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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).


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.


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Cloud Pak for Business Automation

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Improve the Zen Access Control UI to manage non-LDAP groups

Today, it is possible to add a non-LDAP group via the API /v2/groups/{group_id}/members, even if the documentation seems to imply that this should work only with 'ldap_groups' groups: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/foundational-services/4....
6 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 0 Planned for future release

IM/Zen support for authentication/authorization with OIDC+LDAP

CPFS Support for OIDC+LDAP ( to support CP4BA migration use cases) Description: The main request is about support for OIDC+LDAP in IM, but this RFE has in fact a much broader scope.It also includes requests for:improvements to the IM UI, to make i...

Simplify the container image download procedure for BAW or Cloud Pak for BA

Hi IBM colleage, Start from Cloud Pak for BA 21.0.3, the customer cannot download the installation file or container image file directly from IBM Passport Advantage Portal. The cusotmer needs a lot of effort to download the Cloud Pak for BA or BA...
over 2 years ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 3 Not under consideration

Implement the Token-Exchange protocol extension of oauth

Our organization's identity architects have been working with security architects and deemed a change needs to be made at our organization. They are calling for the eventual adoption of "Token Exchange" features of oauth. We integrate with 20+ tea...
9 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 3 Not under consideration

Integrate AI functions to assist people in process design and development

集成AI功能,让人们可以通过与AI机器人对话完成流程设计、开发工作。我相信,未来所有传统的软件都将集成AI功能,通过AI辅助人们完成日常工作。 ______________________________________________________ The idea elaborated as below by the customer : 1. AI business process automation consultant: You can communicate with us...
6 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 0 Future consideration

Automation Scripts using https instead of ping

We are suffering from not having ICMP ping enabled in the customer environment. We suggest to ensure all scripts provided by IBM use consistent method when checking connectivity. We would prefer using https
9 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 1 Not under consideration

Cluster should show Failed whenever deployment failed.

CP4BA deployment should show Failed whenever deployment failed.
8 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 1 Not under consideration

Default language per desktop

Language and locale settings can be changed by users but cannot be set per default at the ICN desktop level to avoid all users having to change them.
9 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 0 Not under consideration

Language and locale settings persisted server-side

Language and locale settings can be changed by the users but are not persisted on the server side. If the user changes browser, workstation or cleans his cookies, he must therefore redefine his language and regional settings. If the parameters ar...
9 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 0 Not under consideration

Improve documentation and context between CP4BA, foundational services and specific components

The documentation landscape between a specific cloud pak , the foundational services and the specific components are hard to follow and there are not enough links to navigate the user to the right location. e.g. Finding APIs on a certain topic is ...
9 months ago in Cloud Pak for Business Automation 0 Planned for future release