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My votes: Cognos Analytics

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Saving a package based data module takes minutes

When trying to create a data module based on a big FM package it takes 2-3 minutes for the data module to save. This should be improved so that saving the data module is faster. Support assumed that it could be the smarts service that takes a long...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Delivered

Refresh button for Data Module Source

Today it's very complicated to update source table in data module. For example we have an Excel file, which structure has been changed (added column). To update the Excel in Data Module we have to reimport the file through source view again. Even ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

Please bring back select/unselect check box

In earlier cognos releases prior to 11, we could select/unselect entries using check box, so I could select all entries by just one click. There is no way to do it in Cognos 11, making it extremely difficult and time consuming to select items.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Delivered

Display Logged In User Info in Home App Bar

Show the name of the logged in user in the Home App Bar instead of just a "person" icon.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

Restore the Report Studio interface customization feature

It is no longer possible to configure the Report Studio interface based on user profile. This is very disturbing because many customers consider that the RS interface is too rich for the users and look for a functional perimeter close to Query Stu...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

Cognos analytics prompts - add a default value based on an expression

It would be very helpful if Cognos analytics prompts supports adding a default value based on a query in addition to being able to choose static choices.. This would be very helpful for creating reports without needing to creating custom code. Cur...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Delivered

Shortcut access from studios

Today its is posible to create a dashboard/report/datamodul when clicking on the breadcrumps to the right of the dataset/datamodule shortcut. But if you use new dashboard/report/datamodule you cannot see the shortcut !?
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Delivered

Define the range for the Y axis on Dashboards

Include the function to fix the Y axis range on all 11.x Dashboard Visualisations.
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Delivered

Context Filter Not Passed in Drill Through

System: Cognos BI 10.2.1 - Workspace Advanced (WSA) When users build their own reports in WSA and drop a member in the Context Filter WSA displays values based on that filter. When the same user drills through to a detailed report via a Drill-Thro...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Delivered

Support Microsoft Identity Platform 2.0 API with Azure AD OpenID Connect (TS003289567)

Azure AD OpenID Connect API v1 (Azure AD for developers 1.0) doesn't support returning the groups claim in the ROPC (Resource Owner Password Credentials) logon method that Cognos uses to Authorize Stored Credentials for scheduled tasks and jobs. S...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered