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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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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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Save report output (Excel/PDF) to a local network directory

Currently, when generating reports from Cognos on Cloud, there is no option to direct the report output to a local network file directory. AS-is, without this functionality end users would be unreasonably required to download thousands of pdf file...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Rich Text Entry

OpenPages includes the option to configure Rich Text fields of various lengths, short (4K), medium (32K) and long (256K). Within the field, the user can format text which, for selected situations, enhances the content and readability of reports. T...
over 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Not under consideration

Automate cvs upload for groups creation on OIDC namespaces

In a dynamic environment many groups are added very often in AD and requires to be added also in Cognos Analytics OIDC namespace. Automation the import of the CVS will improve the time spent to manually import the file. A nice feature will be also...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Enhanced Data Export File Format Support for Reference Data

Problem Statement: Currently, Reference data export functionality is limited to CSV format, restricting its versatility and usability for various data destinations. Proposed Solution: Expand Reference data export capabilities to support a wider ra...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Enhanced Data Import File Format Support for Reference Data

Problem Statement: Currently, Reference data import functionality is limited to CSV format, restricting its versatility and usability for various data sources. Proposed Solution: Expand RDM's data import capabilities to support a wider range of co...
about 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Not under consideration

Information Analyzer Virtual Tables - Parameters

Problem: Currently within the Virtual Tables and SQL Virtual Tables there is no way to pass a Parameter externally within a Filter Condition. As an example if I am using a date filter in a VT or SQL VT that extracts the data for a given day or giv...
almost 6 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 3 Not under consideration

"Save to the file system" Feature for Cognos 11 Portal

Currently the Cognos 10 view in Cognos 11 has the "Save to the file system" capability when scheduling the report. I would to get his added in the normal Cognos 11 portal .
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Integration of a upload file scanning feature in Cognos

Currently, when users upload files into Cognos, there is no mechanism in place to scan these files for potential threats or issues. This lack of a scanning feature could potentially expose the system and its users to security risks.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

A New Parameter for TM1 URL API for Websheets: specifying sheetname in URL to reference target sheet (not just target book)

With TM1 URL API, in addition to specifying the workbook(excel file name), it would be very beneficial to specify the sheet name that the URL should direct to. This feature could be used in various cases where there are multiple sheets in a book: ...
over 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to rotate encryption at rest keys on the Engine

Corporate security has requested us to change the EAR keys on demand as they see having the same key as a security risk. We would like to see a feature to change the .sth and .p12 files in an easier manner.
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration