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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).


Shape the future of IBM!

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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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,

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  3. Get feedback from the IBM team to refine your idea


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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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Information Server "Manager" console would assist customer by showing "istool" syntax associated with export/import of assets

Information Server "Manager" console would assist customer with an option to show the "istool" syntax associated with the operations of export/import of assets.After have selected the scope of the "import" or "export" operation, an additional opti...
over 8 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

Support for Singel Sign on (SSO) for smartcard / Biometrics.

Singel-sign-on for windows client doesn´t work with certificate based logon technology (Biometrics / Smartcard)
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Infosphere Information Server Istool Fast Track export Audit Trail

We are working with Infosphere Information Server 11.3. We want to have an ability to export Fast Track Mappings/Projects with Audit Trail using istool windows client
almost 9 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

[Cluster Management] Add OS dependency for service packages

For platform independent applications (eg. Java based) it would be great to have OS option on service package dependency setup.Without that option Java based application service packages have to be either repackaged (replace deployment.xml having ...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

File Connector running on Windows does not support HDFS file formats supported under Linux

Running Data Engine on a Windows 64-bit environment and want to use File Connector to access AVRO files. The Linux version of the software supports this as of 11.5 FP1. If the data engine is installed on Windows, this functionality isn't availabil...
about 9 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Unable to set > 14 characters password in IS installer

Unable to set > 14 characters password in IS installer.Current limit is 14 characters password. But 14 characters password is limit for only old windows system like Windows 2000.Newer release Information Server does not support Windows 2000. (C...
about 9 years ago in Information Server 0 Not under consideration

System Resource utilization per slot

We need to see the system resource utilization per slot. Resource like memory, cpu used by each individual slot while executing tasks. This data is helpful in understanding utilization per task. This should be real time and also hsould give us his...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 1 Not under consideration

Change layout in Reconcile Intercompany

1. Users suggest that there shall be some kind of favorites/personal setting with selections, that can be saved and reused during another closing or a possibility to have a selection list saved in own excel sheet (e.g. list of reports), and copy t...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

RedBrick support for Windows10 OS

The customer need for the Red Brick Warehouse is supported on the Windows 10 platforms.
over 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Cafe - Missing Sort Option in Selection on Dimension Window

I am unable to sort elements Ascending or Descending in Cafe with a single button. I have to manually move each element to my desired view. This is very inefficient and could cause a significant productivity decrease with the end-user.
over 9 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration