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Cognos Analytics

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REST API: Provide more detail about the usage/links to File-Based and External data sources.

Here are the API calls I make: To find out about external data sources (Postgres etc.) I use the url: <url>/api/v1/datasources and <url>/api/v1/datasources/<id>/connections To find out which files are imported into the platform I...
7 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Submitted

Lifecycle Manager Automatic Prompt Fill In

With the previous 10.2.2 version of Lifecycle Manager, the application would automatically fill in prompts so we didn't have to edit prompts for every report. That feature is missing in the Cognos Analytics version.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Need ability to rename data modules and update links

We would like the ability to rename data modules in CA. We have the ability to swap out the modules, but cannot edit the name.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add ability on Schedule Management screen to sort running items by NAME

Add the ability to sort running items by NAME in the CA Schedule Management screen.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Remove _en-us suffix when sending reports in Event Studio

I'm sending reports in excel format to a system to automatically load the data. However, the system does not like the suffix _en-us, specifically the dash.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

CA11 copying of settings for schedules

The customer want to have the possibility to takeover and afterwards if required adapt the schedule setting for other report.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Provide the Advanced Drill Functionaility in the Interactive Viewer

By default the interactive viewer allows users to drill up and drill down on any projected items. Please provide the ability to restrict the drill up and drill down entirely and on an individual Query Item basis. This functionality used to be avai...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Improve the location of trendline label on the line chart

Improve the location of trendline label on the line chart
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Dashboard List Visualization Direction Property

Add a property to the list visualization that allows users to specify a vertical or horizontal list.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

External Application Server support for Cognos Analytics 11

Cognos Analytics 11 has taken off external application server support for its application to be deployed on, till Cognos 10.2.1 we had been using WebSphere ND to host the p2pd and now WebSphere Liberty is being offered out of the box as the only o...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration