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KPI Visualization

When using Dashboards to display KPIs, the Number widget/visualization shows only the number (and name) from the data source.This RFE suggests a (new) KPI Visualization that instead takes two numbers and can be adjusted / customized using properti...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Delivered

Views lineage

Currently there is no easy was to find all the views that reference a table. There is data in _t_rewrite table but that is hard to parse in SQL. What is needed is a system table that would have a row for every table or view referenced by a view. T...
about 1 month ago in Netezza Performance Server 0 Submitted

Support for Integration of Iceberg Tables with Datastage Generic S3 Connector

The S3 connector in it's current shape & form does not support CRUD operations on S3 table bucket objects. We're current doing Data warehousing in Redshift instead of a Data lake in S3 as a workaround. Similar to the recent enhancement in Reds...
about 1 month ago in DataStage 0 Submitted

Optimize db2advis (recommend indexes) with machine learning (ML) models

Isn’t it possible to use the data model information from machine learning (ML) also for the db2advis (recommend indexes)? The idea is, that db2advis also can use the data model to get new recommended indexes.
about 2 years ago in Db2 0 Under review

Data Quality Rule: Preview of records without output table

Current behaviour: In order to see a preview of all records / failing records / or passing records, I need to define always an output table.Only with this information IBM knows what to display (columns, variables, metrics, etc.).Without configurin...
5 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data as a Service 0 Planned for future release

Improvement of QREP to allow replication of data generated in the Db2 LOG by the LOAD utility with SHRLEVEL NONE LOG YES.

Need: Meet the growing demand for data replication from Banco do Brasil -Scenario:- Banco do Brasil is a large user of data replication using Qrep (IIDR) + Db2 v13 for z/OS, there are thousands of tables replicated from production environments for...
almost 2 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 1 Future consideration

Add Db2 Data Set Statistics information in EUI

We use data set statistics often to determine where additional indexes may be beneficial, in order to reduce IO by scans. We use the EUI the most in our shop. Having this information there would be most helpful to us.
4 months ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Amount(abbreviated data format) in KPI widgets unable show values in Indian Currency format in dashboards

Amount(abbreviated data format) in KPI widgets unable show values in Indian Currency format in dashboards.e.g. billion to crore : Cognos dashboards are unable to show Amount fields(when abbreviated) in widgets in Indian currency formats. e.g. clie...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Planned for future release

File Connector - Definition for Internal table Location

We need the table location to be optional when we define it as an internal table. When the location is not user-defined, the Datastage must define the create table command, but it does not need to define the location. This is important because the...
over 3 years ago in DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Capture DB segment replace calls which actual data is not updated.

Our client (Fukuoka Financial Group) is currently using Dprop(IMS DataPropagater for z/OS) for creating Data Warehouse. Dprop captures replace calls and writes to PRDS(Propagation Request Data Set) even when DB segment was not actually updated. Cl...
about 3 years ago in Data Replication: IMS / VSAM  / Classic Change Data Capture 1 Not under consideration