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Cognos Analytics

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Extend REST API with GET Specification of Framework Model (XML)

To get the Definitions of the SQL / Tables etc. behind a report we will need to read the XML Definition of the Package used in the report. We already get any information (name, description, xml specification) about the report with the new REST API...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Chart Legend

The legend position for the chart (pls refer legendpositionvertical pic), the legend is horizontal, we used to see in vertical in 11.0.6. Is there any way we can render it to vertical position on right side.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cache parameterized queries if default values set

Refresh Report Output: When scheduling a report via Job, if we select ‘refresh the report cache', it only refreshes prompt page of the report. How could we refresh report output if data latency is acceptable?
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

LCM times out or crashes after unspecified amount of time

my team has noticied with 11.07 LCM install and 11.0.10 that after an undetermined amount of time that the LCM component will time out or crash this needing to have its service restarted. Ticket: TS000999719 was opened for this for review.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

User/Group reporting

Need the ability to report groups and their members. Ticket TS001005683 was submitted for this but is now closed.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Enable using Cognos viewer in reports which use drill through in CA version 11.2.4.2

It is necessary to add the possibility of using Cognos viewer mode to open the target report when the source report opens in Cognos viewer when using drill trough. This functionality works fine until version 11.1.7.1. When you can use Cognos viewe...
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Allow Users to Organize Query Page

When multiple queries are created for one report, it is often difficult to see which ones go together on the query page. Being able to move the queries more on the right side of the page or being able to create a line to group the queries would be...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Extend Audit logging with studio usage

It would be helpful if the use of the studio is recorded in the audit tables. Information about- which users use - which studio and - how often are important and could play a role for statistics, performance and licensing issues.
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Data Server Metadata - Kerberos Connection

Kerberos, or other passwordless connections are becoming the standard authentication method for data sources. Data Servers are requirements to use web-based modelling. However, to pull metadata in a data server connection requires the user to have...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Customize font colors in Cognos 11

We want to be able to customize font colors in Cognos 11. In previous version, there was option to customize User Interface (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ba-pp-infrastructure-portals-page631/) by using styles/skin.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration