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Bitemporal tables and missing highest quantiles

If a user issues FOR BUSINESS_TIME AS OF clause against a bitemporal table, DB2 translates it to a where clause with two range predicates against business_time columns. In our system following situation occurs quite frequently: 1) At all time...
over 3 years ago in Db2 0 Delivered

Manta should allow user to include/exclude certain files from a list of files

We are utilizing Manta-SAS scaniner to scan .sas files from gitlab. To improve the efficiency and relevance of our scans, we aim to implement mechanisms that allow us to include or exclude specific .sas files based on certain criteria. This capabi...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Future consideration

Flexible Data Replication Across IBM Cloud Pak for Data Clusters for watsonx.data as target

Background: As of now, IBM Data replication has no restrictions to be deployed on specific cluster to replicate data from various sources to targets available, however for users who wants to replicate data using watsonx.data presto connector, the ...
9 months ago in Data Replication for Cloud Pak for Data 1 Submitted

Resize Individual Columns in Table within Dashboard

We need to be able to resize the columns of a table within the dashboard tool. Many of our users are complaining about text being clipped within the table and they can't read it. We have explained that we don't have the ability to resize the colum...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Planned for future release

IBM Infosphere Data Replication (CDC) for IBM i does not support XML data type

1. Problem description – IBM Infosphere Data Replication (CDC) for IBMi does not support XML data type. When you want to replicate the data of a table using CDC, but the table contains a column of XML data type, CDC indicates that replication is n...
12 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Future consideration

behavior when 'overwriting' folder using copy should be merge instead of replace (or present user with an option)

When you copy a folder over another folder with the same name, you are prompted to overwrite or rename. If you overwrite it doesn't simply overwrite the files that exist in both the target and source folders, it replaces the entire content of the ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Future consideration

Report references within Dashboards

It would be a nice to have feature to reference a report or an object within a report within a dashboard. Similar to the same functionality as Cognos Workspace had -- where you could reference a list or crosstab of a report and link the items toge...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cyclops in the same timezone as system

We are operating on CET/CEST timezones and noticed that in query history we have times that should not exist from the period between 2025-03-30 02:00:00 and 2025-03-30 03:00:00. At 2:00 AM the clocks were pushed 1 hour forward to 3:00 AM so there ...
6 months ago in Cloud Pak for Data System 0 Submitted

Abiity to add Notification Popup on Logon

The Popup screen on Logon with a detailed message including links would be useful for Admin team to post messages to End User. Usecases include below 1) Customers have releases with various changes scheduled on a frequent basis. It can be highligh...
9 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Functionality already exists

Request for Manta Data Export Format Alignment with Alation's Native Lineage Expectations

We need confirmation on how Manta exports lineage data to Alation to ensure it matches Alation's native lineage structure. Specifically, we are requesting details on: 1. Data Format: The exact format in which Manta sends data to Alation. 2. Lineag...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Under review

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