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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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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.

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Backup retention up-to 7 years

For databases that require long-term retention of backups for audit purposes, allow for 7 years of retention for database backups. In terms of restore, we expect to restore only from the same Db2 version and the older files are only for audit purp...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Future consideration

Encrypted backup information in DB_HISTORY table

Currently there is no information on backup file is encrypted or not in DB_HISTORY table. Would like to see column indicating db backup entry is of encrypted db and backup file is indeed encrypted.
over 7 years ago in Db2 1 Delivered

Demarcate the kind of filesystem (shared vs local vs HDFS vs S3) and the kind of file (CSV, etc) when showing the lineage.

At my organization, the Informatica Power Center is used to process critical data elements (CDE) from different Applications relying on several technologies like Oracle, MSSQL, DB2 LUW, 2, Salesforce, Filesystem Db2 ZOS, Netezza. Data Governance S...
about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Under review
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Enrich field array seperately

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When enriching chatlogs we want to look at each sentence level. The proposed solution here is to split each sentence to seperate documents. Want this to be able to support as an array field inside a JSON file. Example: Want this: { "text": ["...
about 6 years ago in Watson Discovery 1 Delivered

Include both STAR JOIN and MERGE DATA in menu

In SPSS version 25 the STAR JOIN function was removed from the menu. STAR JOIN still works, but can not be found anymore in the menu under Data – Merge Files – Add Variables as in previous versions of SPSS. Under Data – Merge Files – Add Variables...
over 7 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 Not under consideration

Provide possibility for logged LOAD copy image

LOAD provides superior performance over INSERT (e.g. due to parallelism) and loggs much less data (extend allocation). Today's problems: recoverable load need to be used on HADR systems if there is no NFS or TSM setup, recoverable LOAD cannot be u...
over 3 years ago in Db2 2 Not under consideration

Automated Data Mapping for RDM Data Imports

Problem Statement: Currently, IKC-RDM requires manual mapping of data elements to their corresponding column names and data types when importing data from files like CSV, XML, or JSON. This can be time-consuming and error-prone, especially for dat...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Delivered

Automated Knowledge Accelerator Data Integration for IKC-RDM

Problem Statement: Currently, updating Knowledge Accelerator (KA) data within IKC-RDM (Reference Data Management) requires software upgrades or manual intervention. This limits the flexibility and responsiveness of the system. Proposed Solution: I...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Not under consideration

Automated RD Type Modification with Data Migration

Problem Statement: Currently, modifying RD Types in IBM-RDMs requires creating new RD Sets and RD Types, which can be inefficient and error-prone. Additionally, handling reference data during RD Type modifications involves manual steps, leading to...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

Automated MAPs/SETs Update with Reference Data Handling

Problem Statement: Currently, updating MAPs/SETs in IBM requires a manual process of exporting reference data, updating MAPs/SETs, publishing new MAPs/SETs, and loading data back. This process is time-consuming and error-prone. Proposed Solution: ...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 3 Delivered