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Incorporate Image Service into the base product.

Incorporate Image Service into the base product so you do not need a additional docker installation of a Linux container so organizations will not install docker.
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Not under consideration

Allow to unregister Dispatchers before starting CM for first time

When an upgrade via a DB backup/restore is done, if both CA versions (old and new) will be ON, it is expected that "old" version Dispatchers to be already registered in the "new" site, because "old" and "new" DB's data is the same. So, when starti...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Option called "Maximum number of backup server log files" Should apply to all generated logs

The current options " Maximum number of backup server log files" for is applying to cognosserver.log and p2pd_message.log only. However it should apply for all generated logs. Reference post - Setting up logging - IBM Documentation
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Preserve advanced settings in case of full clean install

Preserve Manage-UI advanced settings and Dispatcher advanced settings in case of full clean install (Content Store upgrade and fixpack installation)
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Drillthrough component between Powerplay and Report Studio 64bit

Hello, we use Powerplay and drillthrough reports in Report Studio. We need to install a 32bit dispatcher that powerplay drillthrough function is working. The reason is the component of drillthrough definition which requires a 32 bit report service...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Not under consideration

IBM Cognos PowerCube packages to run in 64bit (DQM)

We have a distributed Cognos platform hosting more than 20 business aplications. As some of them use PowerCubes we have to keep Cognos 32bits dispatchers and manage double Cognos instances (32bits/64bits). Our target is a full 64bits platform (ful...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Cognos supporting running on GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)

Client would like Cognos to support it's containers on GKE
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Unable to identify the broken links for cognos report versions

We have recently upgraded our cognos version from 11.1.7 IF10 to 11.2.4FP2 on our lower environments and we noticed that it is not possible to identify broken links just by looking at it in upgraded environment. We noticed that it was better in 11...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Custom Logger Topic

If you have something custom, like a custom java plugin, and we would like to create a custom logger topic, there is no way to configure it on deploy. No api rest or any other way to create the logger except via CA COnsole
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Request for an enhancement to include a Jira connector in future releases of Cognos Analytics.

We propose the addition of a Jira connector in future versions of Cognos Analytics. This feature would allow users to directly connect Jira as a data source within Cognos, simplifying the analysis and reporting of critical project data such as tic...
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Not under consideration