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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).


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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:

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,

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  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.


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Operational Decision Manager

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IlrTag value should be more flexible to allow REST Response JSON example to handle multiple values for a property

Currently, the IlrTag value is set to a String.Because of this, when setting multiple values to a property, then retrieving this value with REST API: /v1/projects/{projectId}/rules the result is a single string with the multiple values as one comm...
4 days ago in Operational Decision Manager 0 Under review

EC to BC migration: Business rule version history no longer shows the "Used In"

When you look at a rule history in the Enterprise Console, you get a column "Used In" It shows for each version which branches / baseline uses this version of the rule. However, this information is missing in the Business Console. Not available in...
about 2 months ago in Operational Decision Manager 4 Under review

Improve Search Functionality in New Editor

The new editor's search functionality has two critical issues: Incorrect Partial Matching: When searching for a term like "vip", the editor returns domains containing partial matches ( "ip" within "Tipo") instead of exclusively matching "vip". Thi...
25 days ago in Operational Decision Manager 1 Under review

Implementation of a systemic lock and observability in rule approval.

Implementation of a systemic lock with dual control for rule approval, ensuring that the creation, modification, or deletion of parameterized rules in the ODM engine is reviewed. Ensuring that rules were reviewed and tested before implementing pro...
about 2 months ago in Operational Decision Manager 0 Under review

Enhance Verbalization Display in New Editor to Support Full Rule Descriptions

In version 8.12, the new editor truncates rule verbalization to 50 characters, making it difficult for users to view complete rule descriptions. The new editor should support word wrap or provide an option to view the full verbalization of rules, ...
about 1 month ago in Operational Decision Manager 0 Under review

Ability to download a printable copy of the snapshot comparison

Our teams of business users actively maintain and deploy business rules using the Business Console. Snapshot is a key feature they use to draw comparisons between two deployments (snapshots automatically created at each deployment). They frequentl...
2 months ago in Operational Decision Manager 0 Under review

Need access to property or an API which can return XU pool size/Thread pool being used on given runtime container at any given time.

Why is it Useful ?? By monitoring thread pool size and resource usage, you can identify the upcoming issues and optimize performance. This helps in ensuring that the system is neither underutilized nor overwhelmed. It allows for better management ...
about 1 month ago in Operational Decision Manager 0 Under review

Return the full path (not just the immediate parent folder) of the business rule element in the DC REST API's.

Most business now employ DC REST API's for business reporting for business rules deployed in Business Console. The REST API's json response shows the listing all the business rules under the element list. For each business rules (both action rules...
2 months ago in Operational Decision Manager 1 Under review

Visible indicator that Rule Documentation has been set

When browsing to a rule in Decision Center, the Documentation section is not visible. It is hidden behind a click on the Details button.. Nothing draws the attention of the rule writer to the fact that there actually is some relevant snippet of do...
about 1 month ago in Operational Decision Manager 1 Under review

Ability to view the BOM member documentation in the Model->Vocabulary view of BC when mouse hover

Our business users find Model->Vocabulary view of the Business Console very useful especially as all the members of the BOM (attributes and virtual methods) and their verbalisation can be easily located in one place. We do also support our busi...
2 months ago in Operational Decision Manager 0 Under review