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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI 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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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.

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


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Add custom sub-levels via extensions

We want to limit the folder access to the clients by customizing the left side navigation bar and adding custom menus. Because of the folder structure and the topics, the best would be if we could add sub-menus. However we can't use the following ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Optional index of sections

For larger objects such as Risk or Loss Event, the number of sections can be big, and this can make it harder to navigate. It would be useful to have the option to add an index of sections within the right hand panel guidance. This would operate i...
almost 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Not under consideration

Remove limitation on TEXT and CLOB datatype to have the same functionality as LVARCHAR

Remove limitation on TEXT and CLOB datatype to have the same functionality as LVARCHAR.
about 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Figures for group with cross-owned companies in the FAP cube do not match with numbers in Controller reports

When using FAP with General Configuration->Server Preferences the figures in MonthlyCompanyDetails FAP cube are different from the Controller Trial Balance Report - figures for group with cross-owned companies in the FAP cube do not match with ...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Automatically calculate data type

System: Cognos Analytics ReportingActor: User wanting to develop a report or explore data Cognos Analytics Reporting is used to explore data and produce reports, both of which lead to making decisions. Description: When performing a calculation us...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

NPS option to add comment when creating users and groups

it is easier for DBAs to administer users and groups, when can give a meaningful description for a group or user.
about 1 year ago in Netezza Performance Server 0 Not under consideration

SMS Integration

SMS integration is critical requirement raised by many customers recently. The requirement becomes more critical when it comes to implementation of Audit & BCM module. You are requested to share input or experience where IBM team has delivered...
about 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / Integration & Risk API 1 Under review

Native API connectors from IBM CCR (On Cloud) to PowerBI

It is popular today for Native API connectors for a variety of systems and understanding that an organization may not utilize solely 1 or 2 systems from a principal. Hence, the need for native API connectors between various principals. Such would ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Planned for future release

"FTM - Base" provides support for the execution of the generated scripts in local client to remote db server on z/OS

System: Financial Transaction Manager - BaseActor: DeveloperDeveloper uses Rational Software Architect, with FTM Base plugin, to model Finite State Machines (FSM). Description: The FTM RSA tooling should generate sql scripts that will run in a loc...
almost 6 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Not under consideration

FTM Purge Utility : Support jdbc type2 connection on z/OS

Add support for jdbc type2 connection from the purgeDB utility and FTM core.This support is requested for 2 reasons :1 - Performance : With type-2 ( cross mem ), we expect to reduce communication overhead for jdbc link.2 - Workload Management : Wi...
almost 6 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Not under consideration