IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


Post your ideas

Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

  1. Post an idea

  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com



Add a new idea Subscribe
Status Submitted
Workspace Planning Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 10, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Base64 encoded pictures in PAW view

Dear community!

Would it be possible to display small product images instead of text cells in the PAW view? Can this also be made dynamic?

Images can be stored in books in Base64 format. Would it be possible to display the image defined in the cell in the PAW book? To reuse the existing concept?

If a Base64 string describing a small image is stored in a cube cell and the element is set to display '64 graphics', the string can be replaced by the picture.

Advantage: It can be used for various sets of icons and icons can be managed by rules. Rows can be presented dynamically.
Limits: not applicable for high-resolution/large pictures. Some limits should be defined, as such content cannot be stored in the cache.

Challenge: formatting/fitting of the cell.


Thank you for your consideration of this idea and for your feedback.

Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
  • Guest
    Mar 10, 2026

    Hello IBM Team,

    This is a great idea and would significantly enhance PAW's visualization capabilities for dashboards and reports.

    Storing small icons/flags/status indicators (e.g., traffic lights, product thumbnails, country flags, or KPI symbols) as Base64 directly in cube cells via rules or TI processes allows fully dynamic, data-driven rendering – without external URLs, file servers, or manual book edits.

    This approach is especially valuable in:

    • Scorecards / performance dashboards (dynamic status icons per row)

    • Product catalogs or inventory views (small thumbnails tied to product codes)

    • Multi-language / multi-region reports (flags or localized icons via rules)

    Current workarounds (external image URLs or static images in books) are less flexible, harder to maintain centrally, and don't support dynamic substitution based on data.

    Limits on image size/resolution (e.g., max 10-20 KB per cell, thumbnails only) and cell formatting (auto-fit, centering) are fair trade-offs and should be documented.

    Please prioritize this – it reuses existing cube storage concepts and would make PAW much more competitive with modern BI tools for icon-rich reporting.

    Strong +1 from our side – we'd love to see this in a future release!

    Best regards,

    Vitalij

    Reply

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.