IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


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    Support Data Modules for the Event Agent - CUG2026

    With Cognos Analytics version 12.1.1 and higher, Data Modules have matured into a powerful and strategically central modeling layer. They enable fast, business-oriented, and low-maintenance modeling and are now the recommended foundation for repor...
    15 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

    blimits command functionality improvements

    Affected: Administration and all users. Benefits: Provides clients with greater visibility into job availability and limitations, as well as a more dynamic way to allocate resources. Details: blimits functionality needs to be more encompassing. Gr...
    13 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Under review

    Add native background image / watermark support for Books and Pages (transparent logo as subtle background)

    Dear team, Currently, Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Books only allow a solid background color (via Book Properties → Background color). There is no built-in option to set a background image (e.g., a semi-transparent PNG logo) that acts as a t...
    2 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

    Reorg rebalance should be possible for tables with XML column

    Reorg rebalance should be possible for tables with XML column: We have some very big XML tables with 200 partitions, wich are growing very fast and not really equally in each partition. After some time we have partitions, where are 3 times more ro...
    about 2 hours ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Update Satellite Connector to dynamic ports and rotating credentials

    Technical Problem Connectivity Challenge: Client needs to connect to their on-premises Oracle RAC database using IBM Satellite connector, but it's not secure in its current configuration Dynamic vs. Static Ports: Client's security requirements...
    4 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

    Dynamic Default Values in Dashboards/Data Modules – CUG2026

    Support dynamic default values for dashboard filters and widgets, such as automatically selecting the latest available data.
    about 21 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

    Better integration of Planning Analytics and Cognos Analytics – CUG2026

    Best way: Offer Planning Analytics (TM1) and Cognos Analytics as a single, unified platform with write-back support to TM1 cubes. or Provide possibility to create TM1 cubes with datamodules as source (single point of truth).
    about 21 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

    OLAP Support in Data Modules – CUG2026

    Support DMR or Dynamic Cubes with proper dimensional modeling and hierarchical navigation in data modules. Same as https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/CAOP-I-398 from 2018 Is now labeld as Planned for future release
    about 21 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

    Enhance Cognos Administration – CUG2026

    linke Motio CI/PI Capabilities in AdministrationNative support for search & replace across reports, Git-based version control, full content visibility, and bulk role/group assignments.
    about 21 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

    Better Role-Based UI Customization in UI/Administration – CUG2026

    Allow full UI customization (buttons, menus, toolboxes) based on user roles. For Example: At the moment it is not possible to hide the toolbox in reporting or the page switcher... We need this to get the Analysis Studio Users happy in Reporting (o...
    about 21 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

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