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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:


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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,


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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

  1. Post an idea

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  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com


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Cognos Analytics

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Split Labels and (Surrogate) keys in Data Modules

In Framework Manager it is currently possible to split Labels and Keys. Meaning, an end user will see the label of a field (eg. The Netherlands) and in the backend, Cognos will filter on the attached key (eg. 12345). The advantage of this is that...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Formatting Calculated members in dynamic cubes

Dynamic cube allows to create calculated members. However , there is no way to format the calculation at model level. For example, end users generally want to see % sign for percent calculations in the report output. Having the ability to format ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Select leaf level elements in hierarchy when creating datasets from dimensional data

Hi, we would invite to have more options when selecting the hierarchical elements for data sets for dimensional data sources like TM1/PA. Today we can even select member of member+children which is not enough detailed to create correct dataset. W...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Make Data Source Connection description visible when choosing a data source.

When creating a Data Source Connection (DSC) there is a UI to enter a description, this description does not show up in the DSC selection screen.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

2 axes issue

Cognos will not display a primary Y axis in the foreground.The left Y axis is always shown behind the series of the right Y axis.Enclosed screenshot has details on the same
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add TM1/PA subset editor as prompt object in CA11

We would like to have as improvement in integration between CA11 and TM1/PA the Planning Analytics subset editor as prompt object in reports/dashboards same way as you expose treepromts in reports. That is something our users are asking for as it...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add (designer specifiable?) "Apply" and "Cancel" buttons to slider filter

Slider filters refresh the data as soon as a value is "selected".Usually one needs at least 2 values (lower and higher) before the desired result is obtained, and sometimes even more right / left slides, until the desired resolution is obtained.
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Non informative error message for conditional formatting

If I set up conditional formatting for List in Report Studio and then change underlying Query Subject for this List I'll get scary error "RSV-SRV-0040 The report server encountered an internal error.": http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Change location of templates folder

The 'Templates' folder must be located at the root level of Team Content in order for templates to function properly. However I often design folder structures where the root level folders have dedicated purposes based on user personas. Being able ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Default File Name for PDF

While saving a PDF file, the default name is not appearing same as report name, where as all the other options has got that functionality.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration