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Support Custom Javascript Modules in Saved HTML Output

After converting our javascript to Custom Control and Page Modules in CA 11 we observed that our javascript modules are not loaded when users view Saved HTML report outputs.
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to create folders to organize queries in reporting

The query screen in Report Studio/Report Authoring can get difficult to manage and understand in complex multi-query reports. Having some organizational features, like the ability to create folders to contain related queries, would make this signi...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

TRANS NID for spanish NIF/NIE should accept 9 characters

Spanish NIF/NIE has 9 characters so the TRANS NID function always skip the source row because it detects invalid lenght. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/iotdm/11.3?topic=function-masking-spanish-fiscal-identification-numbers
almost 4 years ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 7 Not under consideration

Cognos Analytics enhancement to new GUI

Please allow users to create multiple connections to one data source via new GUI. This option is available via Administrative console however Administrative console can not be entered by end users.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

User and Site driven global parameters

Ability at global, and also user level (and maybe user groups), to create parameters/variables where selections can be created. These global/session level variables could then be used in reports/dashboards to drive the content delivered in filters...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Conditional data formatting in data modules and dashboards

It is a common requirement to display a Crosstab given a set of PnL accounts such as "Revenue, Bill of Materials, and Bill of Materials as a % of Revenue." There is currently no way in Data Modules or Dashboards to conditionally format a values da...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Be able to have relative default date selection on filters

When a date filter is added it is not possible to have a default data selection. This could for example be the last 90 days.
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Implement Settings to modify limitation of Report Output versions Globally

Need to have enhancement in Cognos so that we can setup limit on number of report output versions globally rather than for each report.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH with PDQ should favour use of indices for sort when more than one column is specified

Currently (in my testing) any UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statement with PDQ specifying more than one column will not use indices for sort and will instead scan the table, write to temporary files and sort. This is true even when all columns spe...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Sort data calculations should not be used to determine number of passes for UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH statements where an index is used, fix misleading explain output

UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM/HIGH can be used with an explain option. The explain file always shows a sort data calculation which then determines the number of table scans (passes) the database engine will undertake. These are calculated before any de...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration