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Quality rule lifecycle (Draft to Operational stage)

Bradesco requests that quality rules initially remain in a "draft" state and only become operational after being explicitly "published," similar to the lifecycle of business terms. This would allow for review and approval before rules impact produ...
5 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

Unify data quality rules per table into a single job

When quality rules are created, a separate DataStage job is generated for each table column. For a table with 100 columns requiring quality analysis, this results in 100 individually processed jobs. Bradesco had implemented a workaround where, aft...
5 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Needs more information

Create from existing data Tile - Present content view with folder navigation.

When using the 'Create' tile from the homepage of Cognos Analytics and then selecting to create a report using existing data. Currently the user is presented with a long list of data sets, data modules and packages that they have access to. The co...
6 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 2 Future consideration

Knowledge Catalog allow users to create more robust and consistent rules by directly incorporating existing reference datasets,

For reference data, we propose enhancing them by enabling their use within data quality rule and definitions. This functionality would allow users to create more robust and consistent rules by directly incorporating existing reference datasets, pa...
26 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Need a browse through GUI when configuring Knowledge Catalog using Data Virtualization and configuring data protection rules

Need a browse through GUI when configuring Knowledge Catalog using Data Virtualization and configuring data protection rules. Today, when creating Data Protection rules you need to type the column header names you want to select and it is very err...
26 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review

Allow IKC with Data Virtualization and data protection rules in bulk

From the IKC GUI, the customer is requesting the ability to do IKC with data virtualization and allow to configure data protection rules in bulk. This is to enhance security (less errors) and similar speed up deployment of many data protection rul...
26 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Needs more information

Configurable retry mechanism for failed jobs within IKC

We would like to propose the addition of a configurable retry mechanism for failed jobs within IKC. Specifically, the feature should allow users to define retry parameters such as:• Retry interval (e.g., every 5 minutes)• Maximum number of retry a...
26 days ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Submitted

Ability to notify time-out warning for the user before the actual timeout occur in Cognos Analytics Portal

Why is it Useful: Accessibility Time-out warning notification enhancement request: The use of timed events can present significant barriers for users with cognitive disabilities, as these users may require more time to read content or to perform f...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 3 Future consideration

Related Values - Overlay

When adding related values to a RDS the pop-up overlay covers the name of the RDS (Current Overlay - Related Values.png). Kindly move the overlay down so the RDS name is still visible (Suggested Overlay - Related Values.png). Alternatively add the...
about 2 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 1 Future consideration

QA and profiling Business Terms

We would like to define and apply data quality rules (e.g., completeness, uniqueness, and consistency) to governance artifacts, and more specifically glossary/business terms in CP4D. This would include: identifying and tracking data quality issu...
about 2 months ago in Knowledge Catalog 0 Under review