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mbatchd log job submission rejection

It is helpful to have job submission rejection logging to log file so we can set up monitor to size the issue and early warning alert of scale of issue
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Not under consideration

Allowing user to set how many number of lines should be scan to determined field data type when importing *.xlsx file

With the current design, for .xlsx format excel files only first 200 rows are scanned to determine the field type, if no data presented in the first 200 rows, then that column is deemed as a numerical field by default. So, when importing data with...
about 4 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration

Couchbase Data Source

Customer is now leveraging Couchbase for data that needs to be reported on.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Native integration with Language Translator

The pattern to build assistants supporting languages not supported by Watson Assistant is to add a machine translation service, such as Language Translator, before interacting with WA, ensuring that such interaction is performed in a language supp...
over 5 years ago in watsonx Assistant 0 Not under consideration

MJE Park & Post: include the approval step prior to actually posting the Journal

Currently, journals are posted as soon as the user submits it, and the approval is done after the journal has already affected the Financial statements. In order to reduce the risk of unauthorized journals affecting the numbers, we would like that...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Sensitive Access Report showing users with Write access rights with privilege to enter Journals

We need to validate what are the users that have sensitive access (i.e. Write access rights, with privilege to enter Journals) and to what entities/companies, so we can manage them appropriately and avoid business risks to our Financial statements...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Nav Bar size after opening reports or dashboards

When ever a user opens a report or a dashboard, the icons on the Nav Bar shrink and their labels disappear. This will make it hard for users to operate the Nav Bar especially if they are new in Cognos and trying to get familiar with it. This will ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

[Tool] - [Repository] - [Explore] - [Repository] screen behavior

When changing the width of the window or changing the column width such as the name or version, there is a time lag of several seconds without moving immediately. When expanding the window, the window display may not be displayed correctly.
over 5 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration

easy to show the SQL query and result

Currently, Cognos can show the SQL statement of the CQM model, but in the case of the DQM model, cannot show the SQL statement and just the MDX statement only. Most customers want the SQL statement. To view the SQL syntax, we must save it as a log...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Like DB2_LOAD_COPY_NO_OVERRIDE a registry to overrides NONRECOVERABLE Load operations is required.

Like DB2_LOAD_COPY_NO_OVERRIDE a registry is required which overrides NONRECOVERABLE Load operations to a defined value, because for data center operations any Load operation is critical.DB2_LOAD_NONRECOVERABLE_OVERRIDE=COPY YES USE TSM and DB2_LO...
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration