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Sort and filter options in the business term related terms list

Related terms in relationship section and other related business term appear not alphabetically sorted and there is no option to sort on the flight. It will be easier to review at least if the were sorted by name.
9 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

Generate rebind package commands for all packages selected with 'RB' and '=' sign on panel ADB21K

On panel ADB21K, I type 'RB' next to a package and '=' against another package. I hit Enter and am taken to panel ADB21KR for the 1st package. I make no changes so hit Enter. I am taken to panel ADB2PSTM, where I choose option 1 and hit Enter. The...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

static SQL with DGTT and REOPT(ALWAYS) should be traced by IFCID 401

We realized that not all static SQLs are captured by DB2 to be put into IFI buffers (IFCID 401) I'm referring to static SQL related to packages bound with REOPT(ALWAYS) and DGTTs statements. For REOPT(ALWAYS) packages, only statements not affec...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Custom Control (Authorized Drill Through)

When creating custom controls like visualizations or data tables it is not possible to perform an out-of-the-box drill-through (authored drill through). Yes, you can use URL parameters to create a psuedo drill-through. However, this is very poor p...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 5 Not under consideration

In the world of Multi-core processors, the context switches per second has become a KPI. It should be a standard performance metric like mem, r1m, etc.

When we try to oversubscribe hosts, it would be very beneficial to have ctx/second available as a base metric. It's available in all OS' these days. We could set a busy threshold for that say above 40k/second. For the longest time (maybe 31 years)...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

OpenPages - Automatic Profile Switching based on ObjectType

Hi, many of our users have different profiles for our different modules. When they are accessing a task directly (via email link) they often receive an error message that their current profile does not allow access to this object type. Especially ...
over 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Future consideration

Source DB CONNECTION should not be needed in an ETL project if its CONNECTION has been created in the CONNECTION section and run Data Discover process.

In the V2.1.0.2, user should be needed to create source DB CONNECTION in the ETL project even though the source DB CONNECTION has been created in the CONNECTION section without running Data Discovery process. (If Data Dicover process running for i...
about 5 years ago in DataStage 3

optionally disconnect filter in filter banner from widget in dashboard window

if I set a filter in the filter banner for a tab or for all tabs, this filter is valid for all widgets in the dashboard window. It would be nice if we can, like we can disconnect widgets from each other, also disconnect a widget from a filter in t...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

Automate ingestion and activation of users

Traditional best practice approach to security is to leverage the existing enterprise authentication provider. This includes using enterprise authentication group memberships to both allow access and allocate data security. With the PAW interface ...
about 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Cognos 11 - Use Data Modules as Source for Dynamic Cubes

Would like the ability to use Data Modules as a meta-data source for Dynanic Cube Designer.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration