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Cognos Analytics

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Base JMeter test plan for load and stability testing Cognos Analytics

It would very useful to have an Apache JMeter test plan to probe an IBM Cognos Analytics installs for stability under load. Just a base test plan that admins and consultants can use as a reasonable starting point in order to place Cognos Analytics...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

update internal load balancer algorithm to include system resources.

This will help additional failures when dynamic query heap get maxed.
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Group Repeating Cells - Export to Excel Default Value

System: Cognos Analytics 11 ReportsActor: User running daily reports Cognos Analytics 11 Reports are scheduled to run daily to analyze different portions of the business and are commonly exported to Excel. Description: Our team writes Daily report...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to convert Views and Tables in Data Modules into the Data Set.

If you have been building a Data Module and notice that Data Sets are required to improve the product performance it is very cumbersome to start building the Data Set using the Data Set editor and then replacing the Tables and Views in Data Module...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

All TM1 cube based reports are throwing "IBM TM1 is no longer supported in IBM Cognos Analytics error" post upgraded to 11.2.4 FP3

We have upgraded cognos from 11.1.7 FP5 to 11.2.4 FP3. Post upgrade we are getting "IBM TM1 is no longer supported in IBM Cognos Analytics" error while running the report which is created based on TM1 Cube. Datasource Connection Type : IBM Plannin...
7 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Store the metadata in a Data Module

When importing from one environment to another one, the loaded metadata which the data modules reference to is not found. It gives you a warning when importing the deployment with the names of the Data source and Schema you need to load the metada...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Future consideration

Reports: Queries: Add ability to search the data model within the "Data Item Expression Editor"

This idea applies to report editing . When you edit your Queries (Query Subjects) you have the option to search the data model (refer to attached screenshot named "SearchDataModelWithinQueriesPanel.png"). However, you cannot search the data model ...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 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...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Support rendering of Mapbox maps in PDF with "show values" property

Map visualizations are rendered in the browser as HTML but the ability to render maps showing values in PDF would increase adoption among our client base. This will be especially true when custom polygons are supported. The initial zoom level (e.g...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Scheduling With Select and Search Prompt

The Select and Search, in the Report Viewer, prompt displays differently when Interactivity turned on or off. The display is not consistent when creating schedules and selecting prompt settings. When interactivity is off(No) the legacy S&S Pro...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release