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Planning Analytics

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Customize the root folder holding the user-specific PAfE folders and files

Planning Analytics for Excel / PAfE creates user-specific folder and files, for instance the user-specific configuration files CognosOfficeReportingSettings.xml CommManagerSettings.xml, in a user-specific folder "Cognos\Office Connection" which is...
4 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Error Log for Processes should open in own tab rather than a pop up

Currently when you view Error Logs for Processes it only displays in a pop up window. If you have a couple of errors to investigate you have to keep selecting it. It would be more benefical if it were to open in a tab similar to the way that the S...
26 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Enable Individual Storage Volume Configuration During Planning Analytics Workspace Updates on OpenShift

Currently, when updating Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) on OpenShift, the PA_KUBE_STORAGE_SIZE variable in the paw.env file applies uniformly to all storage volumes (MongoDB, Redis, etc.). This limitation creates issues when certain volumes ha...
21 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Planning Analytics Workspace backup size limitation

Problem Description The backup.ps1 script, used to backup PAW in Windows Server, uses the compress-archive PowerShell command. This command uses the System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive API to compress files, and the API limits the maximum file size...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

Enable Bulk Permission Updates for PAW Assets (Books)

Enable the capability to update permissions in bulk similar to 'Copy or Move' within a PAW Folder for books/assets. Currently we need to click on each report and 'set permissions' individually due to an issue with book migration not by default inh...
12 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Enhance grid-update mode in PAW to also defer recalculation after copy-paste-operation

In PAW you have an option to "defer recalculation" in the grid-update mode. This works for normal data entry and selection from picklists. However, it does not work for copy-paste operations. When users use copy-paste the exploration gets recalcul...
23 days ago in Planning Analytics 3 Future consideration

Date Format for Scheduling Chores

Currently the scheduling of chores can only be configured in the US date format of MM/DD/YYYY. Would it be possible to also configure the PAW server to use another date format of DD/MM/YYYY?
about 2 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

Content selector length in Workspace

when the book names are long, in the top bar to switch between tabs the names are cut and some dots are showed (attached an example) Ideally we would like to have the ability to change the lenght of the navigation area in the bar to allow to see f...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 1 Under review

Have PAW support authentication through multiple CAM instances

In Cognos Analytics you can install separate gateways pointing to separate namespaces (CAM instances) - but still the same Cognos installation/environment. This option is not available with Planning Analytics Workspace - PAW can connect to only on...
about 2 months ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Cell history

Feature Suggestion: Cell History Tracking Description: Enhance the user experience by allowing users to right-click on a cell and select "Cell History" to view the history of that cell. This feature would display: Previous Values: A list of past v...
7 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted