Digital Business Automation Ideas


This is an IBM Automation portal for Digital Business Automation products. 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:

Search existing ideas

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,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Please use the following category to raise ideas for these offerings for all environments (traditional on premises, containers, on cloud):

  • Cloud Pak for Business Automation - including Business Automation Studio and App Designer, Business Automation Insights

  • Business Automation Workflow (BAW) - including BAW, Business Process Manager, Workstream Services, Business Performance Center, Advanced Case Management

  • Content Services - FileNet Content Manager

  • Content Services - Content Manager OnDemand

  • Content Services - Daeja Virtual Viewer

  • Content Services - Navigator

  • Content Services - Content Collector for Email, Sharepoint, Files

  • Content Services - Content Collector for SAP

  • Content Services - Enterprise Records

  • Content Services - Content Manager (CM8)

  • Datacap

  • Automation Document Processing

  • Automation Decision Services (ADS)

  • Operational Decision Manager

  • Robotic Process Automation

  • Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

  • Blueworks Live

  • Business Automation Manager Open Edition

  • IBM Process Mining


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

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.


ADD A NEW IDEA

Version 8.0.x

Support for JBoss EAP 8.1

The last maintenance update for JBoss EAP 8.0 was an 2026-03-05 and future updates will only be provided for JBoss EAP 8.1 (https://access.redhat.com/articles/7039745) To get a supported configuration we need official Support for JBoss 8.1 with OD...
8 days ago in Operational Decision Manager Future consideration

Turn off Browser Autocomplete

The autocomplete attribute in HTML forms is used to control whether browsers should automatically fill in input fields with saved user data. When set off, it should prevent the browser from suggesting previously entered values Impact If autocomple...
11 days ago in Business Automation Manager Open Edition / Version 8.0.x Future consideration

Native S3 and Azure Blob Storage Support for ICC File System Collector

IBM Content Collector (ICC) for File Systems currently supports NTFS, ReFS, DFS, and Novell file systems as source types. There is no native connector or documented support for ingesting content from AWS S3 or Azure Blob storage. Enterprise custom...
16 days ago in Content Collector for Email, Sharepoint, Files Future consideration

Unlock Greater Flexibility and Resilience with the ability to manage Automatic Exception Handling (AEH) in Decision Center (DC)

Currently, AEH is exclusively controlled within Rule Designer, creating a bottleneck and limiting our ability to adapt quickly. By enabling AEH in Decision Center, you would grant business users the power to configure this setting, eliminating del...
17 days ago in Operational Decision Manager Future consideration

Offer more Customization Options for IBM Workplace

Currently, customizing IBM Workplace is not supported, which stands in contrast to the flexibility previously available in IBM Process Portal. At the moment, the only supported option is to build a completely standalone work portal using the four ...
17 days ago in Business Automation Workflow Future consideration

Using outdated JavaScript libraries

The application uses outdated JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities: AngularJS v1.8.4 CVE-2022-25844: Angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) CVE-2025-2336: AngularJS Incomplete Filtering of Special El...
about 2 months ago in Business Automation Workflow Future consideration

Excessive information disclosure by the IBM BAW diagnostic endpoint

It is recommended to restrict access to the /sync/api/configurations/ping endpoint to trusted IP addresses or administrative accounts only, or to disable it entirely in production environments if it is not operationally required.
about 2 months ago in Business Automation Workflow Future consideration

[Action Hub] Support for rotative passwords using SMTP server

Enable secure email delivery by supporting rotative passwords for SMTP authentication stored into a Vault. Instead of relying on static credentials, the rely on Vault Server (Authorization) and get temporary passwords associated with a specific id...
about 2 months ago in IBM Process Mining / Submitted Future consideration

[Action Hub] Support for Creating a service integration with OAuth authetication method

Enable secure, standards-based connectivity by allowing users to create service integrations using OAuth 2.0 authentication. This feature streamlines third-party system connections, supports token-based authorization flows (e.g., authorization cod...
about 2 months ago in IBM Process Mining / Submitted Future consideration

Refresh the Datacap Verify batch tree so that all information in the Batch Tree panel is reloaded from the task XML after the Alternate Task profile completes

Currently, the verify UI does not refresh all the information in the Batch Tree panel from the task XML after the Alt Task profile completes. In the Verify UI, the Alt Task Profile is executed to automatically update the batch DCO—such as adjustin...
about 2 months ago in Datacap Future consideration

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