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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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  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com



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Build Discovery support for automatic correction of mis-spellings instead of requiring Query expansion to explicitely train Discovery

We are an OEM partner of IBM and have built a Chatbot offering with Watson Discovery search integration. Feedback from one of our Customer's indicates that they are looking for built-in Watson Discovery support for correcting mis-spellings / offer...
about 6 years ago in Watson Discovery 1 Planned for future release

Activity log for table updates

Show activity logs for tables published in the catalog (e.g. show table updates, name of the column recently added, date of the column deletion, etc.).
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Functionality already exists

XML Support for Reference Data Request/Response from IKC via API

Problem Statement: Currently, IKC only supports JSON format for API requests and responses. This limits flexibility for users who prefer or require XML format. Proposed Solution: Expand IKC's API support to include XML format for both requests and...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Not under consideration

Automated Reference Data Cleanup and Versioning Maintenance

Problem Statement: Currently, IKC creates a new version for each updated dataset, leading to the accumulation of older versions. There is no built-in mechanism to automatically purge older versions or retain only a specific number of recent versio...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Functionality already exists

Automated Knowledge Accelerator Data Integration for IKC-RDM

Problem Statement: Currently, updating Knowledge Accelerator (KA) data within IKC-RDM (Reference Data Management) requires software upgrades or manual intervention. This limits the flexibility and responsiveness of the system. Proposed Solution: I...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Extended Composite Key Support in IKC-RDM

Problem Statement: Currently, IKC-RDM limits the creation of composite keys to a maximum of 6 columns. This restriction can be insufficient for certain reference data sets that require more columns to uniquely identify records. Proposed Solution: ...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Automated Reference Data Synchronization with Datalake HIVE Tables

Problem Statement: Currently, synchronizing Reference Data with Datalake and accessible from Hive Tables is a manual process involving data export from IKC and manual transfer to the Azure cloud platform. This approach is inefficient and error-pro...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Automated RD Type Modification with Data Migration

Problem Statement: Currently, modifying RD Types in IBM-RDMs requires creating new RD Sets and RD Types, which can be inefficient and error-prone. Additionally, handling reference data during RD Type modifications involves manual steps, leading to...
about 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Capability to add filters with questions while adding training via tooling

There is API capability to add filters to training data but the SMEs who are not technical will need the same capability in tooling
about 8 years ago in Watson Discovery 0 Not under consideration

Show description of data asset by Magazine view in Knowledge Catalog data asset list

-Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points The customer can't see the data asset description in Knowledge Catalog's data asset list. -state your current workaround(s) Now the customer see the description by opening the ...
over 8 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Not under consideration