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Cognos Data Module - Restrict Table and Column Name Changes

When the Tables are imported into the Data Module Column Names with Characters such as underscore (_), dash (-), or slash (\) are replaced with the space character and the names are changed to Camel Case. Replacing Table and Column Names is not id...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Improve persistent thread concurrency

With the implementation of transactions with persistent threads (like pseudo wait-for-input on IMS) we have been facing some concurrency issues in our site, specially with HPU and batch programs that perform lock escalation. This happens because t...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Add support for static SQL queries text storage in CQM_SUMM_TEXT

There is currently no support for the static SQL in CQM when one wants to store the SQLTEXT for such queries. Only dynamic SQL is supported. It is currently possible to see in the ISPF interface the static sql, but it is gone after a rollup of the...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 Warehouse Need support for columnar tables when case insensitivity is configured

System: IBM Integrated Analytics SystemActor: Customer requiring capability My customer is migrating from Teradata to Db2 Warehouse (IIAS appliance). The appliance has been configured for Row-organized tables because case insensitivity is required...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 0 Not under consideration

TRANSFER OWNERSHIP for entire schema

During SAP system migration all objects in a schema need TRANSFER OWNERSHIP. This takes quite long (many minutes) for > 100.000 objects.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Report references within Dashboards

It would be a nice to have feature to reference a report or an object within a report within a dashboard. Similar to the same functionality as Cognos Workspace had -- where you could reference a list or crosstab of a report and link the items toge...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Mark in FTM Base the master message that is sent to MER for printing

The problem is when users have several messages to send from FTM Base to MER for print. In the meantime they receive another message and when they return to search again, they lose track of which message they were on and it can happen that the scr...
over 1 year ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Not under consideration

Improve Excel-import with the ability to adjust characteristics

During the Excel import frequently the data type of columns is identified incorrectly. It would be great if you are able to set the correct datatype of columns during the import of Excel/CSV. This creates issues when you try to update (refresh) an...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Allow more than 50 MB for UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH sort operations

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH operations that do not use indices for sort are restricted to 50 MB before the system will use temporary space. This limit has remained unchanged for a long time and could be increased quite a lot on a modern system. ...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Enhance DBSW/DBRW formulae with Hierarchy Awareness Parameters

So that all existing Active Form reports can be reused easily and maintained. And they can coexist with Planning Analytics environment nicely.
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 6 Not under consideration