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Same level of performance in extract processes in DB2 and IMS when qualifing the column of the cluster index

Since OPTIM V11.7, we experienced dramatic performance regressions with the component "Extract on an IMS Database". The extract criterion is almost all the fields of the primary/cluster key. The database contains 15.6 millions records - 1 hit i...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Db2 connect driver support

Db2 connect drivers should be supported with DVM IDF. This will be helpful when we want to join any data source with DB2 and then access it through IBM products like Data studio etc.
over 2 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Have FTM Public Views That Mirror Control Center's UI Data Model

The FTM Control Center's operational data model consists of: - Inbound Physical Transmission - Inbound Transmission - Inbound Batch - Processing Batch - Inbound Segments - Transactions - Endpoints - Outbound Batches - Outbound Transmissions - Outb...
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Canadian Payments Association (CPA) 1 Functionality already exists

Set persistence and expiry of MQ messages at the application level

Actor: User needs enhanced features In our company, we do not define queues with persistent, but expect the application has the ability to set it as persistent in the MQMD. Additionally, messages should have a set expiry (not set to infinite). Bot...
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Canadian Payments Association (CPA) 2 Not under consideration

Control Center allows multiple actions to be taken on same payment, and show on the approvals screen

The user is able to take multiple actions on the same payment file. Then the secondary operator is able to approve/deny multiple times, even though only one action is considered.

Color coding change for Inbound Transmission Screen

We are on FTM4CPS 3.0.2.1 iFix 12 on linux, with DB2 on z/OS. We have a business requirement to color code the CPS inbound transmissions screen, so that other records are displayed by color according to the Inbound Product Subscriptions (of the Pa...
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Canadian Payments Association (CPA) 1 Not under consideration

Add approver and date-time to the Control Totals screen

The Corporate Payments Services control center displays Control Totals. This screen should include a column listing list the user ID that entered the control total. Also, a column to show the date and time , the control total was entered.
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / Canadian Payments Association (CPA) 1 Not under consideration

Externalize Environment Entries for OAC, so values not overwritten during EAR redployment

Externalize environment entries for the FTM.ear When FTM.ear is deployed in WebSphere, the current FTM environment entries are externalized to DB.
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Not under consideration

FTM OAC display malformed XML Raw Data as text

If a source system sends a malformed XML message to FTM V3.0.0.7, the FTM OAC "Raw Data" tab cannot display the message. Instead, it displays the following error message:Error: TypeError: Argument 1 of XSLTProcessor.transformToDocument is not an o...
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Is a defect

Physical Transmission created time should reflect the time when the PT is created, not the time of the in mapper completion

The creation timestamp for physical transmission currently reflects the time when the inbound mapper has completed execution, rather than the time when the message was received
about 5 years ago in Financial Transaction Manager  / FTM Base 0 Not under consideration