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Cognos Analytics

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Data Server Connection Routing Rule Support

For authenticating Kerberos JDBC data server connections, it is necessary to have all routing requests handled by specific Kerberos JDBC dispatchers. In an attempt to use Group/Role routing tags for dispatcher routing, the data server connections ...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Make searchpath available to extensions

We have an extension to add entries to the context menu (...) of reports and reportviews. These new entries should only appear in specific folders. For example there are two folders: FOLDER1 and FOLDER2. The context menu of all reports/reportviews...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Future consideration

Hover over job details to display source of job step

With the job properties now in the new UI, the ability to hover over job steps to uncover the folder structure behind the object is gone. There is now no way to determine where the job step has come from, especially in systems with multiple copies...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

alternating colors of rows and columns in report studio crosstab

I want to have an easy way to add alternating colors of rows and columns in a report studio crosstab.
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Session Time out Pop up

We need timeout popup as a warning message that session is about to expire. This will help users in saving time and avoid losing any unsaved changes.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Adding Glossary and Lineage funktionality to Dashboards

Like in Report Studio, a user should be able to access the Business Glossary or lineage for a meassurement directly via context menu. In our case, all our meassurements are documented in Infosphere Government Catalog. Users are used to looking up ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Support session parameters as a data security filter on data sources

Our CAP passes row-level security of a user's session to the Cognos application as session parameters. These parameters contain the full string of the where clause as dynamic SQL. While FM Data Security supports this technique, it would be benefic...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Full Support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Right now we are using Cognos Analytics on a SLES 12 SP5 OS. SLES 12 has EOS in 2024 and we need to migrate to SLES 15 (SP4 or newer). Right now the "Cognos Analytics Server" and the "Cognos Software Development Kit" are not supported on SLES 1...
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Report retains report options from session to session

Report options - Automatic group and summary behavior for lists remaining off, but the Delete unreferenced query objects and Enable guided report layout get turned back on after closing session. Visual Aids - Show Hidden Objects turns off after ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Ability to write SQL to build Dashboard visualization

Currently there is no way to control the sql generated by a dashboard. Sometimes a complex query is required to build a visualization. Please add the ability to write queries within a dashboard.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

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