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Cognos Analytics

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124 VOTE

Option to Run Schedule Once

We were excited to see the My Schedules and Subscriptions menu added to Cognos Analytics 11.0.8, but found there was one option we previously had (and still have in the administration view) is to run a schedule once. Our users who heavily utilize ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration
115 VOTE

Render Cognos maps in PDF report format

Currently (CA 11.0.7), maps included as a visualization in a report can only be rendered when report is run in HTML format. If the report is run in any other format (i.e. PDF, Excel, CSV..) the maps will never be rendered (never displayed) Please ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration
114 VOTE

Ability to refresh prompts of an embedded report if dashboard filter(s) change / common prompting model

Our dashboards created for IBM sales leadership often have both native dashboard views and embedded/iframe'ed reports when it is needed for better data visualization. Embedded report prompts are hard-coded in a URL pointing to a report. If a user ...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 2 Future consideration
110 VOTE

Missing functionality from C10 to C11: "Send report as email" or "Email Report"

In previous versions of Cognos Business Intelligence (10.2.x) we had the option to send a report by email directly from the Cognos Viewer - this option no longer exists in Cognos Analytics (11.0.6). See use case for details and screenshots.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration
107 VOTE

Ability to make join queries on different packages in RA

Ability to make join queries on different packages in RA
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration
106 VOTE

+/- buttons for column grouping

The ability to group columns in Cognos would be a great feature which is a small thing but a missing element compared to MS Reporting services reporting. https://oxen.tech/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/grouping.gif In fact the (+)/(-) buttons used wi...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release
103 VOTE

Modify the default image path

There isn't any way through which customers can safely modify the default image path in Cognos BI server
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

The feature of viewing package data sources is not present in Cognos11

The feature of viewing package data sources in package > actions > more is not present in Cognos11. We like this feature to be in Cognos 11
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Baselines and Trendlines on the Cognos Visualizations

We need baselines and trendlines in Report Studio visualizations but they are not available
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Planned for future release

Conditionally Rendered Images on Dashboard

The ability to have conditionally rendered images would add tremendous value to dashboards with KPIs, to give a scorecard look and feel. E.G. Red light appears based on target not being met, Green light appears based on target being exceeded. I re...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration