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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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Add “Includes any of the selected users/area” filtering option

When applying filters, it would be highly beneficial to also have an option like “includes any of the selected users/area.” This enhancement would provide more flexibility in filtering, for ex for fields such as Action Owner. Ideally, this option ...
10 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI Under review

multiple Satellite Connector agents work like an active load balancer

If any agent failed to connect then schedule jobs are fail in IBM end and wait till second run execution, then agent will connect secondary due to fail and we are unable to set priority 1 agent or auto switch if fails. Based on my understanding, w...
10 days ago in Planning Analytics Submitted

MDX does not work for users with limited access to elements in dimensions if MDX reference element is not accessible to user

In PA v12 MDX does not work for users with limited access to elements in dimensions if MDX reference element is not accessible to user. Same works in v11. For example, if user is not having access to "top_elem" in the dimension "dim" but has acces...
10 days ago in Planning Analytics Not under consideration

Execution Order of Before SQL and SELECT with Runtime Column Propagation Enabled in Redshift connector.

When Runtime Column Propagation (RCP) is enabled in Redshift connector, DataStage executes the SELECT statement during the stage check phase to infer metadata. If the SELECT depends on a table or view created dynamically in Before SQL, the job fai...
11 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage Submitted

Provide Metadata Import suport for Azure Synapse in CP4D

Problem Statement: watsonx BI doesn't support Azure Synapse, forcing Azuresynapse customers to move their data elsewhere to use wxBI. This creates extrawork and slow performance, making them less likely to adopt our platform. Solution Value Statem...
11 days ago in Connectivity Submitted

Please add the ability to track the progress of a Db2 Bridge LOAD operation

At present, the Db2 Bridge client does not offer a method to monitor the progress of a LOAD operation when performing a db2file_db2 data transfer.
11 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Bridge Under review

Spark jobs are in starting state and pods are all running in openshift UI when there is issue with volume

There should be timeout and jobs should fail. If it is in starting state, all the pods will be active and the jobs will pile up and even cron job couldn't clean that up. TS021767983-spark jobs are in starting state and pods are all running in open...
11 days ago in watsonx.data Submitted

DataStage must allow developers to choose a Github branch to commit

Github branch is enabled at project level. This can only be updated by accessing project settings. This raised two concerns. 1. Developers are forced to commit all jobs into the same branch. They do not have an option to choose a different branch ...
11 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage Submitted

Enable official hourly table‑level read/write usage reports in Astra DB.

Hourly table‑level reporting would provide customers with detailed visibility into database usage patterns, query performance, and cost drivers. This granularity is essential for identifying inefficient queries, optimizing resource utilization, an...
11 days ago in Astra Submitted

Minimize the permissions required to access the API /v2/runtime_definitions?include=launch_configuration

The client's data scientists use that API to increase temporary storage capacity when they need to create (in certain specific cases) a custom runtime with a resource-intensive library (such as LangChain, for example) for the online models they de...
14 days ago in Watson Studio / Watson Studio Submitted