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Add a recycle bin for administrators

Users delete items by mistake and it would be nice to have a way to retrieve those items easily. It could empty on a rolling cycle to reduce size
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Email notification for password expiration

The current version of Db2 Warehouse on Cloud supports the enforcement of password policies and setting a duration of password validity before expiration, however there is no option to send email notifications to users to warn them that their pass...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Config option to raise an SQL error on inserting a too long string value

Inserting of any string value should not result with a silent automatic truncation of a given value and with an OK transaction result status. Exactly this is the default DBMS behaviour for non-ANSI databases.One solution for this could be the intr...
about 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

NEVER fall back to IMS DBCTL when SQL is not eligible for IMS Direct

We have a requirement to restrict access to IMS Direct only. Users should not have access to IMS Online. In DVM when an SQL is not eligible for IMS Direct DVM directs the SQL to IMS Online despite IMS Online not being enabled in DVM. There is no o...
over 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

"Edit Report" Button Option in Legacy View

Need an "Edit Report" option button added to the Legacy View of Cognos Analytics to mirror the functionality of the "Open with Report Studio" option in Cognos 10.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Converting ZCEE WOLA to ZCEE JVM

Currently the connection between zCEE and DVM is over WOLA. This setup requires a 1:1 zCEE server for each DVM subsystem that needs to expose web services. We would like to see an alternative interface added that would allow multiple DVMs to be se...
over 4 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

PIVOT/UNPIVOT functions in DB2 for z/OS

Currently, the DB2 for z/OS SQL does not support any functions for PIVOTING / UNPIVOTING data. This results in extremely complex SQL whenever a matrxi/cross tab report is required. Such reports are very common in open systems databases.
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Ability to pre-filter data before dq rule execution

Currently we have a workaround using DataStage flows which is very complicated for end users to do themselves. We here in 2H 2023 there will be something using virtual tables?
over 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Functionality already exists

3rd party software, The Control Machine, runs right before Distribution to assign accumulators. FTM assigns accumulators at ingestion based on DOW/TOD but if UOWs take too long to get thru the system, PNC wants to call Bus Rules to reassign which could include pocket, endpoint, and accumulator

FTM assigns accumulators at ingestion based on DOW/TOD but if UOWs take too long to get thru the system, PNC wants to call Bus Rules to reassign which could include pocket, endpoint, and accumulator
over 1 year ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Check 0 Not under consideration

Error to be displayed when saving a rule with feeders but not skipcheck

We recently experienced the following issue: A manual action made the skipcheck code disappear at the top of our code. We saved the rule without receiving any error and then closed it. This change resulted in big performance issues of our service ...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration