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Folder Object Count

There should be an easy way to see how many objects are in a folder.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

CDC Should have the ability to better manage source table structure changes.

Currently the recommendation is to stop all DML activity to a source table in DB2 LUW before changing the table structure. In a 24X7 environment this is not practical. Since DB2 is able to handle the change in real time then CDC should be able to.
over 5 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration

Suppress option not available for Data module reports

We noticed that suppress option is not available in the report when it is created from data module.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Provide option to start pre-start service with preferred resource group

Currently, only standby service supports to start service on preferred resource group. Request to have such option with pre-start service as well as the first time run will always slow with standby service
6 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Support federation to Presto using JWT authentication

Customer does not allow user/password authentication to data sources, including Db2 and Presto (watsonx.data). With the help from the labs we managed to configure Presto in watsonx.data to accept JWT authentication; for this an idea has been creat...
6 months ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Submitted

Ability for Cognos to integrate with Analytics Content Hub

We would like to have the ability for Cognos Analytics in CP4D to integrate with Analytics Content Hub. ACH has the ability to integrate with stand alone CA but not CA in CP4D. We would like to have the integration with CP4D and the Cognos Service.
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Submitted

when editing connection you can activate the option to initialize HADR

When editing the connection, the option to initialize HADR will appear on the screen. Today this option is only possible for new connections or databases. However, every old database can become a HADR.
6 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Submitted

tool to list out active and default base params - lsparams

Think of 'bparams' and the level of details that it provides with args '-la'. This helps in figuring out what all params are configured as default or what defaults values are affecting the scheduling. Such a tool does not exist for LSF Base config...
almost 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Scheduling 0 Planned for future release

Create a subscription mechanism for reports that could work in an airgapped environment (no access to email). Idea is to show a notification to the user in the Cognos UI itself (using the bell).

The customer is generating reports on a regular basis and is not able to use the standard email distribution for those reports because of he is having an airgapped environment.Currently, the team has been using a workaround proposed by Trevor Come...
almost 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

"Pure Python/Non-Spark enabled" SIGs support for Python 3.10 and 3.11 Support for IBM Spectrum Conductor 2.5.*

It can be challenging to motivate/influence the Spark community to use the latest Python version which can delay the ability of Spectrum Conductor to use the latest Python version. "Pure Python/Non-Spark enabled" SIGs compatible with Python 3.10.*...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum Conductor / Version 2.5.1 1 Future consideration