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Performance improvement for sync i/o

A track that is not fully formatted is not eligible for sync i/o (zHyperLink). With the existing code, DB2 sends sync i/o request to all tracks, even ones that are not fully formatted. These i/o get rejected and retried as transport mode. I'd like...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add another counter to indicate that access was allowed due to install SYSADM authority rather than modifying the existing PKG-AUTH UNSUCC-CACHE counter behavior

If Installation SYSADM is used for EXECUTE authority on a package, the entry is not cached in the CACHEPAC area. However, the PKG-AUTH UNSUCC-CACHE count will be incremented even though the Installation SYSADM ID is not being cached in the CACHEPA...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Set Editor are different between PAW and TM1Web

PAW introduced a new set editor that is currently used in PAX and PAW cubeviewer. Our end-user have access to websheet (TM1Web) and Cubeviews (PAW). The problem is that both set editors are different which causes confusion. TM1Web needs to be upda...
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Manage catalog/hierarchy views

"Hierarchy and Catalog views can be customized to personalize how item attributes are presented to a user" (Infocenter) Currently, in Single-edit or multi-edit screen, users can see all views configured/available. It is not a problem from Security...
about 7 years ago in Product Master 1 Not under consideration

Lack of PAW User Administration - Delete, Add, block etc

Lack of User Administrative capability in Planning Analytics Workspace. Refer to the Use Case please for further details.
about 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Scheduled report output show 4 hours advance tiem than actual scheduled time

when we schedule report and saved output shows 4 hours advance time than the actual schedule time
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add Additional "stats" Table Metrics

For operations and KPI management, having some additional metrics in the various stats tables is important. For our use here, it would be helpful to have the following metrics: Pend Time Metrics: (eligible based upon job class not LSF setting)* av...
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 1 Not under consideration

Improving job status problem due to defunct process

Sometimes, defunct can occur in job processes for a variety of reasons. For example, 29460 below is one of the processes of some job. ps -ef | grep bg92 bg92.pa+ 29460 1 1 2022 ? 08:03:02 [Novas] <defunct> And if a defunct process occurs, L...
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 2 Not under consideration

Remove CHAR Space Padding In ODBC Driver 4.10

Other drivers (Informix JDBC / Open Link etc) have the ability to automatically TRIM trailing spaces from character fields - we badly need the same feature applied to ODBC. We note that the VARCHAR / NVARCHAR equivalent has just been added to ODBC...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

When Exporting Jobs Records Do Not Sort Them

Sorting the job records adds quite a bit of overhead to the export process.
almost 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Operations/RTM 1 Not under consideration