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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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Redshift Connector – Consistent Handling of Unused Source Columns

Scenarios where source and target schemas do not exactly match. In such cases, connectors should provide flexible handling of unused or extra columns to avoid unnecessary job failures and improve usability. Currently, the behavior of the Redshift ...
3 days ago in DataStage Submitted

Interoperable user memory across Orchestrate and other AI agent platforms

Watsonx Orchestrate user memory should interoperate with memory stores used by other AI agents and platforms. Problem 1 : Missing relevant memories . Users may interact with an agent through Watsonx Orchestrate, and also through other interfaces w...
3 days ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate Under review

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

In-Report Comments in Reporting – CUG2026

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

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 ...
28 days ago in Db2 / Replication Submitted

Enable Mermaid Diagram Rendering in Chat Interface

We request the enhancement of IBM watsonx Orchestrate (WXO) chat interface to support native rendering of Mermaid diagrams directly within chat responses. Currently, when Mermaid syntax is included in responses, it is displayed as plain text, requ...
14 days ago in IBM watsonx Orchestrate Under review

DataSet - Set the aggregation operator for measure computed with count distinct to the aggregation method set in properties

1. Create a dataset with one of the column defined as count(distinct ...) Modify the item in Query and set aggregation as Total 2. Refresh the dataset 3. Create a dashboard As shown in the screen capture, aggregation method is set to Minimum Agreg...
21 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling Submitted

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