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More Properties/Editing options for Rave 2 Visualizations

We would like more properties/editing options implemented into the new Rave 2 Visualizations (custom palettes specifically). Also would like to have the ability to add conditional formatting or a conditional palette to a visualization.
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

CDC could check in advance whether the log record provided by IFI 306 can be discarded, as in cases of records originating from utilities such as REBUILD INDEX.

Today we have some REBUILD INDEXES that run on very large NPI indexes, as consequence of LOAD INDEXDEFER NPI. These REBUILD INDEXES last some hours to finish. We noticed IBM CDC for Db2 z/OS follows units of recovery (URs) generated by these REBUI...
about 1 month ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

Enable WatsonX Code Assistant (WCA) to support MCP servers

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an emerging open standard that enables AI assistants to retrieve structured, contextual information from external sources—such as CMSs, bug trackers (e.g., Jira, Confluence), database schemas, UI design tools (e.g.,...
7 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 4 Future consideration

Enable query results to be exported in Excel (.xlsx) format in addition to CSV.

Currently, users in Query Workspace can only download query results in CSV format. Many customers request the ability to also export results as Excel files (.xlsx), as Excel is the most commonly used format for internal reporting, data sharing, an...
about 2 months ago in watsonx.data 0 Future consideration

Central location for cpd-cli-workspace directory and logging of the cpd-cli

When running the cpd-cli command a "cpd-cli-workspace" directory is created in the current working directory. Looking for an environmental variable that can be used to define where the "cpd-cli-workspace" directory is created when running the cpd-...
29 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Submitted

Support DDL replication for watsonx.data through change log business goal

Customer's RFI requested for DDL replication for heterogeneous database type (ie. Oracle to DB2, pgsql to wxd). This is a important feature because they have thousands of daily DDL operations in their production environments and cannot manually tr...
about 1 month ago in Data Replication for Cloud Pak for Data 0 Submitted

Data gate instance be able to write on more the one S3 Bucket (Data Gate for watsonx)

The client, Itaú, has structured its organization into independent and agile business squads, which is reflected in their data domain organization and data governance. To accommodate this structure, the data architecture requires flexibility. Curr...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS Data Gate 2 Under review

Accessibility Enhancement: Provide accessible name and accessible description for scroll bar arrows on visualizations

Requesting to add accessible name and accessible description for the intent of the scroll bar arrows on the visualization. The screen tip indicating scroll up or scroll down when hovering over the arrows will enable screen reader audience to under...
5 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Submitted

Request for Additional Notification for Business Term Approvals - before reaching due date

Hi, Currently, we have the Governance Artifact Workflow with multiple approvals enabled for our business terms. We also have email notifications activated for all users during the workflow approval and publishing steps. While we receive notificati...
5 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data as a Service 0 Submitted

Consistent Notation and Automatic Indentation for TI Snippets & Autocomplete in PAW

Dear IBM team, In Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW, current version 2.1.16), there is still inconsistency in notation and formatting between autocomplete suggestions and inserted code snippets in the TurboIntegrator (TI) editor. Additionally, sni...
6 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted