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Add additional functions to Optim Connect

Optim Connect should support some additional functions that are now being supported by the various DBMS out there. An example is the COALESCE function. We frequently have to convert queries supplied to by the business because they have functions u...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Process large reference tables by partition

As I understand it, reference tables will only be process with one thread at a time. However, I know that large tables that are not reference tables are spilt up by keys to allow for multi threaded processing. It seems that if you have a reference...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Allow record count limit for reference tables

We only do Archive for decommission. We like to test Optim against each of the tables to ensure we will not have any surprises when we run the full archive. It is very disappointing to run an archive and have it fail several hours into the process...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Batch or Multi Delete of Archive Requests and Access Definitions

Currently we have a method to test Optim archive against the tables that we are going to archive. To do this against Sql server, we have to take the Access definition and archive request and generate one per table. This causes a large number of it...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Planning Analytics Workspace Security

· Restrict custom host name (shared with host) · Restrict custom domain name (shared with host) · Disable container network namespace (shared with host) · Use of valid, user owned UID/GIDs (UID namespace is shared with host) · Must not attemp...
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add invisible index

Add the possibiltity to set an index as visible or invisible so that, when it is alter as invisible, the optimizer only takes it in account when the session ask for the index
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Back up the Secure Gateway from Planning Analytics Administrator

In a recent PA SaaS environment the Secure Gateway and associated Data sources disappeared from Planning Analytics Administrator. The Secure Gateway persisted as Cloud connections continued to render back to the source data bases. It would be bene...
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

z/OS Infosphere Optim - Data Masking - GDPR - New LUA function

The need is about the data masking and the GDPR constraints. Our développers used the LUA capabilities of z/OS Optim. The needs are convert in a bijective way a numeric chain in a other numeric chain if we run repeatedly a convert with the same ch...
almost 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 3 Not under consideration

Enhance the message "table XXXX not found" during running load Utility.

We actually want DB2 load utilities to display consistent error messages that are easy to find. It should definitely be an ‘E’rror, not a ‘W’arning or ‘I’nformational message’, but it should also contains something like ‘UNSCCESSFUL’, or ‘ERROR’, ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

z/OS Infosphere Optim - Data Migration : add a DELETE DLI function

Our SI is mixed DLI and DB2. Therefore, our OPTIM ADS use DLI database and DB2 tables. Before we refresh data, we delete DLI et DB2 data in cohérence. The deletes are only partial [DLI Bases and DB2 tables are not emptied] Optim offer a standard D...
almost 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Future consideration