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Data Access and Modelling

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When importing tables to module format label to remove and underscores and capitalize the first letter. This was something that occurred in the past and no longer exists.

In the past we were able to bring tables into a module and the label/field name would automatically update from user_phone_number to User Phone Number. This was a huge time savings for large tables.
12 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

"Allow the server to automatically load the file" in Cognos Analytics 11.2+

Modern browsers have disabled sharing of full file path for security reasons. Cognos requires full path for this option to work but no modern browser will share full path. I ask if there are plans to change how it behaves on Cognos side to allow e...
almost 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

Support JSON-Functions

More and more architecture decisions turning into service oriented architectures. In this case data is not available in relational tables anymore but eg. JSON files. In data modules JSON functions can be implemented to show report authors data in ...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 2 Not under consideration

inherit navigaton path from underlying datamodule

We are modelling in different levels. The first level is a technical layer in which we model the technical to the business terms. There will be one datamodule per fact and dimension. In the next level we are modelling for instance a staar schema w...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Add Data Set operations to audit logging

Add user actions surrounding data set creation/modification/refreshes to audit logs. When researching when a data set was refreshed, there seems to be nothing in the audit logs that stores that this action happened. Request data set refresh and an...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Data Module: Combine fact tables (like a presentation layer)

I want to have the capabilities to regroup measures(columns) from different tables into one folder. In other words, having the possibility of using a presentation layer which reference the measures. At the moment, I have to make my user navigate t...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Under review

Advanced query hint to use 'Group By' instead of 'Distinct' in SQL

In some cases, we would need an advanced query hint to use “Group By” instead of “Distinct” in the SQL per report or per query tree. We are aware of the DQM query property “performance.convertGroupByToDistinct” which is set to “true” by default (f...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Ability to "view lineage" on data sources when creating queries in a data set (mimic existing ability from query building in reporting )

similar to building a report, it is helpful to check lineage on field sources when building datasets. In reporting , once a source is added user may right click on any field name, select lineage, change radio button to detail and view the complete...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Fix how reference shortcuts on alias shortcuts work in FM

You create a query subject from a database table. Then you create an alias shortcut on that query subject. On this alias shortcut you add relationships to other query subjects/shortcuts. After that you create a reference shortcut on the alias shor...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

DBT Semantic layer integration

Universal semantic layer for all analytics tools, including Cognos Analytics. If Cognos wants to stay relevant, and not replaced by alternative products, please embrace the modern stack and a universal semantic layer. Many years ago, it was at mul...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration