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Dashboard Tool for Cubes (Dimensional Data Source) add option for Members Only view in insertable objects pane

Make it easier to use our existing cubes (dimensional data) in Dashboard tool to only see the Members Only view in the insertable objects. This option is available in the reporting tool. Right now not having this view makes the dashboard too cumbe...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Not under consideration

Reset dashboard to default settings.

Reset dashboard to default settings with e.g. a button. -reset filters in "explorer view" . (not filters done in edit mode) -reset drilldowns with the same button It must be easy for a user to reset a dashboard to default settings in an easy way. ...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Not under consideration

Ability to reuse/reference report elements in Dashboards

We need an ability to either reuse (copy&paste) or reference (like in Workspace) elements from Reports in Dashboards. Optimally we have the choice which way we want to use for the specific use case. Copy&paste contents from a Report to a D...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Planned for future release

Capability to modify the top filter bar and font and name in widgets

From our Cognos user feedbacks: we would like to move the top filter bar to the right side of page, plus change the size of filter bar(took to much space on the page). We also need to modify the column name or fonts in each widget. Since the model...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Planned for future release

download dashboard output in excel

Our user creates Crosstab structure in powerplay, and they would need same flexibility, currently downloading data it in table and the converting it back in crosstab in excel will be a overhead. My concern is why IBM hasn't provided option to down...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Planned for future release

Filters for Mobile Dashboard

At the moment, it is very easy to create filters on desktop for different metrics on a page level dashboard. Unfortunately, the page-wide applied filters doesn't affect the metric when viewed on the mobile app - IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile. It wou...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Not under consideration

One Filter for multiple Datasource-Types in Dashboards

We need a cognos analytics dashboard using multiple source types (e.g. dynamic cube and a relational modeled package). When defining filters for e.g. the time dimension, the widgets using data from a dynamic cube and widgets using data from a rela...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Future consideration

Add support for custom URLs to Cognos Analytics dashboards including multilingual and accessibility parameters

We wish to have full support for custom URLs with all optional parameters extended to include Cognos Analytics dashboards. This should include support for multilingual parameters contentLocale and productLocale, as well as accessibility features p...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Planned for future release

Pass a parameter from a dashboard to dynamically filter the SQL source in the data module

A parameter (e.g. date parameter) created in a report can be passed to the SQL query in the data module. The SQL query just has to use the notation #sq(prompt(['prompt name]','[prompt data type]'))#) to refer to the parameter. Similar functionalit...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

enable to embed microcharts in tables (lists) in dashboard module

In Report Module you can add (legacy) microcharts in a list. I would like to have this also available in the dashboard module: adding a microchart to a table widget (list).
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration