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Search results remain on the screen

In home screen, when client select "Team Contents Folder" and search the report, the result is displayed. Once we go to another screen and return to the report selection screen again, the search results are displayed. At that time, we want to be a...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Generate UUIDs in DB2

Oracle (sorry to compare!) has ability to generate a UID. We are looking for this function in DB2 Zos and LUW. Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) -- In Oracle Oracle sequences are frequently used to provide unique numbers for primary keys where an...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ should favour use of indices for sort when more than one column is specified

Currently (in my testing) any UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ specifying more than one column will not use indices for sort and will instead scan the table, write to temporary files and sort. This is true even when all columns spe...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Sort data calculations should not be used to determine number of passes for UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statements where an index is used, fix misleading explain output

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH can be used with an explain option. The explain file always shows a sort data calculation which then determines the number of table scans (passes) the database engine will undertake. These are calculated before any de...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Do not allocate MGM memory to UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ if index is used for sort

If an UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ is run, Informix will allocate memory for sorts from the memory grant manager (MGM). This happens regardless of whether there is any sorting to do. If a single indexed column is specified in t...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Avoid UPDATE STATISTICS [LOW] sampling failures due to data skew

If onconfig parameter USTLOW_SAMPLE is set, sampling will be used for all UPDATE STATISTICS LOW commands. On some tables this will always or nearly always fail due to data skew, printing a message like: Warning: update statistics low using samplin...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

"Analyst" Default role exchanged to "Consumer"

On Planning Analytics Workspace (on Premise) we would like to customize/change the Default role of PAW new users from "Analyst" to "Consumer" beforehand user takes access to the system.
about 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Lock an account for input in the account structure.

We would like the option to lock an account for input or import of data directly in the account structure. Account develops over time. Some accounts might not be valid to use over time. It might not be possible to merge these accounts, include the...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Drill-through definition & Data Modules

Would it be possible to create drill-through definitions at Data Module level? This functionality is used a lot by our customers at package level, but they regret not being able to use it at Data Module level. Thanks,
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Add Informix/onbar in the list of VEEAM Enterprise Backup Solution supported platforms

VEEAM is a fast growing Enterprise Backup solution. As of today, Informix is not part of VEEAM's supported DBMS, but should be supported before decision makers choose other DBMS platforms.
almost 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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