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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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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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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Filtering Linked Tables in Data Modules without breaking the link

Master Data Modules are shared globally in our Cognos Analytics environment to allow users to link to their own data modules containing their fact data. This allows the business community to easily reap the benefits of dimensional data (navigation...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Data Server Metadata - Kerberos Connection

Kerberos, or other passwordless connections are becoming the standard authentication method for data sources. Data Servers are requirements to use web-based modelling. However, to pull metadata in a data server connection requires the user to have...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Issue in expanding of filter area in report studio

While developing report ,instead of having lot of space available ,the filters do not gets expanded. Three dots appears after some text .Screenshot attached for better explanation .
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Automatically calculate data type

System: Cognos Analytics ReportingActor: User wanting to develop a report or explore data Cognos Analytics Reporting is used to explore data and produce reports, both of which lead to making decisions. Description: When performing a calculation us...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Prompt choice of Data Sets

In Cognos Analytics we can create a Data Source and in that Data Source define multiple connections. Then if a report is developed using that Data Source, at report runtime we will be prompted to choose which connection to use. Similar functionali...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

Edit Cognos Charts in PowerPoint

A chart is exported from Cognos to PowerPoint(PPT). It is then sent to the client for review. The client requests font changes (non-data) to the chart. However, to make these changes the developer has to go back to Cognos, make the updates, log th...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Set Report and Dashboard Full Screen as Default view

Allow Developers to set the Default View for Non-Developer Users to Full Screen. At this moment, there's no way of hiding the Appbar or Navbar without modifying the URL 95% of our user base a Consumer Type, they do not need access to see the Bars ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Extending properties box to see MUN/Expression

When you're either in the page explorer or the query explorer it is always useful to see the full MUN (for dimensional) or Expression (for relational). With the pop in / pop out properties box you can't extend the size of this box to see the full ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to Change Report Template on the Fly

It would be very handy to have the ability to change the selected template for a report during it's development and not have to start over it you need to switch from Freeform to a predetermined layout.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Support Microsoft Identity Platform 2.0 API with Azure AD OpenID Connect (TS003289567)

Azure AD OpenID Connect API v1 (Azure AD for developers 1.0) doesn't support returning the groups claim in the ROPC (Resource Owner Password Credentials) logon method that Cognos uses to Authorize Stored Credentials for scheduled tasks and jobs. S...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered