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Analytics Engine

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Run the spark thrift jdbc/odbc server so we can connect to spark from reporting tools

It would be great if Spark as a Service ran the spark thrift jdbc/odbc server so we can can connect to spark from reporting tools.
over 7 years ago in Analytics Engine 2 Not under consideration

Cognos Planning Analytics rounding issue

In a case submitted to IBM: TS008741229 my team discovered that due to the design of Planning Analytics in terms of how it stores values (IEEE-754 Floating Point Double format) we came across scenarios where PA would not round correctly and hence ...
over 2 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Future consideration

Non World writeable folder/files

Currently we have several folder and files used by IBM Streams and created as world writeable (has public write access - anyone can write/change it) /tmp/.com_ibm_tools_attach ( Multiple Items ) - auto created /ibmdev/zsmdhfo/Recon/DailyRecon/.ren...
over 2 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Future consideration

STREAMS for RedHat 7.8

We would like a new version of STREAMS compatible with RedHat 7.8 for real time analysis
over 2 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Future consideration

Add ODM to Azure Active Directory application gallery

For Azure SSO, our organization requires ODM to be in the Azure Active Directory application gallery.
over 2 years ago in Analytics Engine 2 Future consideration

Make prompt names and values in "View versions" copiable

We have many complex reports with a lot of prompts. In case of customer support (we are a service provider) we need to copy the names and the values out of the "View versions"-area to compare parameters from different report executions to find out...
over 5 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Not under consideration

While scheduling the disposition sweep, ICN does not allow to schedule the sweep on Quarterly basis. It only provides us the option to schedule the sweep hourly, Daily, Monthly and yearly.

While scheduling the disposition sweep, ICN does not allow to schedule the sweep on Quarterly basis. It only provides us the option to schedule the sweep hourly, Daily, Monthly and yearly. Customer heavily relies on scheduling the sweep on Quarter...
over 2 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Future consideration

The Spark job should use the mount_path attribute of the storage volume by default

The volumes.mount_path attribute in the Spark Jobs API is mandatory, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=jobs-spark-api-syntax-parameters-return-codes This should be an optional attribute to make it consistent with the usage o...
almost 3 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Future consideration

Install netstat & Tcpdump by default.

Netstat and tcpdump are useful for customers to troubleshoot any network issue. In BiOC, we have it installed by default. Its missing in IAE. Can we include that as part of the cluster itself? Thank you!
over 6 years ago in Analytics Engine 0 Not under consideration

Ability to search for multiple objects in a dasboard filter

Ability to search for multiple objects in a dasboard filter at the same time . For example when copy pasting from Excel.
about 3 years ago in Analytics Engine 1 Not under consideration