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dmctop for zLinux

We have several Db2 LUW running on zLinux. Because dmctop is not compatible with zLinux, we're still using db2top but would like to explore new functionalities/features offered in dmctop. Just to clarify: Currently, dmctop does not work on zLinux ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 7 Not under consideration

Display IAG2 on object level

Sometimes IAG2 will be disabled, in some situations this is clear and ok, in some situations it is strange and not expected. To implement reliable automation we need e.g. an enhancement to DISPLAY DATABASE SPACENAM with IAG, which shows which inse...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Optimizer does not use HIGH2KEY/LOW2KEY for columns with COLCARD 1

Optimization issue if a business_time_oriented table has only one row. In syscat.columns the content of the business_time columns are detected (high2key, low2key) but the value can not be found in the distribution statistics. This leads default fi...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 1 Future consideration

Prebuilt row count function on Cognos Report

We've noticed a challenge with our reports: users often need to gauge the scope of the data they're dealing with, which currently isn't straightforward in Cognos Reporting. While our reports can generate outputs ranging from 10,000 to 3 million re...
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

PAW - Change default for TI parameter to String from Number

In PAW, when adding a new parameter, it defaults to the Number format. However, as a developer, there is often a need for a String parameter rather than a Number. While there is an option to change the format for multiple parameters, it retains th...
3 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Extend Cognos Analytics product documentation by information about 3rd party certificates

I was activating ssl in a customer's productive cognos analytics environment. I followed the instructions of the corresponding product documentation for cognos analytics 11.2.4: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.0?topic=ecmica-conf...
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Allow a join of a temporal table with an archive-enabled table.

Allowing us to join a temporal table with an archive-enabled table would allow us to take advantage of both features. As is we will have to choose one or the other.
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

REST API endpoint for performance optimized writeback with arrow format

With more and more TM1 implementations happening in the cloud, we see more data loads using REST API / TM1py instead of Turbo Integrator. When using TM1py or the REST API, the best performance you can accomplish right now is to be on par with Turb...
about 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 0 Future consideration

Integrate RACF into ADMIN tool

Would be nice to have for 'DB2 under RACF'-sites that we can see on a object which auth RACF Profile rule is used. And see who/groups are on this profile. And give an message if you dont have auth to see this (in RACF organised)
11 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Allow creation of table with column definition WITH DEFAULT CURRENT DATE - x DAYS

We have a requirement to create some new tables, where we load a CSV file in every day. The CSV file contains information from the IMS Performance Analyzer Tool, and is always 2 days behind the current date. It would be nice to have the option to ...
6 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration