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IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform 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,

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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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Import specification in web with at least same level of functionality as in classic

Data import: functions / operations, such as in CCR Classic for definition of import specification; Import spec should at least be as powerful as in Classic. At the same time there should be low barrier / self service access to import functionalit...
2 minutes ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

Database administration features also for on premise installations 

Administration of databases (as available for cloud users) would be helpful for on premise installations (would be nice to see what date a database is from, i.e. when the backup was restored …). This idea was raised out of the IBM Controller User ...
1 minute ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

Include/exclude certain IC eliminations from reconciliation 

In configuration of IC it should be possible to exclude certain journal numbers from reconciliation to increase transparency for the user. This idea was raised out of the IBM Controller User Group DACH.
6 minutes ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

IC reconciliation with the possibility to show differences in transaction currency only

In Controller Web IC reconciliation should include a filter to show differences in transaction currency only. This should be available on company and group level. This idea was raised out of the IBM Controller User Group DACH.
10 minutes ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

Expand description field for Import of journals in Controller Web

Import journals in Web allows only 65 characters in description => please extend to number of digits available in Journal Entry (Controller Classic+Web) so that imported descriptions do not get cut-off. This idea was raised out of the IBM Contr...
4 minutes ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

Automated Analysis for OpenLineage Payload Generation

This request proposes a scanner or tool that analyzes Python source code to automatically generate OpenLineage-compliant payloads for ingestion into Manta.
9 minutes ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Add details about Oracle XStream licensing implications (if any) to our Oracle XStream connector docs

customer are afraid of oracle licensing implication
about 12 hours ago in StreamSets Submitted

Make the audit trail for Defined Risk List Entries exportable

We have a need to be able to export or print to PDF the audit trail within Defined Risk List Entries in order to see when an entry was added/removed and by whom. This is important for model governance purposes. We can do this within the detailed a...
about 16 hours ago in IBM Safer Payments / Business Submitted

The current EEM design is technically sound for manually managed or UI‑driven environments

The current EEM design is technically sound for manually managed or UI‑driven environments. However, without broader Custom Resource Definition (CRD) and API support, adoption in fully automated Kubernetes and GitOps‑based environments becomes sig...
about 18 hours ago in Data Replication for Cloud Pak for Data Submitted

Enable search functionality within multi-select dropdown filters in Cognos dashboards.

Currently, Cognos dashboards support search functionality for single-select filters but not for multi-select dropdowns. This limitation requires users to manually scroll through long lists (e.g., work locations) to find and select values, which is...
about 18 hours ago in Cognos Analytics / Cognos Cloud Submitted