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Business Terms : UI Change Request : Relocate the Data Steward attribute to the main screen so that it is displayed along with the other attributes

Relocate the Data Steward attribute to the main screen so that it is displayed along with the other attributes
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Not under consideration

Use of temp folder

My suggestion is that the themes and extension are not temporary and do not belong in a folder called temporary it causes confusion and difficulty when diagnosing. These should be moved to another folder outside the temp folder.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Future consideration

Provide Db2 utility messages regarding the usage (or not) of the Large Block Interface

The Large Block Interface (LBI) provided by z/OS can be used by Db2 utilities (such as COPY) to greatly reduce the utility runtime of when creating data sets on tape devices. The LBI must first be enabled through the DEVSUPxx member of SYS1.PARMLI...
over 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Optimizer should ignore RTRIM when calculation filter factor

When the optimizer calculates the filter factor for a predicate which uses RTRIM, it just returns the default value. (0.04)It should ignore the RTRIM and use the COLCARD of the column stats instead. Refer to Case: TS001114316
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Need level based indention for Planning Analytics for Excel custom reports

Level based indention is used in Explorations and Dynamic Reports, but not Custom Reports. There is a setting option to use level based indention on Quick Reports, but not Custom Reports.
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Update DB2 (DDF) to use a stronger Hash Algorithm in the DDF global authentication cache feature

Presently, DB2 DDF is using MD5 Hashing in the DDF global authentication cache feature. This hashing cipher is long considered weak and guidance is that it should no longer be used. We ask IBM to consider a change to DB2 to up level this feature t...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enable/Disable Action Buttons in Excel Exports

Exports to Excel of Websheets with Action Buttons from PAW and PASS still contain action buttons. Most of the end users do not have any Excel Addin (PAFE, Perspectives) installed. The buttons have no function in the Excel Export File , are mislead...
about 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Require Databand integration to AbInitio ETL

Require Databand integration to AbInitio ETL to be able to observe AbInitio data pipelines and other data pipelines from Databand
about 1 year ago in Databand / Integration 0 Submitted

PAGENUM option for Admin Tool Mask

I will like an option to change or enforce PAGENUM attribute using the MASK(ing) feature available in Admin Tool. This will be useful to control PAGENUM attribute for PBR tablespaces for our site.
about 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

When using Exclude for Target/Source and there is a mask, GOC should require only Target.

The application of the same exclude on SRC and TGT is going to be useful only in scenarios where the customer has a mask and wants to exclude the same objects on both SRC and TGT. In the case of only wanting to partially exclude either a SRC or a ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration