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Cognos Analytics

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Snowflake Native Functions in FM

Snowflake database native functions are not available by default in FM installations due to that we are not able to use snowflake-related functions in report authoring, we have to only common functions which are limited sometimes. installation und...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 2 Functionality already exists

Use of temp folder

My suggestion is that the themes and extension are not temporary and do not belong in a folder called temporary it causes confusion and difficulty when diagnosing. These should be moved to another folder outside the temp folder.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Future consideration

CA11: Provide filtered icon + dialogs on list reports as in excel or calc

Provide CA11 list reports+editor with a well established filter icon in list column headers and smart filter dialogs respecting filter-option settings from FM modell use and display item.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Security/Capability on global parameters

We would like to use global parameters as a place where users and advanced users can define and reuse parameters (especially default parameters).To be able to use global parameters in this way we need to be able to separate security/capabilities o...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add Folder to Query Explorer Toolbox in Report Studio

Add Folder to Query Explorer Toolbox so it can be dragged into the Query window in order to organize/group queries
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to uninstall a version of Cognos Analytics to return to previous version

Ability to uninstall a version of Cognos Analytics to return to previous version
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Remove XML files after saving them in the shared location

This case has been opened to eliminate the XML files that has been creating while saving the file to an external system.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos and export to BOX

Would like the ability to export Cognos output to BOX
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Configurable variable quota designated for datasets per user/group/or role

Currently the allocated size for datasets are the same for everyone. For Powerusers we need to allocate bigger size
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Remove the need for NC Drop, handle dead processes / schedules better

Currently, if a bad report is scheduled or something happens to the environment, the NC table can build up as explained by this technote and make schedules slow or send them into pending. To resolve this requires a lengthy process of a) backing up...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration