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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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:


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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,


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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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    CUG 2026: Support Data Modules for the Event Agent

    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...
    2 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

    Use report package drill-through in dashboard

    Working within Dashboard and creating a crosstab or chart, using as source packages where drill-through reports are set up, those drill-through reports are not visible at all. To take advantage in Dashboard of the investments made in reporting, co...
    17 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Submitted

    Allow administrators to set default table row size (Compact) for all users.

    Please provide the extension file, or alternatively, we can update it through the system properties.
    1 day ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 0 Submitted

    Modify Default Dropdown Values for New CSV Options

    While the newly implemented CSV options for generating custom CSV files are highly appreciated and beneficial for users, we have identified that some of the default dropdown values for the new CSV options are inappropriate and do not align with th...
    1 day ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

    Report Authoring is not Accessibility Compatible

    Issue: We are unable to add data items to a report page without using the mouse. In some tests we are unable to navigate to the Insert-able Objects menus using the keyboard at all. In other instances, user was able to get to the insert-able object...
    6 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

    Official Support and Optimization for Master-Detail Relationships with Data Modules

    Currently, master-detail optimization is not officially supported for data modules. While a workaround exists, we require this feature to be officially supported to ensure a reliable and performant analytics experience for our customers. Business ...
    about 5 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

    Combination chart with target

    We would like a visualization that combines line visualization and target column/bar. This would be great to display status vs budget for each day or month while also displaying the running total.
    2 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

    Differentiate Audit/Server logging for logins through API Keys

    Currently, logins through user generated API Keys are recorded as standard user logins within audit/server logging. We'd like to see logins through API Keys differentiated from standard end user logins for increased auditability and visibility.
    3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

    Servlet 6.0 support in WLP with Cognos Analytics

    With Custom Java Authentication, we require Spring libraries to go for latest version which is 6. Version 6 is requiring Servlet 6.0 which is not supported currently with WLP. Currently it is usd Servlet 3.1. Hence logging enhancement request.
    3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Submitted
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    More Properties/Editing options for Rave 2 Visualizations

    We would like more properties/editing options implemented into the new Rave 2 Visualizations (custom palettes specifically). Also would like to have the ability to add conditional formatting or a conditional palette to a visualization.
    about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

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