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Support sorting results by more than 3 columns RFE 36055

QMF for Windows allows results to be sorted by up to 3 columns. We need QMF for Windows to support more than 3 sort columns. First choice would be to support sorting on an unlimited number of columns, similar to the ability to do this in Excel.
almost 11 years ago in QMF for z/OS 2 Delivered

Db2 Archive Tables Are Not Available for Selection in Recovery Expert

When using the GUI to display a list of tables under a schema used for Db2 Archive Transparency tables, none of the archive tables are shown. (In my case, only the LOB tables that are associated with the archive tables were displayed.) It seems co...
10 months ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

Explanation of Pre-selected Recovery Plans

It is unclear to the user of RE as to why certain recovery plans are pre-selected when generating a recovery plan for an object. There needs to be a clear explanation as to why certain recovery plans automatically pre-selected by RE when using opt...
10 months ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

Improve MAKEPBR functionality

When using the MAKEPBR command to convert a classic partitioned tablespace to a UTS Partition by Range tablespace, the generated job may not actually materialize the new PBR tablespace because the Admin Tool does not force the generated REORG util...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

When submitting a job to a CGROUPv2 Compatible System Modify cpu.shares based upon the task count requested by the job

LSF would support CGROUPv2 better, if it adjusted the number of CPU shares for a job based upon the number of cpus/tasks requested by the job.
over 2 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Scheduling 3 Delivered

Help text for attributes

The current setup with a Help URL is not sufficient for our customers. It is to technical and not user friendly. Also it doesn't work with Firefox, Chrome or Safari. We prefer a mouse-over text or a i / ? button that you can click with a pop-up.
over 6 years ago in Product Master 1 Delivered

JSON datatype CDC replication support

Current IIDR CDC engine for PostgreSQL source does not support replicating json or jsonb datatype. This data types are getting popular within PostgreSQL and applications and customer began utilizing it for variety of reason. This feature will ...
about 4 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 3 Delivered

Modeler Flow needs to be able to cancel long running processes likely SPSS Modeler.

When a process is executed for a long time, it cannot be stopped because there is no button to cancel in the middle. SPSS Modeler has a button to stop processing. Is it possible to get a similar button?As a result, the process that has been execut...
about 4 years ago in SPSS Modeler 6 Delivered

QM CAE web interface should remember the target CQM subsystem

When using the QM CAE web interface. When starting the QM CAE browser, the Activity Browser drop down list for "targets" always default initially to the alphabetical first target name. This is my dev DB2. I am usually using QM to look at prod. So ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 1 Delivered

Collect statistics for NPI when reorging only a partition

In general we want to collect statistics only as inline stats using USE PROFILE during reorg. Our strategy is to reorg objects on a partition level. Unfortunately in this case statistics for NPIs are sometime not collected and we receive message D...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered