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Cognos Analytics

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Add API to trigger schedules

For a long time Cognos has had the ability to trigger schedules using the trigger.bat utility. This however is very ouydated and impractical to run in orchestrators such as Apache Airflow. I wish for an API that can be called to trigger schedules.
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Framework to data modules convertion

Have a tool to convert Framework Manager models (model.xml) to data modules whenever possible. Our target: Avoid having to rewrite data modules from scratch when FM models already exist
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Add value labels to heat map viz

this ability to show value labels in the map is great, and being able to have the user pick whether they want to show the value, item, or value and item is very user friendly and valuable. Is there a way to make this available for other visualizat...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Submitted

Reporting filters to use Prompt Info properties from Framework Manager

We want the filter functionality (not just generated prompts) in Reporting to use the Prompt Info properties - Prompt Type, Display Item Reference, Use Item Reference, and Filter Reference. As we try to move our users off of Query Studio, using Re...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Improve the custom banner feature

Consider this scenario... There is a problem with the daily loads or I have developed a cool new report and I want to notify all cognos users of this. The Cognos banner might be a great way to do just that... But my Cognos environment is managed &...
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Prevent copying of data modules

We want to allow a user to use a data module in Reporting perspective but he should not be able to copy the data module. On the copied data module the user is the owner and has full permissions. It is not possible to prevent copying of data module...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Submitted

Allow for customisations to Dashboard to allow for users to edit but not save

Enhancement Request: To customize a role that will allow users to be able to Edit (edit mode toggled on) certain dashboards but restrict them from being able to 'save' those dashboards, instead make them 'save as'. When they next use the 'saved as...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Submitted

New FunctionalityTo Run Cognos Schedules For A Given Period Of Time After Outages

A regular question from our end users whenever there is a Cognos outage and they don't receive their schedule reports is, "Will I get them eventually?". However, since those reports were never loaded into the scheduling queue because of the outage...
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

send email with multiple different report outputs in it

A user schedules many reports and emails the outputs. They receive an email for each report they have scheduled. The user wants a single email with all outputs. Today, this can be achieved using Event Studio. But this solution is very hard for a t...
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Submitted

Missing Analysis Studio Functionality

There are missing Analysis Studio functionality that is missing in Report Authoring. If IBM is expecting normal business users to use Report Authoring as a suitable replacement for Analysis Studio, then IBM needs to make all the functionality avai...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

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