IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

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    Z Understand to process PL/I modules even if there is any missing include

    We are using Z Understand 3.0.0 from Bob Premium Package for Z, and we have PL/I application code. When we load the PLI code to the Z Understand and we perform a Build, it executes a PLI precompiler/scanner, and after the build has completed, we f...
    about 2 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

    WCA PL/1 to Java support

    WCA PL/1 to Java.
    almost 3 years ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 4

    Integration with slack

    WCA is useful outside the vscode, and not all developers using vscode. having an integration with slack or as independent plugin. It would be great
    about 2 years ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 3 Not under consideration

    Enable namespace‑scoped image pull secrets for IBM Licensing

    Our organization must avoid using cluster‑wide (global) image pull secrets and instead rely exclusively on namespace‑scoped image pull secrets, in line with our internal security policies. While most Cloud Pak for Data components now support this ...
    5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Under review

    Offer an opt‑in premium “Robert mode” that uses higher‑capability model combinations at increased Bobcoin cost.

    Enterprise customers are willing to pay materially more for higher reasoning depth, reliability, and autonomy for complex, multi‑repo work, and a premium tier gives teams and consultancies access to stronger model mixes while maintaining cost tran...
    5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 0 Submitted

    Provide a native mode to run Bob as an HTTP server exposing RESTful APIs.

    An API‑first deployment allows Bob to be embedded into portals, internal tools, and automated systems, benefiting platform teams and partners orchestrating agent workflows at scale; this should include authenticated REST endpoints for job submissi...
    5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 0 Submitted

    Add hooks support to let customers execute custom logic at defined points in Bob’s lifecycle (pre‑run, post‑run, tool invocation, failure events).

    Hooks enable enterprise integration for logging, policy enforcement, approvals, and observability, benefiting platform, DevOps, and security teams embedding Bob into existing pipelines; Bob should expose configurable pre‑run, post‑run, tool‑call, ...
    5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 0 Submitted

    Introduce skills.md support so Bob can load persistent, user‑defined skills and behaviors from the repository.

    Skills files allow teams to codify repeatable workflows, conventions, and agent behaviors that improve consistency and productivity across large codebases, benefiting enterprise engineering teams and consultancies; Bob should automatically load sk...
    5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 0 Submitted

    Enable Bob to perform live web searches as a first‑class agent capability.

    Without live web search, Bob cannot reliably assist with modern engineering workflows involving fast‑changing libraries, APIs, vulnerabilities, or documentation, limiting usefulness for developers, consultants, and platform teams; Bob should expos...
    5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 0 Submitted

    Add a BobShell configuration option to explicitly disable built‑in tools (e.g., read_file, write_file) at runtime, similar to --disabled-tools flags offered by other agentic coding assistants.

    Enterprise customers need deterministic and policy‑compliant agent behavior, and the ability to disable specific built‑in tools allows security, platform, and compliance teams to constrain Bob’s capabilities in regulated, air‑gapped, or controlled...
    5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 0 Submitted

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