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Allow alter column to drop NOT NULL constraint

Currently the only way to remove the NOT NULL constraint from a column is to unload the table, drop-recreate table (or drop-add column) and reload table. Such a small change needs so much effort, and causes unnecessary outage and service disruptio...
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

TM1 Data Snapshot functionality - Copy rule to values in a TM1 cube

The Bedrock data copy TI process is the most basic requirement for a in memory solution. The highest priority would be to achieve this outcome. The following additional requirements would be nice to have on top of the basic requirement: 1. The abi...
about 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

Ability to filter data in a Grid view from same Business Entity

When selecting associated records (Eg: Selecting Processes under an RCSA), we would like to have the ability to restrict data from same business entity. Currently we can have filters but the filters cannot be dynamic to restrict data from same par...
4 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Under review

File Connector - Definition for Internal table Location

We need the table location to be optional when we define it as an internal table. When the location is not user-defined, the Datastage must define the create table command, but it does not need to define the location. This is important because the...
over 2 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Getting the Accessplans at the Routine level for the Database LUW

Db2 performance issues in one of the major area to look for, Whenever there is performance issue in the database, one of the major point we look is for the queries how they are behaving in the database. Db2 LUW provides lot of options to get the a...
over 5 years ago in Db2 29 Not under consideration

Allow users to control the ordering / customize workflow sequence in view action button

We understand that workflow sequence is not based on workflow system name but workflow internal ID which was assigned in database when workflow is created, basically primary key incremental id. Since we cannot change this workflow Id, and we canno...
3 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Implementation & Deployment 1 Planned for future release

Drop indexes with uniquerule P and C

When a tablespace is converted from PBG to PBR or even PBR-PBG-PBR all indexes become non-partitioned. There will not be a solution to convert non-partitioned indexes to partitioned. Instead IBM point to DB24ZOS-I-553 to create new unique indexes ...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Removed object types after Db2 13

At IDUG in Valencia Haakon Roberts informed us that some object types and a few other things has to be removed before we can go to the version after Db2 13. These are Simple tablespaces Segmented Tablespaces Classic partitioned tablespaces Basic (...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Conditional Formatting - Duplicate values

It would be beneficial if, similar to Excel, end users had the ability to see duplicate values (conditional formatting) within a selected dataset.
11 months ago in Planning Analytics 2 Functionality already exists

Be able to launch a workflow from a calculation

It would be useful in situations where you want to start a workflow when specific conditions happen on your object. A user could make changes on a child object which in turn changes a calculated value on the parent. Once that change takes place a ...
7 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 1 Under review