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File Encryption

We have a requirement to encrypt the file after extracting the data and push it to file transfer.
11 months ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

Update DB2ZOS SCripts for Tables and Tablespaces to support UTS that is the DB2 Z/OS direction.

Current Cognos Analytics Configuration scripts like tablespace_db2zos.sql , needs to be updated to support UTS. This is the direction of IBM DB2 V12 and higher to use UTS tables and Tablespaces. One Table per one Tablespace. No longer use Shared t...
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Future consideration

MFA should be supported when logging with Data Studio

Multifactor Authentication is not currently supported to connect to DB2 using Data Studio. We are using MFA (Factor TOTP) to connect to TSO, CICS and other products. However we cannot connect through Data Studio as it does not support MFA.
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Authentication Keys Obfuscation When CLP Echoes External Table Queries with Object Storage

When an external table query involving either S3 or SWIFT options is executed, and the output echoed to the terminal (either via a sql script, or in interactive mode), the authentication keys are also displayed along with the contents of the query...
11 months ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Support Host Based ELIM Total/Available and Reservation information in JSON output

In Fix Pack 14, the bhosts command has been enhanced to support the "-o all -json" option, and thank you. However, what is missing are the host level ELIM Total/Available and Reserved values that you can currently only obtain through the "bhosts -...
11 months ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Not under consideration

Permit wildcard on OBJECTSCHEMA of SYSAUDITPOLICIES

We need to activate native DB2 audit policy using SYSAUDITPOLICIES catalog table. In this table we can use wildcard (i.e. '%') for OBJECTNAME column, but no for OBJECTSCHEMA We have different schemas in our subsystem so we need to define more poli...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Bulk unlock records and Bulk cancel checkout of attachments

We have a lot of records where end users have put a lock on records and when a bulk folder move is requested, administrators have to manually go on each record and unlock it before we can perform folder move function on the grid. This can be in th...
11 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Future consideration

Enhance Db2 Federation to support LOBs as remote procedure parameters

Currently LOBs are not supported as an input/output parameters for a remote stored procedure in Oracle via federation. This creates a limitation of 32k (VARCHAR2) at the moment. It would be useful to pass larger strings or XML and be able to map t...
11 months ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

Enhance Db2 Federation to support pushdown of CSE to Oracle

There is a need to support the pushdown of CSEs (Common Subquery Expressions) as part of the federation to Oracle databases. This limitation has existed for quite a while and there has been an ongoing request for this functionality for years.
11 months ago in Db2 / Federation 0

Add support in Db2 Federation for join and aggregation pushdown for MongoDB

Currently, the driver for use with MongoDB does not support the $lookup operator which would allow for the pushdown of the joining of two or more collections to the source DB. Adding support would allow for joining collections at the source and re...
11 months ago in Db2 / Federation 0