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Cognos Analytics

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Planning Analytics for Excel PAX (formerly Cafe) cannot connect to data sets or data modules

Planning Analytics for Excel PAX (formerly Cafe) cannot connect to data sets or data modules only to FM packages. This seems like a severe limitation given that Data Sets and Data Modules are being pushed as one of the main new features in Cognos 11
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Zero/null suppress functionality in Cognos Analytics reports

I am developing a crosstab report in Cognos Analytics that contain a large quantity of zeros in the crosstab intersection. I am trying to apply a zero suppress on the report so that any rows that have all zeros are suppressed from display. I have ...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

When a visualization is copied from one dashboard to another a new datalink will be added

Case number TS007058586 It is single server installation of CA 11.1.7 on Wins 2016 server. Issue: When a visualization is copied from one dashboard to another a new datalink will be added even though the data source (package) is the same. Step-by-...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Future consideration

IPPA Support for MS SQLServer through Windows Authentication

We have Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 installed using Azure for SSO, and MS SQLServer through Windows Authentication for all store db's (content store, notification store, etc.). After a long support call, we found out from IBM that IPPA database creati...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Future consideration

Configuration on the experience with downloadable report formats

When generate report with downloadable format, a popup/ tab page would be created and not closing automatically. This would make user confusion as the new window state "Download this report in Excel format". Suggest to add option to configure Cogn...
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Expand Search in Data Module

When editing a data module, there is a search bar at the top of the source tree. When I type into that box, it returns only items that contain a match in the Label property. Sometimes it is desirable to be able to search for the name from the sour...
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Functionality already exists

Restrict the size for a report output

We need to limit the size of a report output (i.e. pdf, csv, xlsx) to a maximum size. Defined by us. A warning message should be produced for the users in case that the report exceeds this defined limit. Unfortunately this functionality is current...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 2 Not under consideration

Add possibility to view details on scheduled jobs as NOT administrator

When you have scheduled a job, reports and events you have to be able to view details of the different reports within 1 specific job. Now the view shows all reports and you are not able to see to which event/job the report is related. That should ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Lists and Crosstabs on a Dashboard

There needs to be more control over font size and cell padding for lists and crosstabs on a dashboard. Being able to control font size and cell padding would help to make the lists and crosstabs more visually appealing.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Feature to hide output format from 'Run as' screen

Currently the features to hide output formats (such as Excel and Excel data) via the role customizations are applicable only to the toolbars within the viewer screens. Even though Excel data is removed for a role, the Run as screen still shows tho...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

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