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Support ElasticSearch as a Data Source

Support ElasticSearch as a Data Source
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Better filter factors - use RI for this

The Db2/LUW optimizer has some algorithms that affect the optimization of queries on that platform based on the fact that RI is involved. But, Db2 for Z can calculate very incorrect filter factors that can be much more correct if Db2 enforced RI w...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add Tenant ID Parameter to Extension JSON

Add a Parameter for Tenant ID to Extensions JSON Files. For Example... For the entire extension:{ "name":"Sample_Context_Menu_Item", "comment": "This extension will add a new menu item to the context menu for all report objects.", "comment": "The ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Remove option for 'Other' on TASK UI Dashboard Charts

Can we remove the 'Other' options and instead increase ability to show all options under an enumerated list field? When creating a chart on the TASK UIO dashboard, the bar chart will only show 9 options and if there are additional options above 10...
over 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Future consideration

Adaption for Setup on Openshift (incl. Helm Chart)

IBM already publishes the DB2 DMC as docker file for hosting with docker. We wrote a simple deployment script for installing the image on Openshift. Currently we experience some problems there and debugging is not easy in this setup. So for easier...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

Show report location/path in the job

It is currently impossible to see the location of the report. So it is difficult to see if you’ve the right report in the job. If you’re not sure, the only way to make it sure is to remove the report in the job and add it again. You need to config...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add a date between filter on scheduled jobs, events and reports to the NOT admin variant

When you want to check the scheduled jobs, events and reports and you are not an admin, you should be able to use a between date filter. Now you can select only 1 date instead of more
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

compatibleProductVersion should have a "silent fail" option

When writing an extension the compatibleProductVersion object allows you to specify which versions the extension should work with. In theory this is great as it would allow the extension author to build a single package that covers multiple versio...
8 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Submitted

Estimate the optimal BLU columnar compression rate by sampling data

A technique is needed to determine optimal data compression rates for BLU columnar tables. Such a utility should estimate the optimal compression rate without and with the new string compression enhancements delivered in Db2 11.5 code stream. In e...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 1 Functionality already exists

Update Java API to be able to run Cognos reports into Excel 2007 format.

The Java API supports the running of Cognos Reports but the Output Format for the report is limited to the enumeration types documented in the CognosOutputFormat class - which is CSV, PDF, XLWA, HTML, XML. To be able to run a report via the API in...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Integration & Risk API 2 Future consideration