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Cognos Analytics

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Incorporate names for data tables in PowerPlay Studio where information in a cell requires a row or column header to adequately describe the cell’s contents.

Why is it Useful? PowerPlay Studio Accessibility enhancement: Currently, there are no header and cell association for data tables created in the workspace area of PowerPlay Studio. For screen reader technology users, the reading order of a data ta...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Not under consideration

Incorporate title attributes for frames inside PowerPlay Studio to assist screen readers with navigation and understanding its content.

Why is it useful? PowerPlay Studio Enhancement Request: Currently, there are no title attributes for Frames generated by PowerPlay Studio interface. Incorporating accessible names will enable screen reader users to decide whether they want to navi...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Not under consideration

Enable Keyboard only accessibility for PowerPlay Studio toolbar menu and content in the workspace area (without requiring use of a mouse)

Why is it useful? PowerPlay Studio Enhancement Request: Many users with motor disabilities and assisted technologies users may find it impossible to move or hold a pointing device with enough accuracy to activate desired features. For these users,...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Not under consideration

Enable Skip to Content accessibility enhancement for folder navigation in the Cognos Analytics Portal

Description and why is it useful: Currently, “Skip to Content” functionality allows screen reader users to skip Application and Navigation bar menu to an open report or dashboard. The enhancement request is to apply same functionality to navigate ...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 1 Not under consideration

Allow upload of .py files for Jupyter Notebooks into CA

When working with Jupyter notebooks within a CA envrionment there appears to be no way to re-use python code from 1 book to the next as CA restricts the types of file types that can be uploaed. This means for any functions that you would like to r...
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 2 Not under consideration

Tool tip shows in Package but not in Report and Dashboard

Single installation on Windows for CA 11.1.3 After adding the "Screen Tip" in FM and publishing it to Cognos portal.- Open the package in Report, on left panel it shows but drag the item to Report working area it doesn't show. The issue happens in...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

option to choose HTML vs HTM attachment format when scheduling a job with an image

It would be great to have an option per scheduled job (or at least global advanced setting in CA web portal) to customize how this "smart logic" of HTML vs HTM attachment format works. We understand that logo images are not embedded into HTML file...
about 5 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

Method to treat Null values as zero

This is only one example of where this problem may occur: We have a complex FM model which has been designed to return relative time values based upon the notes discussed here - https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/cognos/page90.html Th...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration