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Cognos Analytics

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Auto-layout feature for model graph in a Data Module

When creating a data module in the new web-based data modeling interface, a graph of the model is shown on the right side of the screen. Currently, there is no way to lay out the model other than manually dragging the tables around. It would be gr...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Db2 encrypt data source connection setup

We are trying to setup DB2 encrypt data source Connection in Cognos R6 - R13 thru JDBC to support DQM . Currently Cognos r13 is not supporting and it's falling .Opened CASE to IBM and suggested to open REF for this functionality
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Show All References to a Paramater

Add functionality to identify all references to a paramater within report studio design view.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Wrapping x-axis label on report studio bar charts

Need ability to wrap text on report studio bar chart.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Report Viewer filter Interactive mode form DMR reports

Cognos R13 Report Viewer filter (Interactive mode )Filter option is (+ symbol) is not enable to enter specific value for DMR reports and it's show for relation reports.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add option to disable "all at once" execution mode for jobs

Hello, we would like to have option to disable execution mode ALL AT ONCE for jobs per user roles and also being able to switch the default as by using this execution mode for large job (lot of reports inside the job) one user can potentially take...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add support to Jethro datasource over JDBC

Cognos Platform: Cognos Analytics 11.0.10 on Linux We are planning on using Jethro(https://jethro.io/) as an acceleration layer on top of our data lake built on Hadoop with Cognos Analytics as the front end. Jethro offers connectivity to ext...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

request to pass report xml through form parameter to run report with modified xml

Hi, we are trying to build a form page/url with parameters to run cognos analytics report (cognos 11 report with Interactivity set to Yes) like the way we do in cognos 10. in Cognos 10, we used to post the following parameters to run the report si...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Register Windows service without starting it

Would like an option in Cognos Configuration to register the service without starting it (for example having a option available by right-clicking on the IBM Cognos object in the explorer). This would allow the user to then go and modify the servic...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Add string data fileds TM1 cube support to Cognos BI

Cognos TM1 cube as a Cognos BI data source is supporting two types of data: numbers and strings. Number data fields works fine in Cognos BI, but there is no support for string data types. Please add string data types support in Cognos BI.
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration