down performance when using; 1. New chart authoring.2. Dynamic Query Mode.3. Master-Detail relation ship. 4. The chart are inserted into the list column. We have no way to gain good performance cu...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DB2 bitemporal/temporal table query

The client has the follow query set up with bitemporal table:SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEEFOR SYSTEM_TIME AS OF '2013-05-24 08:17:21.000000' The query is for a simple DB2 v10 DB that actually ends up querying a EMPLOYEE_HISTORY table. This is due to the ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Customize Button Bar and Button Label in Active Reports

Looking to add in additional functionality for customization of Active Report elements. Client is looking to be able to add a background colour to the Button Bar and the Button Label.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add a control that automatically cycles through the possible values for an Active Report variable

Add a control that automatically cycles through the possible values foran Active Report variable either repeatedly or a single time. Thiswould be useful for animating a visualization over a time series usinga RAVE visualization with a transition a...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Active report to have Select ALL without Default Data Card included.

Select All when defined in Data drop down list as ""No Value List Item"" will work if we define Default Data card and drap the charts or list again to this default card. Customers requirement to have Select All to work without setting Default Data...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration