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103 VOTE

automatically activate a database when DB2 LUW is started

See PMR 14855,227,000. We would like some way to automatically activate a specific database when a DB2 instance is started without the use of external scripts or DB2 APIs.
about 8 years ago in Db2 6 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.
12 months ago in Planning Analytics 2 Functionality already exists

Give ISAM/tabid when syspurge() fails

We had a purge that was failing for a protracted period and it took a lot of trapping and tracing to figure out why, since the full error details were not being reported. In the interim, performance degraded and we risked running out of space.
4 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Request support for Windows 2025

Add support for Windows 2025
4 months ago in Informix / Informix Client Products / Informix Server 1 Under review

Global Correlation ID for VSAM/IAM and DB2 updates made by CICS transaction

It would be good if CDC provides global correlation ID to correlate DB2 and VSAM/IAM updates made by CICS transaction in a unit of work. For example: If CICS txn (TXN1) is updating the FILE1 (VSAM/IAM) and TABLE1 in a same unit of work, we are loo...
3 months ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Submitted
107 VOTE

Ability to make join queries on different packages in RA

Ability to make join queries on different packages in RA
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Enhanced Instrumentation for workfiles

A possibility through IFI and/or a new command -DIS WORKFILES to get an “asis” use list of all work pools (Sort , DGTT, Work etc.) This data is crucial for tuning the number, size and type of the work spaces that we all have. The output should be ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration
107 VOTE

Informix should be able to change owner on tables and any other objects

If user=informix creates all database and all tables, then programmer creates table but user=informix cannot change it. Only drop it.
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Temporal Table supported by CDC for IBM i

Temporal table is only supported by CDC for DB2 LUW as source/target and for z/OS as src only. We requiere replicate Temporal Tables by CDC for IBM i to have a DR up to date.
over 1 year ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Not under consideration

Retrieve IDAA trace data in background

In Admin Tool you can retrieve trace data for the accelerator using Z;AC and then line command TR. We would prefer to do that using Admin Tool instead of Data Studio. But there is a problem. The process run in foreground mode so the ISPF session i...
3 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

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