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Data Access and Modelling

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"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...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 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...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Removing the dataset upload size limit.

Etisalat wants to migrate their dashboards and reports to Cognos Analytics but are restricted by the dataset size limits.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

OLAP Modelling for Data Modules (Dimensions / Hierarchies / Levels) like Framewormanager

Like in Frameworkmanager we need to define Dimensions, Hierary, Levels in Datamodules. This is because we need to build complex reports, which we can build very fast, with less complexity with Cubes. Dynamic Cubes and Transformer Cubes. We want to...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

Drill-through definition & Data Modules

Would it be possible to create drill-through definitions at Data Module level? This functionality is used a lot by our customers at package level, but they regret not being able to use it at Data Module level. Thanks,
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Data Modules - Capabilities to restrict access to specific types of sources

There are 5 types of sources for data modules: packages data modules data sets uploaded files data server connections Not every user should see or have access to all of these types of sources. For example we don't want our users to upload files an...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Support more than 500 columns per table in a Data Module

We have tables that have more than 500 columns. When we try to use them in a Data Module we get this error: The expression is not valid. MSR-GEN-0103 The entered SQL statement returned 3209 columns. Change your SQL statement to return up to a maxi...
9 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Ability to add tables to both defined views and unions

Using Data Modules, currently after creating a view or union, there is no way to edit the view or union to add new sources to be included. We have the ability to add or substract existing elements from the original view but no way to include new s...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Future consideration

Cognos Analytics integration with Open Source ETL

Currently, the TELCEL client has an open source ETL in which they have more than 100 processes, for transformation, the presentation layer is with Cognos Analytics 11.7. The ETL is Pentaho Data Integration V 8.2 (PDI) also known as Kettle. TELCEL ...
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Report Dependencies / Data Dictionary

Please add a Report Dependencies / Data Dictionary function to Cognos Analytics in the Cloud.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration