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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


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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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Running process from PLAN submit button

The submit button could have a feature that once submitted it would also allow run TI processes just like any other button in Applications. Current workaround is that I have to have a separate submit button, which triggers a set of actions which n...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 1 Delivered

Ability to create BigSQL table from a single environment (i.e. QA) against parquet files stored in two different Cloud Object Storage (i.e. QA and PROD)

We create a number of simulated test data in our QA environment COS with BigSQL tables and Data Virtualization. Before upgrading from CP4D 3.0 to CP4D 3.5, we ran some simulated test BigSQL queries in our QA environment. Now that our QA has been u...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 1

JSON File Read for OPL

Many Industries have started using JSON file as a primary data format. However OPL Cplex yet does not provide a direct accessibility to JSON file. People who use doCplexCloud have the accessibility. But other people, who do not use doCplexCloud, c...
about 7 years ago in Decision Optimization Center 0 Not under consideration

Option to delete backend PVC upon Storage Volume deletion

We would need to have an option to delete the back end Openshift PVC upon deleting the Storage volume from CPD UI. Based on our experience and the case I raised with IBM Support, looks like this doesn't happen now and PVC will still remain as is e...
over 2 years ago in Cloud Pak for Data Platform 0 Not under consideration

Ability to review data on remote instances without having to move API to remote instance.

Today, when researching a data discrepancy between two instances in Advance Defense the API or BDI export process must be manually moved. When this occurs other access or processes can be negatively impacted. In order to comply with client SLAs, t...
over 1 year ago in IBM Safer Payments / Operational 0 Under review

Add Favourite Favorite item to navigation menu

I require a quick way to access my favourite reports, dashbards, folders. Currently I have to create shortcuts in my content, or search etc. this is clunky. On the home menu, that has Home, New, Upload Data, Recent, there should be a 'Favourites' ...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 1 Future consideration

Store the metadata in a Data Module

When importing from one environment to another one, the loaded metadata which the data modules reference to is not found. It gives you a warning when importing the deployment with the names of the Data source and Schema you need to load the metada...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Future consideration

Notification that test button in "Test Connection" has been clicked and is currently testing.

In IBM Cognos administration portal, under the configuration tab, data source connections, under a data source's connection properties, connection tab, test the connection link, it would be nice if the "Test" button was disabled after clicking it ...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

[SAP Pack] ABAP Extract Stage's non-default ftp port setup support request

hello I want to use ftp, the data transfer method of ABAP Extract Stage. There is no ability to specify ftp port. The use of the ftp default port 21/tcp shows up as a vulnerability in security audits, so a different port must be used. The ibm case...
over 2 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Data Module - Select Unmatched Column Values

Right now, the data module has an option of joining 2 tables using a join key but restricts to only match the values of the selected columns but does not allow 'not equal to' operator or 'Greater than or lesser than' operator.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered