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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).


Shape the future of IBM!

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:


Search existing ideas

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,


Post your ideas

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

  2. Upvote ideas that matter most to you

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


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

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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Implicit and automatic reconnect to databases

Implicit and automatic reconnect to database in case of connectivity Failure(s) , aka cluster switch , database restart etc . Q-Replication scenarios: 1) Q-Replication DB2 z/OS > Db2 LUW2) Q-Replication DB2 z/OS > Oracle Q-REP apply process ...
23 days ago in Db2 / Replication Submitted

Modernized Prompts in Reporting – CUG2026

Modern, responsive prompts with resize support, auto-complete, and toggle, slider, and multiselect controls.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Submitted

Fix & Sortable Headers in Reporting – CUG2026

Ability to freeze row and column headers and sort by clicking column headers in lists and crosstabs.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Future consideration

Setup Azure Authentication via SAS Token on Blob level

Streamsets 6.1.1 SDC Version only supports connectivity to Azure blob storage via SAS Token setup at the Account Level. SAS Token can be setup at the respective folder level so that multiple teams can have independent SAS setup to access blob stor...
3 days ago in StreamSets Submitted

Support OAuth-based Git Authentication via Git CLI

Manta currently supports pulling files from Git repositories for scanning purposes. It uses the JGit library to establish Git connections. However, modern Git providers are increasingly moving away from static credentials (username/password or lon...
3 days ago in Data Lineage by Manta Submitted

Make User Memory default to ON. Currently User Memory default is OFF

Idea: User memory should be ON by default and users could opt out. This'd give users the better experience by default without them needing to figure out that the memory is there and how to turn it on. Impact: We cannot use Agent Memory currently b...
4 days ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate Under review

In-Report Comments in Reporting – CUG2026

Add commenting capabilities directly within reports, including write functionality.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Future consideration

Enhance Cognos Administration – CUG2026

linke Motio CI/PI Capabilities in AdministrationNative support for search & replace across reports, Git-based version control, full content visibility, and bulk role/group assignments.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration Planned for future release

Recycle Bin in UI – CUG2026

Provide a recycle bin for deleted objects with restore capability.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal Planned for future release

Drill-Through from Reporting to Dashboards – CUG2026

Support direct drill-through navigation from reports to dashboards.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Future consideration