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Make PDF documentation available that describes the Cognos extended SQL functions

It is common practice by Cognos report authors and administrators to use the "Generate SQL" feature to view the SQL that executed during a report run. This may be done either for performance improvement or troubleshooting reasons. When the SQL con...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Standby IDs should be

db2pd does not show corresponding STANDBY_ID on standby servers when using multiple standbys.For example: Invoking db2pd on the PRIMARY database shows the STANDBY_ID's (1=PRINCIPAL, 2 and 3 = AUX), invoking the db2pd on the related STANDBY's does ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Use encryption of user and password for client/server communication as default

Default value of the dbm cfg AUTHENTICATION parameter is SERVER. Also the jdbc/jcc driver does not encrypt the user and password values in a connection by default. Two solution options:1. change default value for dbm cfg authentication from SERVER...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Need better axis label formatting control

Report authors are unable to control the border around the axis labels.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

DQA AGG Advisor: Display Picked Options in Advisor Results

In DQA Aggregate Advisor, display selected options in the Advisor Results.After I run the advisor and look at the results, I don't know what was picked as an option.
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

improve error message with ADV node credentials

See defect ECM00211977 - resolved as Functioning as Designed. When you open a stream containing an ADV node without logging in first into the repository, you get an error message - because you haven't logged in. For DB source nodes, if you haven't...
over 9 years ago in SPSS Modeler / SPSS Modeler 0 Not under consideration

Unlock All Periods

In the Maintian -Period Locking – Change Multi Period Locking there is an option to "Unlock All Periods". How can we dsable this functionality for all users except ADM? This will minimise the risk of periods being left open for data entry.
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration

Effective Rename Entity and Relations for Annotations

At the moment, when we rename the name/label of the Entity and Relation under "ASSET" column, it doesn't change existing annotations, which are still associated with the previous labels. This is problematic when we need the label to be changed,...
almost 5 years ago in Watson Discovery 0 Not under consideration

Row version of math functions

Math functions in Cognos works on individual field in a column fashion. I need to use math function on a row instead. The particular functions that I'm using are aggregate and maximum but all math functions could be used in this manner. Especially...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Automated log removal within Cognos install directory

Client would like a way to remove older logs automatically from the Cognos install. Ideally they would like to be able to set the maximum size and number of logs like as can be done with the cogserver.log with all other logs such as pogo localhost...
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration