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Cognos Analytics

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Pain Point - CA Dashboarding - when opening a data source, have a recents folder like in main navigation

when opening a dashboard data source, have a recents folder just like in main navigation
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Maintain the 'Sent From' user when a schedule is changed

When adding recipients to a distribution the original scheduler is updated to whoever updated the distribution.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Updating Timezone for Cognos Analytics service on CP4D

To align Cognos Analytics reports and logs timestamp with local time, for example from UTC to EST.
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Cloud Paks 0 Submitted

Invoke REST API from Cognos with Parameters

We are trying to build a report in Cognos that invokes a Rest API which executes the JSON Script to pull data for the report. 1. Connected the JDBC enabled Data Source connection in Cognos Admin by pointing to Rest API Successfully. 2. We are able...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Wrong output format in Audit Table

Customer is asking for a more accurate audit logging in the area of output format. Due to a bug the only format being logged is XHTML also a ad-hoc report is executed in an different format.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Automatically calculate data type

System: Cognos Analytics ReportingActor: User wanting to develop a report or explore data Cognos Analytics Reporting is used to explore data and produce reports, both of which lead to making decisions. Description: When performing a calculation us...
about 8 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...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Add option as system administrator to reset the user default home to default one (set globally)

We would like to have option as system administrator to see the user home page and being able to reset it to default. Default in our case is home page set on global level by administrator via manage > customization > views > home page (or...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Have Audit Log show when Report is cancled due to the Report Server Execution time limit.

The system has the following configuration setting on the Report Server service: Maximum execution Time for the report service (seconds) = 3600 When reports hit this time limit, the Audit database (COGIPF_RUNREPORT) shows:RSV-SRV-0063 An error occ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

Possible to empty datamodul cache using macro against database table

Cache is great for performance, but this need to manage if souces are updated during the day. In dynamic cube we are able refresh based on schedule or ETL with use of DCADMIN. Today is it possible to set expiry time with use of Macro in datamodul....
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration