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My votes: Reporting

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Report Tab Name localization

It would be great if we can set page name with a report variable, in order to translate label in different languages, as we can do with any other objects inside report pages (text element, column header, ...). It is crucial when report is configur...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Future consideration

Enable Render Variables to hide/show columns for CSV and Excel-Data output format

Currently render variables and formats are completely ignored when executing a report in the output formats CSV and Excel-Data. Especially in cases where using render variables to display and hide complete list columns this would be very helpful. ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Joined queries do not respect Prompt Type Settings from Framework Manager when creating a Prompt page

When you create a prompt page from a list with a single query it respects the Prompt Type settings of the data item in Framework Manager e.g. Generated Prompt. However, if you join 2 queries together, and used the joined query, it does not and jus...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

need to force the "Team Content" show in a "list" view rather than the "tile" view.

we need to force the "Team Content" show in a "list" view rather than the "tile" view. Cognos 11.2 remembers the last option selected, and it presents it to the user. The "List" view must be called and overwrite any pre-existing view.
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Future consideration

Allow copying of individual report pages between two different Cognos systems

It is currently not possible to copy individual report pages between two different Cognos systems. You can copy complete reports between two Cognos systems. You can also copy individual report pages within the same Cognos system, but not between t...
9 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Enhance Report Reference and Layout Component Reference

Both the Layout Component Reference and the Report Reference functionality in reports have limitations that prevent report authors from leveraging previously developed content. I would like to see these enhanced so that authors do not need to rede...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 2 Not under consideration

Analysis Studio and Query Studio to continue support Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome

Refer to Banking customer in Thailand who has been using Analysis Studio to analyse for 60 deposit mortgage rates for package data that using via browse more than 100 reports to ensure that all important business activities in the bank. Currently ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Add zoom function to Active Report Viewer

It would be nice to have zoom functionality in the Active Report Viewer client to get rid of the scrollbars when opening report on a laptop with smaller screen.
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Audit pkg and CM Tool

When auditing, it would be ne nice to create a report that contains the following data set information: date refreshed, size, number of rows, number of columns, and time to refresh. It would help us to troubleshoot any data set refresh errors and ...
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Reporting: Resizable find window

The "Find" window in Authoring (Reporting) where one can search in the report itself cannot be resized. Especially when having long query and/or data item names and many search results this impedes the work process to find a specific result and ex...
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration