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Support SQL Server 2017

Please provide support for connecting to SQL Server 2017 databases.
about 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 Delivered

Query for documents containing (or not containing) field

When ingesting documents with different schemas, it's difficult to be able to split the collection based on the fields which one schema contains (or is missing). Currently, there is no way to query for fields with an empty string, nor is it possib...
about 6 years ago in Watson Discovery 1 Delivered

messages on virtual console indicating shutdown in progress

Having an indication that the IDAA is shutting down and then "shutdown completed" would aid operations personnel figure out status of the IDAA during shutdown or system relocation activities triggered by automation (GDPS) etc.
about 3 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 3 Delivered

Systems Paramenters - buffers population should be automated not manual

Have alot of subsystems and this is a major issue pain point to enter the correct information and keeping it up to date
over 4 years ago in Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

IPL Index Build performance

On large Index Builds with LOG_INDEX_BUILDS enabled the performance of the IPL thread degrades drmatically if the whole index cannot be held in BUFFER CACHE. Once a required page is swapped out of BUFFER Cache then the IPL thread reads the require...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Support schema in DVM

We wish to have the possibility with the DVM and UNIXODBC connector to access the DL1 segments using the concepts of "schema" and / or "alias"
about 3 years ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enable Analysis Studio in Cogno Analytics on the Cloud

We have a customer migrating to Cloud via the Bridge to Cloud program. They are currently leveraging a decent number of PowerCubes, on premises, utilizing Analysis Studio. Currently Cognos Analytics on Cloud doesn't enable Analysis Studio, relegat...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

IBM Load - if load column has bad data, Load discards the record instead of Loading the record with a Default value

While converting from BMC Load Plus to the IBM Load, the following anomaly has been identified: The BMC Load parameter DEFAULTIF ERROR does not exist in IBM Load. This causes BMC to load the default value for the column whenever it encounters bad ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Delivered

Have LSF Handle ZOMBI job searching using either BTREE or HASH ALGO's

Large number of ZOMBI jobs can impact very large clusters operations resulting in high backlogs and additional lost job status. Improving the ZOMBI search algorithm from Linear Search to BTREE or HASH would reduce this impact.
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Delivered

Make the TCP Backlog for the MBATCH and MBATCHD Query Port Configurable for Large Clusters

We have been monitoring the TCP backlogs for LIM, MBD, and the Query port for some time, and there are periods where the MBD query port becomes overloaded resulting in a higher than expected count of UNKNOWN and sometimes eventually ZOMBI jobs, an...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum LSF / Administration 1 Delivered