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Allow converting of the SYSCATSPACE to the reclaimable storage.

There is no way to convert the Catalog tablespace to RECLAIMABLE storage. The only workaround is to create a new database and to migrate the objects and the data. Since, we have a lot of databases which were created in pre-9.7 versions, we are stu...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Planning Analytics Workspace Backup/Restore Functionality of PAW assets

Improve backup and restore in PAW, more flexible backup and restore: provide functionality to backup and restore personal folders/books for admins backup and restore via Life Cycle Management (move content to another location?)
almost 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

MFA should be supported when logging with Data Studio

Multifactor Authentication is not currently supported to connect to DB2 using Data Studio. We are using MFA (Factor TOTP) to connect to TSO, CICS and other products. However we cannot connect through Data Studio as it does not support MFA.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Extend Role-based access control to data columns

We are facing the need to limit access to certain data columns/fields in LSF Explorer for certain roles. In our environment a few different teams will make use of the reporting capabilities of LSF Explorer in different scopes. Nevertheless, LSF Ex...
over 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Reporting/Explorer 2 Not under consideration

IIDR STOPQ/STARTQ request should be executed in parallel beyond the queue

IIDR STOPQ/STARTQ command is isssued from customer created automated process. They are isssued for 5 queues in parallel.Customer's STARTQ will be isssued without minitoring if the previous STOPQ queue is complete through MSGASN7176I. If STOPQ proc...
over 6 years ago in Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Not under consideration

Sandbox Non-commit feature and sharing of Sandbox

We have come across the business requirement as follows: Request to have these features be added to the Planning Analytics tool. 1. Can we restrict user to do only scenario planning in the sandbox but can't update (commit) the base instance? 2. Is...
over 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Cross Track from Cognos report should open in a tab in the OpenPages UI

When using cross track from a Cognos report to an OpenPages object it opens in a new browser window. This is very confusing for the user. Instead, it should open as a tab in the OpenPages interface, in the same browser tab.
almost 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Not under consideration

Support DECFLOAT in COBOL

DECFLOAT was introduced in DB2 9 and has just recently been enhanced to be usable in indexes. However the datatype is not supported in COBOL and FORTRAN and only "tolerated" in REXX (as a DOUBLE and then without NAN, SNAN or INFINITY). As a mainfr...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Authentication Keys Obfuscation When CLP Echoes External Table Queries with Object Storage

When an external table query involving either S3 or SWIFT options is executed, and the output echoed to the terminal (either via a sql script, or in interactive mode), the authentication keys are also displayed along with the contents of the query...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Support Host Based ELIM Total/Available and Reservation information in JSON output

In Fix Pack 14, the bhosts command has been enhanced to support the "-o all -json" option, and thank you. However, what is missing are the host level ELIM Total/Available and Reserved values that you can currently only obtain through the "bhosts -...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

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