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over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Add Failover Support to LDAP Provider

Customer wants to be able to add a second or third LDAP Server to an LDAP authentication source in IBM Cognos Configuration so an LDAP failure can be handled directly from Cognos.This requires in turn that the LDAP Provider receives Load Balancing...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

You can only jump from an executed WorkspaceAdvanced report into Report Studio

If a report designed in WSA is executed it should show the Workspace Advanced Icon in the menu in the upper right corner instead the Report Studio Icon and should jump to the WSA-Studio. Not every WSA consumer has the rights and the ability to wor...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Specify retention period to External Repository

With Filenet as external repository, Cognos Administrator doesn't seem to have any control over Retention period. Need a feature on Cognos to let the external repository know about the retention requirement at each report level.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Oracle Exadata SPSS Modeler 17 Scoring Adapter

This RFE is being submitted on behalf of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA is utilizing an Oracle Exadata 5 appliance running Oracle 12C to support it's data warehousing efforts. The SPSS Modeler Server ver. 17 is executing it...
over 8 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration

Ability to control the number of XQE log files in logs/XQE folder

Currently there appears to be no other way to control the number of log files to kept in logs/XQE folder, other than manually cleaning them up. Client would like to have a feature similar to cogserver.log files to allow only specific number of fil...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Administration > System. Add Non-peak, Peak Selections choices

When setting tuning parameters via Cognos Administration > System > Set Properties - Configuration | Settings Tab, there is a 'Category' drop down. Add the ability to look at only Non-Peak, or Peak.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Update rusage with DYNAMIC=Y/duration

With ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RUSAGE=Y a job's rusage string is modified if it uses more licences than it requested, however if a job uses less licences than requested the rusage string is not modifed when DYNAMIC=Y/duration is set to remove licence reserva...
over 8 years ago in Spectrum LSF 1 Not under consideration

Add macro current year in Default Selection property of Value Prompt object

In Cognos 10.2.1 Fixpack 6 in Report Studio:1. Using Crosstab I can add the following member year 2015 in Row:[Cube].[Year_Dimension].[Year_Hierarchy].[Level_Year]->:[TM].[Cube].[Year_Dimension].[@MEMBER].[2015]2. But if I want to add "current ...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Request to remove duplicate db2readlog API reads of the same log file on scan start

As described in the PMR associated with this request, on first read request by the db2readlog API we see the same log file is requested to be opened 3 times. First retrieve is to map the input LRI to a log file. Second retrieve to convert the inpu...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Replication 0 Not under consideration