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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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Create pdf-file of PAW-dashboard automatically

A customer wants a workflow in their weekly forecast process that works like this: A submitter updates the figures in a forecast and click on a button that triggers a process. This process notifies a predefined approver by e-mail. The wish is that...
about 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Excel .xlsb Output Format

Please add the Microsoft Excel .xlsb binary file output format as an export option in Excel. The current file output formats do not reduce the file size enough or strips all formatting.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Hostfactory config file audit

Like SD, RS, we need to audit HostFactory config files including requestors and providers. The information we need is user name, host info, parameter changed, file name.
about 1 year ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 1 Not under consideration

Enhance LOAD to support Load on DATABASE level

We suppose to enhance LOAD utility to allow LOAD DATABASE, intended to create the possibility of loading several or all tables of a database in one step using only one SYSREC file. Background: In the past, using segmented tablespaces, we had the o...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Missing ability to change default options in run as tab and schedule tab

We are missing option to hide/disable/change default options in schedule tab and ran as tab. These can not be modified as of today, in C10 it was possbile to modify those by changing cognos template files. Today they are not part of the interface ...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

See more data about uploaded file

In the properties of an uploaded file, I can see the size of the file, but I would like to see how many ROWS in the uploaded file. If possible, I would also like to see the number of COLUMNS, or anything else gathered on data input :)
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW: Db2 utility to back up and restore the permissions and ownership values of Db2 files/directories

Requesting Rproduct improvement for Db2 Linux, Unix and Windows. Problem description: This RFE solves a problem or deficiency within an IBM database product, Db2 Linux, Unix and Windows. The problem is that users (with authority) mistakenly change...
over 8 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

Development or test stories for an Agile Development Team for the Explain or RA

Customer is looking for a capability that will draft initial development or test stories for an Agile Development Team. It would be great if functionality was provided either out of Refactor Assistant or even Explain to build these user stories fo...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Not under consideration

Adding version control mechanism for Symphony config files

Adding version control mechanism to Symphony config files for easy tracking and rolling back. The files should at least include: grid config files: ego.conf, ego.shared, ego.cluster, ConsumerTree.xml, ResourceGroups.xml. users,xml. etc application...
about 1 year ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 1 Not under consideration

Dbexport/dbimport validate *_LOCALE vars before accessing data files

When working with UTF8 database, DB_LOCALE and CLIENT_LOCALE are required to interact correctly with the databases. This RFE is about issuing a warning to the DBA when doing a dbexport/dbimport with CLIENT_LOCALE unset, especially when DB_LOCALE i...
about 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration