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Cognos Analytics

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Cognos Analytics does not suport Google Big Query Data Nested Record Type

Google Big Query supports nested record type .Currently Cognos Analytics has no way of knowing that it is not a VARCHAR, driver will return a RECORD type as a VARCHAR with a string in a JSON format .As a result any nested field with record type re...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Allow more control over prompt UI (e.g. padding)

In Cognos Analytics we have no control over the padding between the items in a value prompt. The amount of padding is excessive and limits the number of prompt values which can be displayed when the value prompt drops down. This forces the user to...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Option called "Maximum number of backup server log files" Should apply to all generated logs

The current options " Maximum number of backup server log files" for is applying to cognosserver.log and p2pd_message.log only. However it should apply for all generated logs. Reference post - Setting up logging - IBM Documentation
8 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Additional graph options for matrix graphs (repeating columns/rows)

When repeating on rows or columns there should be an option to have the axis labels appear only for the first instance. Repeating using a measure group should give us an option to have each value axis have it's own scale and formatting options. In...
8 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Submitted

Assign different icons to the different data points as per category on maps

Hi Team, There is enhancement requirement in cognos analytics version 12.0 dashboard to assign more icons as per category in maps. For example: If we have category column in our dataset that consists of different categories like type1,type2,type3 ...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Not under consideration

Allow copying of individual report pages between two different Cognos systems

It is currently not possible to copy individual report pages between two different Cognos systems. You can copy complete reports between two Cognos systems. You can also copy individual report pages within the same Cognos system, but not between t...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 or 11.2.x versions signed install and Signed DLL and exec files

IT security Team is asking us to All cognos install files -DLL and exe needs to be signed. That way it can be trusted from security standpoint of view
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Future consideration

Better support for rendering CA Dashboarding visializations on a mobile device

Rendering of charts on mobile device in Cognos Analytics is challenging. Navigation, readability, usability are not optimized for a mobile device
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Folder Security

We would like to have a feature that allows a user to create contentwithin a folder(reports, other folders, etc..), but disallows them frombeing able to delete any content. In other words, we would like it suchthat 'write' permissions don't necess...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add end date option in subscribe report menu

Self service reportingSubscribe report menu Currently there is no way to define an end date while subscribing a report.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration