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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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  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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Minimize the permissions required to access the API /v2/runtime_definitions?include=launch_configuration

The client's data scientists use that API to increase temporary storage capacity when they need to create (in certain specific cases) a custom runtime with a resource-intensive library (such as LangChain, for example) for the online models they de...
14 days ago in Watson Studio / Watson Studio Submitted

Correct welcome message in Controller Web. User name in stead of userID

This is more user friendly, looks more integrated and is then aligned with Cognos Analytics which displays the Name, in stead of the userID Please find in the attachment section a screen shot (CA_vs_CW.png) of Cognos Analytics Web and Controller W...
4 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

Remote Development Integration with IBM Bob IDE

Executive Summary Request for official integration between IBM Bob IDE and IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) to enable seamless remote development workflows. Currently, the Microsoft Remote-SSH extension blocks connectivity when using IBM Bob (a VS Co...
22 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data System Submitted

REPLACE VIEW statement should also consider schema level CREATEIN and DROPIN privileges when object owner is different than current user

Currently we get the following error when a user executes a CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW statement on an existing view when the user who executes the statement is different than the owner of the existing view although the user has CREATEIN and DROPIN pr...
8 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse Submitted

Built in function for "Select All" feature for dropdown filters in Cognos Dashboard

Currently, Cognos Dashboard filters (dropdowns with multi-select) do not provide a native “Select All / Deselect All” option. This makes it difficult for users to quickly include or exclude multiple values—especially in cases like selecting all co...
16 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Cognos Cloud Submitted

Workload Misplacement Due to Inconsistent Node Affinity Control Impacts Platform Stability

All non-VPC workloads must support node affinity to ensure proper scheduling on specific nodes (e.g., standard vs GPU workers). In OCP environments running IBM Cloud Pak for Data / IBM Software Hub, clusters often include both standard and GPU wor...
22 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / Cloud Pak for Data Platform Submitted

Inclusion of the Help Menu in the Security Groups

We need to implement security controls so that only users with elevated permissions are able to access Help > System Info. To support this requirement, we suggest including the Help menu within Security Groups, allowing access to be restricted ...
3 minutes ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Submitted

AgentOps for External Agents using OpenTelemetry in IBM watsonx Governance

Extend IBM watsonx Governance to support AgentOps (Agent Operations) for external and third‑party agents by leveraging OpenTelemetry (OTel) as a standardized observability and control layer. This enables IBM watsonx to monitor, govern, audit, and ...
about 8 hours ago in watsonx.governance Submitted

Multiple Instance per account for Data Intelligence (watsonx.data (SAAS))

IBM Cloud currently restricts Data Intelligence / watsonx.data SaaS to a single instance per account (in specific plans), and enterprises commonly work around this by creating multiple IBM Cloud accounts, which introduces governance and operationa...
about 8 hours ago in Data Product Hub Submitted

CBR (Context‑Based Restrictions) Feature in IBM Data Intelligence (watsonx.data)

In IBM Data Intelligence / watsonx.data, CBR (Context‑Based Restrictions) is a security and governance feature provided by IBM Cloud IAM that adds an extra layer of access control beyond roles and permissions. Context‑Based Restrictions (CBR) rest...
about 8 hours ago in Data Product Hub Submitted