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new optkey ”requester location”

We need an optkey option that will always contain the ip-address for distributed SQL
over 1 year ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enable Edit/Modify option for the default Charts/Reports in LSF Explorer

Can we have edit/modify option enabled for the existing default graphs/charts ? This could be limited with Role - Either a new permission added to the Report Administrator or Have a new Role.
about 5 years ago in Spectrum LSF 2 Not under consideration

Need a way to tell which roles and/or groups an individual user is in.

When a new user joins the organization, typically we'll get a request that says "give the new user the same rights as user x". In the past, when we had Cognos on prem, I had SQL statements I could run against the content store that would allow me ...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add full user name to FTM MER users.

We use our companies internalcryptic IDs (ie nj123456) to add a user to FTM MER. FTM MER should provide a field to also add the uers full name (ie David Jones). Our audit department is requesting this.
over 3 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Swift 0 Future consideration

additional Db2 accounting info when SELECT FROM FINAL TABLE is used

When I use SQL UPDATE then the accounting information is very clear that UPDATE was used. If I wrap that UPDATE with SELECT FROM FINAL TABLE on the outside then the accounting information does not clearly show UPDATE was used. This is tricky and a...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Multi-Client Manager Change All Clients

When we use the multi-client manager, it only changes the classic clients (Designer, Director and Administrator). We would like it to change all clients including IBM InfoSphere Information Server Console and IBM InfoSphere Information Server Mana...
over 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

UNABLE TO SET EXTERNAL DATA FILE TO AUTOMATICALLY LOAD

PH30480 UNABLE TO SET EXTERNAL DATA FILE TO AUTOMATICALLY LOAD
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Need support for Oracle clustered tables

Request for IDR/CDC for Oracle to support sourcing from Oracle clustered tables. At this time, the documentation indicates this is not supported.
almost 7 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration

REORG with the DISCARD WHEN ... and AUX YES option on a table that contains a LOB column should end with an error

When doing a REORG with the DISCARD WHEN ... and AUX YES option on a table that contains a LOB column , DB2 list the message 'DSNU124I Æ 286 09:07:08.23 DSNURFIT - AUX YES SPECIFICATION IS IGNORED AND AUX NO IS IN EFFECT FOR CURRENT UTILITY EXECU...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

Reading CSV Files with Non-Delimiting Commas

The Var File Source node in Modeler is not able to detect commas within a comma-delimited file that are not delimiters. A comma within a single field would currently cause that field to be read as two fields, and distort all of the data beyond the...
almost 7 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration