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Lose Conditional formatting when Column is Added to Crosstab

In Cognos Workspace Advanced when creating a report (for example a crosstab) adding a fact column to the report resets any formatting changes made to existing columns in the report. Note when applying the formatting to the ""Crosstab Fact Cells"" ...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ipaddress similar to how we have distributed dynamic vipa on z/OS

Here's the scenarioState Farm has a client server where they catalog a single node of the purescale cluster 10.5/FP5 then then connect successfully from a 10.5/FP4 client, they then run a statement, then kill a member, the connection gets rerouted...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

aggregate without need for any function

AGGREGATE now allows usage without BREAK subcommand. Similarly it should also allow for usage without any FUNCTION input. For example: AGGREGATE OUTFILE=dsGender /Break=Gender. When no function is entered as above either 1) a new dataset is create...
over 10 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

use spatial datatypes and functions from another database

Using spatial functions is limited to the database in which it is defined. If you have to combine a spatial function with spatial data in 2 different databases you first need to convert 1 datatype to varchar. This is slowing down the performance.
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

DB2 HADR takeover improvement if load copy in progress on standby

A load with copy yes is issued on the primary. When finished on the primary, it starts on the standby. At this point, an issue occurs on the primary and a take over is issued on the standby. Because of this take over, the primary becomes standby. ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

de-cluttering of db2diag.log(RIMS)

[This requirement originates from JPMC EDW/RTC group] The db2diag.log is an extremely useful reference for both customers and db2support persons. We are able to identify milestones events, find errors, and gather clues to their issues, all before ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Change buffperpool minimum size(RIMS)

We are looking into some performance issues so earlier I was looking at the STMM log on one of our servers for a bufferpool, below, and was wondering if there is a way to change the minimum size value. ... it would be really nice if we could force...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Reorg/Delete(RIMS)

On Z/os they have the capability of deleting records via a select statement at the same time as performing a reorg. This is incredibly useful as the logging is eliminated and of course all the benefits of a reorg Here are some examples. Heres an...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

In-memory metrics support for (container map reorg stats)(RIMS)

Customer would like to move away from Snapshot monitoring (they hit issues recently where Snapshot latches were holding up other work on the system) but cannot because some information is not yet available via in-memory metrics table functions. Cu...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Ability to backup/clone a database across the network (redirected restore)(RIMS)

Verizon needs the capability to issue a set write suspend IO command on database. Get the data to another instance at another location and bring it up. Informix has this ability and Verizon likes it. This is called a redirected restore. Verizon's ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration