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Formatting Overlay Cube

I have a cube with a "Measure" dimension, which has elements like "Amount", "Variance %", etc. It also has a "Scale" dimension, which has elements like "Raw", "Millions", etc. I'm trying to achieve the following outcome: Amount, Raw = #,##0.000000...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Enhanced Instrumentation for workfiles

A possibility through IFI and/or a new command -DIS WORKFILES to get an “asis” use list of all work pools (Sort , DGTT, Work etc.) This data is crucial for tuning the number, size and type of the work spaces that we all have. The output should be ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Easy way to update oracle user password after password rotation

Currently updating password and saving the configuration CDC takes a lot of time as there are lot of validation doen backend even though only password is changed.Understand any change in the tool will trigger entire validation and very much depend...
12 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

Include CTQ reason / details in db2exfmt advanced diagnostics

We need an "Extended Diagnostic Information" in Explain (db2exfmt) that details if and why the column organized tables had been (early) converted to the row format for processing it in the row engine. This is important to detect performance issues...
about 3 years ago in Db2 3 Not under consideration

To allow for Integration with Reverse Proxy

We have a use case to onboard and route the Cloud Pak traffic to the web reverse proxy which is hosted on the IBM Security Verify Access, however when doing so, we noted that when loading the Juypter notebook and other functions on the Cloud Pak, ...
almost 3 years ago in Watson Studio / Watson Studio 0 Not under consideration

Add function for changing Ascending/Descending next to "Search" fileld in "Filter Condition" window

In the "Search" field of "Filter Condition" window in Report,Items are always displayed in ascending order. We often choose a recent date, but it's very annoying to have to scroll to the bottom. This function of changing Ascendin/Descending was in...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Capture all error SQL Codes regardless of where it was generated

According to the manual Query Monitor operates ‘inline’ with SQL related execution that takes place on the host. Certain database processing activities engage ‘off-host’ components, which are called ‘distributed’ or DRDA applications. Once a trans...
8 months ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add DSNL523I or DSNL519I for all available PORTs

Currently at DB2 startup, or when DDF is started, a DSNL523I or DSNL519I message is issued for the main DB2 PORT, the main SECPORT, and RESORT. I would like the same to be done for all available LOCATION ALIAS PORTs so our automation can validate ...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Extend the Persona UI to include the functionality for creating user IDs/roles/acg

Extend the Persona UI to include the functionality for creating user IDs, currently available only in the Admin UI. This enhancement will help reduce reliance on the Admin UI and offer a more unified user management experience.
8 months ago in Product Master 1 Planned for future release

Login prompt option is not visible when we are using OIDC/SAML provider

When logging in using an OIDC provider, username and password fields in the UI are not visible to facilitate login for technical users. Generally for the personal login, OIDC should just login without prompting username and password. But we need t...
8 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform 1 Under review