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Cognos Analytics

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Allow a dynamic filename element (ie. Date-stamp) for deployment exports so that a history of deployments can be maintained.

This will benefit environments where automated backups are defined, but it is not desireable for the existing backup to be overwritten. For example, being able to access 4 weeks history of weekly backups, without having to script a rename/copy ope...
8 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Framework Manager to Update the Metadata Information from Database

Framework Manager does not update the Description of the Database object, when we update the object. If the database did not have the Description at the time of import, even when we manually key in the Description / Screen Tip to the Database Laye...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Report Output should allow for alternate XML formats

XML output format does not provide for the tag names and cannot be used for import to other applications. Currently, the only option is to export to cvs and then create a program to parse the data. This defeats the purpose of providing XML as a re...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Allow selection of a Planning Analytics subset for a Tree prompt's default

Currently, when I try to set a Tree prompt's default selection property to a subset in a Planning Analytics data source's dimension, it is not allowed. This behavior is not preferred... selection of a subset should be available.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Improve documentation on subscription (vs schedule) feature

Existing documentation on the subscription feature describes how to enable subscriptions, but doesn't clearly explain how it works or how it is different from schedules. I learned the following from opening a support ticket. When asked if IBM coul...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Create a subscription mechanism for reports that could work in an airgapped environment (no access to email). Idea is to show a notification to the user in the Cognos UI itself (using the bell).

The customer is generating reports on a regular basis and is not able to use the standard email distribution for those reports because of he is having an airgapped environment.Currently, the team has been using a workaround proposed by Trevor Come...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

Ability to hide fields in table when enriching a package

We don't always hide the S_Key's from our Fact and Dimension tables, because it helps with troubleshooting problems. So when we enrich a framework manager package there is now way to exclude them from being enrich. So when you open a exploration, ...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Show Run options for anonymous user when app bar is hidden

Show Run options for anonymous user when app bar is hidden
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Previous/Next Record Function

Hi I've seen other BI Tools use their own Previous Function to access Previous records. Not looking at the Running-count or running-diff Functions as those are for Metrics As of SQL 2012, MS has introduced Lag and Lead Functions in SQL
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to apply 'stoplight' coloring for heat maps and tree maps in Cognos Analytics

We would like the ability to apply 'stop-light' coloring for heat maps and tree maps in Cognos Analytics dashboards.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

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