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Enhance db2move to use remote LOAD from CLIENT

For migration of on premise Db2 database to a cloud service, the usability of db2move would help a lot.For now you have to use manual LOAD commands to load data for each single table to the Db2 on cloud service.db2move can be used from the on prem...
about 2 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Adding sticky bits setgid and setuid on DB2 directories

System details: ITM version: 6.3.7 SP13 OS: Linux OS RHEL 7.9 TEPS-DB: DB2 v11.5.8.0 TDW-DB: Oracle Database 19c We have received a security compliance finding related with DB2 world writeable directories. The following 2 directories are world wri...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

When Cognos Analytics queries Snowflake (Database Vendor: https://snowflake.com), the data returned when a TIME datatype is used in the query should be exactly the same as the data stored at rest within a given table on Snowflake, without any conversion based on the difference in hours between UTC and how time is configured on the Operating System where the dispatcher is installed.

This would benefit any IBM Cognos customer who is using Snowflake as a data source and expecting data to not be modified in flight regardless of where the Cognos dispatchers are located in the World's 24 regional time zones.
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Have new authority for REFRESH of MQT that does not require high privilege levels

We historically have an application batch userid that has DBADM authority. We are limiting all access to this ID to the minimally required authority it requires such as load, imagecopy and runstats at the DB level. When we started converting our t...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Return SQL error when DBA attempts ALTER DDL with both pending and immediate changes, instead of returning "0" and "losing" a change.

We recently opened an SR TS005591497 with support when we found that an ALTER to a LOB tablespace specifying both PRIQTY and COMPRESS returned SQLCODE 0, but the PRIQTY was "lost". IBM support pointed out the following: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

The Q-Replication apply programm shall be able to call the Db2 High Performance Unload (HPU) utility by the HPU stored procedure

Hello, in enterprise warehouse and OLTP areas of DB2 installations exist often very big databases with several tera bytes (often 100 of TBs) of data. For example we have several OLTP databases with more than 20TB and tables with billion of records...
over 6 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Not under consideration

Supporting Oracle 19 release and Oracle Multitenant architecture by SPSS Modeler and SPSS C&DS

In our company is planed migrate the Oracle databases the Oracle 19 release and Oracle Multitenant architecture - CDB Container DB architecture. We have the installation of CADS 8.0 and Modeler 18.0.0.1 on our systems. I have learned via a ticket ...
over 6 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler Server 2 Functionality already exists

Full Report List in Audit Database

There should be a section added to the audit database that holds information on all reports that reside in the Cognos Analytics instance. This information is already present when looking at the permissions of a report, but there is not a complete ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Improve design to reduce xacclock table size but retain the comp locking information

database table size has grown because of company locking records. However, it is not good idea to purge the table information just because multi period locking is in place. When company wish to unlock a period, the company locking should remain in...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 3 Delivered

Meaning of members in COGIPF_OPERATION field in AUDIT LOG

System : Audit log Database (cognosal), Audit package('Operations by Selected Object and Users' report)User : User need to know the meaning of member in COGIPF_OPERATION field Description : Our customer used the Audit report to check how the Cogno...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration