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PostgreSQL as the source does not support BIT (Data type )

We use CDC as the main real-time synchronization tool. However, when a postgresql database is encountered, when there are BIT data type tables in the table, the table cannot be copied using cdc. As a result, many data on the production line cannot...
about 1 year ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1

Expand Search in Data Module

When editing a data module, there is a search bar at the top of the source tree. When I type into that box, it returns only items that contain a match in the Label property. Sometimes it is desirable to be able to search for the name from the sour...
20 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Fix the Party Relationship Transactions

We’ve recently stubbed our toes on an inconsistency in the implementations of addPartyRelationShip()/getPartyRelationship()/updatePartyRelationship(). The CONTACTREL tables, as well as the transactions above, explicitly represent the relationships...
21 days ago in Master Data Management 0 Submitted

Ability to copy currency rates across more than one period

The main reason for copying currency rates is to copy ‘Constant’ rates through the 12 months of a Budget and/or Forecast actuality, and actuals restated at ‘Constant‘ rates. Therefore, it makes sense for consolidation/super users to be able to cop...
21 days ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Planned for future release

New API operation for fraud marking a record in the whole cluster

The existing markFraud API operation receives as an input a URID that is specific of the API instance that will process this operation. This creates a possible information gap if the API instance that will process this operation is different from ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Safer Payments / Technical 0 Submitted

Enable SubCategories to be moved from one Category to another without rebuilding the entire hierarchy

Customer data environments are somewhat fluid especially during the initial development/deployment of a knowledge catalog. A subcategory that is originally built under one category often needs to be moved to a different parent category. To do this...
2 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Planned for future release

Need a utility to defragment large tables in a timely fashion when REORG is unable to reclaim space

Large, highly volatile, tables can become heavily fragmented when there is a significant amount of daily delete and insert activity. In some cases, the rows deleted don't leave enough empty space on a page for a REORG to clean up or reclaim that s...
3 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Future consideration

Externalize non-DSC SQL in IFCID 316

An old request that got rejected but is for me, and at least 52 other voters, important was the IFI 316 for non-DSC eligible Dynamic SQLs. The business case here has two major reasons: First and most important these days – Audit. Any Dynamic SQL m...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

CSV generation options per report/run

Currently csv settings like encoding, terminator, delimiter, qualifier, mimetype and trimspaces are set at the system level for all report executions. Changes affect all users in the specific environment. Our users have different requirements for ...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Planned for future release
106 VOTE

+/- buttons for column grouping

The ability to group columns in Cognos would be a great feature which is a small thing but a missing element compared to MS Reporting services reporting. https://oxen.tech/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/grouping.gif In fact the (+)/(-) buttons used wi...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release