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Improve lim -t assignment functionality.

Requesting enhancements to how LSF Parses and assigns host types for both x86 and POWER architectures with the lim -t command. Current behavior causes inconsistent cpuf values due to bogomips changes on x86 and insufficient CPU-model differentiati...
2 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Under review

Data module with 2 multiple tm1 cubes - CUG2026

Actual it's not possible to user 2 multiple tm1 cubes in data modules with reporting component Excerpt from the documentation of 12.1.1: Data modules that contain only one IBM Planning Analytics cube are supported for Reporting and Data Sets Data ...
2 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Proactively post messages to a channel via WXO (API)

There are tons of usecases where it is helpful to be able to proactively send messages to a channel which is connected to wxo already.Assume the following usecase:A user is creating a ticket for something not working in their flat with their prope...
1 day ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate 0 Submitted

Debugger Window Width

Following a recent update, the width of the debugger pane has been reduced, making it significantly less convenient to use. The narrower layout makes it difficult to clearly view all fields and parameters at once and requires substantially more sc...
1 day ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Improve early exit/early close SQL processing in partitioned environments

In partitioned Db2 environments (MPP), where SQL statements are processed in parallel by multiple partitions and multiple agents on each of them, certain SQL might execute much longer due to processing a section of an SQL (and access plan) that co...
5 days ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

IFC processing - Avoid writing a LOGREC for an expected 0C4 abend.

Reduce number of entries for 0C4 abends in LOGREC. For instance 0C4-38 abends at Csect DSNWAACT Offset X'1118' is an expected abend and thus it shouldn't be written in a logrec. This abend0C4 is expected and DB2 FRR recovery routine retry the move...
1 day ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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...
29 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...
27 days ago in Spectrum LSF / Other 1 Under review

Allow Redirected Recovery from System Level Backups

Currently redirected recovery is not supported for system level backups (SLB's). The Db2 V13 documentation states:"Restore of concurrent copies and system-level backups is not supported; these types of backups are ignored by redirected recovery".A...
8 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Submitted

Set a company-wide default Global Color Palette for all new Books and Visualizations in Planning Analytics Workspace

Dear team, Administrators can create and publish global color palettes (Administration → Excel and Customizations → Palettes → Add global palette). These palettes are then available to all users and can be selected manually. Current limitation: Th...
about 3 hours ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted