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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).


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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.

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Allow Optional CHAR-to-VARCHAR Conversion in DataGate to Preserve Application Transparency between Db2 for z/OS and Db2 LUW

When replicating data from Db2 for z/OS (EBCDIC) to Db2 LUW (UTF-8), DataGate increases the length of CHAR columns to accommodate Unicode expansion. While this behavior is understandable from a data integrity perspective, it can introduce applicat...
4 days ago in Db2 for z/OS Data Gate Submitted

Tenant support for SQL/QReplication as source and target

The Db2 tenant concept is introduced in IBM Db2 12.1 and define an isolated, unique namespace for user-defined objects within a single database. It sits between the database instance and schema levels, allowing multiple independent groups or appli...
5 days ago in Db2 / Replication Submitted

Service ID Authentication for Enterprise-Grade OpenPages–watsonx.governance Integration

The current integration model supports ( OpenPages–watsonx.governance )authentication only through a user API key. As a result, the integration cannot leverage a dedicated Service ID and remains dependent on an individual user account for system-t...
about 1 hour ago in OpenPages Ideas / Integration & Risk API Submitted

Drive Explorer SSO Enablement Using IBMid

Current Issue Drive Explorer currently relies on a generic account with a shared static password to perform file transfers between environments. As multiple team members use the same credentials, it is difficult to determine who initiated or compl...
about 19 hours ago in Planning Analytics Submitted

Add Subscription Level Replication Statistics to the Product Functionality

In case of high QReplication workload its sometimes necessary to determine the causing table / subscription of this workload fast and efficient for Problem determination . Currently workload Statistics are implemented at an Queue level (in Table I...

Bulk uploading test cases in Orchestrate UI

The evaluation framework within the Orchestrate ADK enables you to provide test cases via a CSV file. The previous Analytics dashboard in the Orchestrate UI on IBM Cloud also allowed this to be done, however, with the launch of the new Control Pla...
about 10 hours ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate Submitted

Add Logger Name Filter to Planning Analytics Server Logs

Dear team, Current Behavior The Planning Analytics Server Logs interface currently allows filtering by Log Level and time range, but does not provide a filter for Logger Name. Log entries already contain Logger Name information, for example: TM1...
1 day ago in Planning Analytics Submitted

Improve configuration guidance and diagnostic feedback for Workflow and Data Accountability

Dear team, Description Current behavior When configuring Data Accountability and Workflow features in Planning Analytics Workspace, several UI actions may remain disabled without providing any explanation to the user. Examples include: Data Acco...
5 days ago in Planning Analytics Submitted

JWT-based authentication for on-prem Db2 LUW using Microsoft Entra ID, with the Db2 Data Server Client retrieving the token from the Microsoft IDP.

Provide native JWT/OIDC token-based authentication support for Db2 LUW on-premises, including modern Authorization Code Flow with PKCE and token validation. Extend the Full OIDC Flow capability by enabling the Db2 Data Server Client to natively in...
18 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise Submitted

Request to Reconsider HTTPS Change Due to Business Impact

We are writing to raise an important concern regarding the recent transition to HTTPS and its impact on our organization, STC. While we fully understand and support the importance of security, compliance, and modern security standards, the recent ...
about 2 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted