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    Support column-level lineage export to Alation for filesystems

    This request builds upon https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/DATALIN-I-40 which added support for expeorting lineage for filesystems to Alation. The above feature could not export column-level lineage because Alation did not have an API to import column-l...
    4 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

    Need an updated Pytorch ONNX runtime

    The pytorch-onnx_rt24.1 runtime contains an outdated ONNX operator schema validator that rejects a valid ReduceMean operator produced by current PyTorch ONNX export. This runtime is deprecated and no longer suitable for modern computer-vision models.
    5 days ago in watsonx.ai 0 Submitted

    An Admin Tool option where you can auto-generate CREATE TABLE SQL Statements based on IMS DBD Source code input

    This would significantly simplify IMS to Db2 conversions at a time when IMS talent is becoming more difficult to find. The idea would require an "IMS DBD to Db2 Table Converter" option in the db2 admin tool, where you can paste IMS DBD source code...
    10 days ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Under review

    Add "Show Chore" Option in IBM Planning Analytics for excel Interface

    In the IBM Planning Analytics Excel on the interface pane (as per the attached screenshot for reference), users can choose from options such as: Show control objects Show AI jobs Show processes Show dimensions However, there is currently no option...
    10 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

    Enhance CATMAINT output to show what has been done.

    Please enhance the CATMAINT output to actually show what has been done. Currently when we execute CATMAINT to change the catalog level, the following output is produced: DSNU000I 083 15:07:58.39 DSNUGUTC - OUTPUT START FOR UTILITY, UTILID = RELODC...
    16 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Db2 Connect NULLID packages should be shipped in Db2 zos PTFs for BIND

    This is a historic and on-going problem with the design of binding the NULLID packages on Db2 zOS from the Db2 Connect client installer. For high-security mainframe platforms, the Db2 Connect installer will not have authority to bind on a producti...
    2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

    Support OpenSSL

    Problem Statement Currently, GSKit is the only supported way of setting up TLS and cryptography in Db2 LUW. Because only IBM products rely on GSKit (as far as I know) it poses a higher barrier to entry when starting with Db2. While GSKit supports ...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

    Option to Disable Insight from Cognos Assistant

    When the Cognos Assistant is queried, it returns both analytical outputs (such as charts and visualizations) as well as accompanying insights. However, since the Cognos Assistant does not leverage an LLM-based approach, these insights are generate...
    11 days ago in Cognos Analytics / AI/Smarts 0 Submitted

    FOOTPRINT : Lightweight “XS T-shirt” deployment for IKC (CP4D) – extendable to wx.data intelligence

    Customers are increasingly asking for a significantly smaller footprint option for IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC). Current deployments require substantial resources, even in development or POC environments where workloads are limited and only a small...
    6 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Under review

    Improve early exit/early close SQL processing in partitioned environments

    In partitioned Db2 environments (MPP), where SQL statements are processed in parallel by multiple partitions and multiple agents on each of them, certain SQL might execute much longer due to processing a section of an SQL (and access plan) that co...
    about 2 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

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