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Change variables on the fly for objects added to sheet in PAW

When you add a cube cell to a PAW workbook using "Add to Sheet" function, you are currently unable to change the parameters / elements. We had to always re-create the object (after changing the parameters from the cube view), and then re-format, r...
over 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Delivered

Customise PA Workspace Banner

Allow end users to easily identify which environment they are in.E.g. Allow text to be added to the PA Workspace Welcome Screen main banner or allow the banner colour to be changed.More advanced features may allow an image to be loaded.
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Delivered

Embed IFF-File into WSL

We run the Compare on an integration test system and transport the created workstatement list in Converted format (action_convert_to_read_wsl = 'Y' ) to each target system. There, we make any necessary adjustments, e.g. to the schema or the databa...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide a standard Apple installer package

The silent installer that ships for SPSS Statistics for Mac OS is widely known to be poorly working and problematic. Further more, it requires a system Java runtime to be present even though the application itself does not need a system Java to be...
almost 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Delivered

Avoid new workload during Db2 Restart Light

In a data sharing environment a Db2 Restart Light was needed after an LPAR outage to remove retained locks and resolve indoubt units of recovery.The failing member was automatically restarted in light mode on one of the surviving LPARs, and showin...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Formating Cells in PAw- not supported in UI

Currently, there's no additional formatting capability for numbers in PAw. The work around is for the admin to add formating to the Measures dimension, but that is hard on the end users!
over 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Delivered

Generate drop of foreignkeys if foreignkey-statement is not provided

We generate DDL on the basis of an external tool and compare the newly generated DDL for each changed DB2 object against the catalog and let Admintool generate the conversion strategy as a workstatement list. Whether an object has changed or not r...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

FTM - Rollback required at interface level as opposed to the application level

ROLLBACK_ON_INMAP_ABORT setting doesn't provide the flexibility of setting the rollback behaviour on a per-interface basis.Before PMR 47661,001,866, we were able to raise the E_MpInMappingAborted event when the mapping result was set to abort, whi...
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Delivered

Integration with Spectrum Scale object storage

IBM is involved in implementing data integration solution for State Bank of India using DataStage (version 11.7) and Spectrum Scale (version 5.05). DataStage is supposed to read / write object storage data hosted in Spectrum Scale using Swift prot...
over 2 years ago in DataStage 1 Delivered

Permanent fix for Tcplisten rocketing cpu when tenable scan garbage hits port

Tcplisten job rockets into cpu spike/loop when tenable scan throws garbage at the port Subscriptions stopped during this cannot be restarted unless ending of subsystem or dmtcp This is an exposure as any bad actor could act upon that port not just...
over 1 year ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Delivered