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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Definition of warnings in addition to errors

It would be helpful if warning rules could be defined. E.g. for issues being not plausible or reconciliations which are not relevant for the closing. Possibility to define additional check rules which would then appear in yellow in the reconciliat...
24 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Future consideration

Change date format for easier data entry

It would be much easier and quicker to enter periods in web if the format would be YYYY-MM instead of YYYY:MM. Would save time using the number keyboard. This idea was raised out of the IBM Controller User Group DACH.
24 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Future consideration

Data entry forms with drilldown and filter functionality

Data entry form should have a drilldown and filter functionality. For example if a form is created like a trial balance this will allow the user to directly use this as a dynamic report at the same time. This idea was raised out of the IBM Control...
24 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Not under consideration

Print format / report book option for Web data entry forms

It should be possible to create a printable output for all forms in a submission, e.g. as in report books in Controller Classic today. This is especially required during year end audit to confirm the reporting package. Possibility of reporting pac...
24 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Future consideration

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 ...
24 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) Future consideration

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.
24 days ago in Controller (On Prem and On Cloud)

Decouple REORG (after REORG PENDING) and index rebuild of not enforcing indexes

When a table goes into REORG PENDING state the OFFLINE REORG needed not only runs the reorg but also rebuilds the indexes and the table stays unavailable for the whole time of all operations. Best scenario would be if the table becomes read access...
15 days ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown Submitted

MDX Snippets to be supported

Just like with TI Snippets, developers often times have a repository of MDX snippets that they use when building sets and views. Being able to upload these snippets and use them in a similar fashion to TI snippets would be very useful.
29 days ago in Planning Analytics Not under consideration
700 VOTE

More Properties/Editing options for Rave 2 Visualizations

We would like more properties/editing options implemented into the new Rave 2 Visualizations (custom palettes specifically). Also would like to have the ability to add conditional formatting or a conditional palette to a visualization.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics Not under consideration

Sync Scroll in PAW

On cube views that are synced to same group, an option for 'sync scroll' would enable users to scroll on a cube view and another view would also scroll in sync at the same time.
11 days ago in Planning Analytics Future consideration

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