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Cognos Analytics

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Need ability to get an entry in audit db when report is failed to send an emails

Hi, we have logging enabled to both file and database configured. we deployed the Audit database and successfully logging to that database. If a report is to be emailed to a user and that email fails, we do not get that entry in the Audit database...
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Data Modules - For data server connections and uploaded files, turn off/on cleansing of table and column labels

This is how it works today: For data server connections and uploaded files, the table and column labels are cleaned up in English and some other languages in the following way: For single files, the file extension, such as .xls or .csv, is remove...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Create a subscription mechanism for reports that could work in an airgapped environment (no access to email). Idea is to show a notification to the user in the Cognos UI itself (using the bell).

The customer is generating reports on a regular basis and is not able to use the standard email distribution for those reports because of he is having an airgapped environment.Currently, the team has been using a workaround proposed by Trevor Come...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

Add control setting to determine the additional text on the name of output files.

I have a report written in Cognos 11.  It runs on a schedule that saves it to the file system on the Cognos Server.  When they are saved there, it adds the “-en-us” to the end of the file name. For example: The report scheduled was name...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

calling aggregated claims in a open id connect namespace

In the configuration of a namespace "Open ID Connect Generic", we do not have the possibility to indicate in the property "Identity claim name" a JSonPath string like name1.nameA in order to access 2nd level information of the JWT
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Saving new default "run as" parameters for reports

Looking for ability to save default "run as" parameters for reports including run in background, report format (Excel, PDF, etc.), and advanced settings so that users do not have to change these settings every time they run a report.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

View report status when Scheduling capability turned off

Client has scheduling capability disabled for dev environment, but users testing reports need to see what reports they are running in the background and the status of those runs.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Include "Always create extended data items" option in CA11

In Cognos 10.2.2 - When authoring report based on TM1/Planning Analytics Cube – we have the "Extended Data Item" option disabled in the Report Studio options (Tools menu) so our users are able to edit data item items which you drag into new report...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Recent Data Sources for Reports and Dashboards

We miss the functionality of seeing recently used data sources when starting the creation of a new dashboard or report. The user will always need to navigate to the proper location and select the data source. This functionality was available in Co...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos integration with Spark

Support Spark as a data source for Cognos Analytics
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration