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Subscribe to report - allow users to select monthly, not just day/daily/week

Subscribing is a simple way to setup repeat report output, but Repeat On only has MTWTFSS options. Can it allow similar options like scheduling does? Scheduling is restricted since it's more complicated. Subscribing is perfect for the avg user. Th...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Please add more MDX functions

While Cognos does have a number of MDX functions, a few important functions are missing. While it is possible to find workarounds for the missing functions, these are invariably less performant than using the native functions. With the possible ex...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Specify 'No data contents' in RAVE-Visualisations

For lists, crosstabs,... it is possible to specify what appears, when no data content is available: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.0.0?topic=fd-specify-what-appears-data-containers-that-contain-no-data It would be nice to have the...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Extend FM Governor "(DQM) Data Item Label Behavior"

Currently the FM Governor "(DQM) Data Item Label Behavior" has two options which are documented here. There should be added a third option: "Always use data item name (if there is no explicit label defined)". The problem is that the list column na...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Copy&Paste of reporting elements: Possibility to select whether references should be copied as well or not

When copying elements (lists, cross tabs, queries) all references will be copied as well and when a query exists already a new one is inserted with a number added (1, 2, 3). This is not always suitable, and the user should have the possibility to ...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Show data type for data item in GUI

There are differences between 1) drag&drop a dataitem to the canvas in design mode in reporting or drag&drop a data item to the query in query editor and 2) manually create calculated data item in the query editor. In the first case the da...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

auto summary's default value cannot be set as 'false' when using List object for Cognos report

I tried this on version 11.2.4 with the document for 11.0.12, but it didnt work. (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-set-auto-group-and-summarize-false-default-report-lists) Modifying "AutoListGroupSummaryBehavior" values to "false" in "Default...
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

To and CC fields dynamic when bursting.

When bursting a report, need the ability to change the To and CC fields based on columns in report.
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Need better warning text when deleting folders

Our customer by mistake deleted a folder with many reports. Their complaint is that the warning message says "this item will be deleted", rather than "this folder will be deleted with all its subfolders and reports"
about 1 month ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Password Protected for Excel or CSV Schedules

We have the requirement that the excel or CSV report output should password protection
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

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