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Option to change Field type from Simple String to Large Text

We are facing the challenge that after implementation, it is found out that simple string fields do not allow enough characters to be added and therefore we need to change the field into a large text field.This is currently only possible by creati...
4 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

autosave capability

Provide an autosave capability prior to the user being logged out of OpenPages. Currently, OpenPages logs out a user after 15 minutes of inactivity. Prior to that automatic logoff, OpenPages should save the latest draft of object.
5 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Future consideration

Please correct to execute a complete search if the primary key of IMS-DB is specified in || (concatination).

When executing SQL, a complete search is not performed but a search of all counts is performed if the primary key of IMS-DB is specified in || (concatination). This is poor performance to use DVM.Please correct to execute a complete search even if...
about 1 month ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Allow for custom auroralogging.properties file to define custom loggers that aren't overwritten by upgrades/fix packs/interim fixes

When implementing custom loggers we have to place these in the auroralogging.properties file. This works great until the file gets re-created during the installation of upgrades, fix packs or interim fixes. We would like a custom auroralogging.pro...
11 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

Enable WatsonX Code Assistant (WCA) to support MCP servers

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an emerging open standard that enables AI assistants to retrieve structured, contextual information from external sources—such as CMSs, bug trackers (e.g., Jira, Confluence), database schemas, UI design tools (e.g.,...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 4 Future consideration

Monitoring capabilities for Openpages scheduler

Openpages scheduler does not notify in case there is a failure. Moreover, there is an issue with logs not appearing for custom schedulers. Can this be fixed/enhanced to have following capabilities. It could be similar to the way the notifications ...
9 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 1 Future consideration

ARCRETN - Managing by DFSMS - SMS Management Class

In a situation related to replication delay, it was necessary to keep the Db2 archive log longer than its current retention period. The subsystem parameter ARCRETN was set as 17 days as in Management Class. The planning was to alter the retention ...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Proxy support for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

As of CP4D 5.2, DataStage doesn't support proxy settings for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connector. Boeing is a long time DataStage user and on Information Server 11.5 and 11.7. They use Azure Storage Connector with proxy. Information Server Data...
15 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Connectivity 0 Future consideration

Exhaustive DB2 catalog search for all dependencies when command like DROP FUNCTION is generated

When entering a drop command in ADB panels against objects like stored procedure or function etc,ai. FN1, ADB generates only a drop for the specific object at which the command is entered. However, in 99% of scenarios, such generated drop cannot b...
2 months ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Improve throughput of InSync - IBM Integrated Synchronization

Evaluation of the feasibility of data replication from a Datasharing to an IDAA be supported by multiple Log Reader Tasks (LRTs) / Log Data Processors. In order to achieve this, we understand that a specific LRT would be responsible for capturing ...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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