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Cognos Analytics

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Dashboard Crosstab - Ability to rename 'Summary' row

For certain crosstabs, the aggregate or 'Summary' row as it is labelled is not always the ideal wording for the aggregate, and we have had users asking if it could be renamed in instances to 'Total' for example. This would be helpful from a usabil...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Lineage for Folder

In 11.1.7 FP1 there is no option to check lineage on the folder. This prohibits end users to see where the folder exist especially when we have nested levels and namespaces in a big package
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Option to show % and number on the charts

HR users would like to use this functionality to present the reports to Upper management to make the right decisions. Right now, the charts either show % or number. There is no option to show both.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Cognos Analytics need an connection to Azure Synapse Data warehouse with Cognos namespace.

Cognos Analytics need an connection to Azure Synapse Data warehouse with Cognos namespace. And this namespace is created with Open ID Connect.
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Multi-Measure support in Dashboarding Pie chart

Multi-Measure support in Dashboarding Pie chart would enhance the flexibility of the chart to work with a broader range of data sets. This functionality already exists in other charts such as the Stacked Column chart. This is a great feature becau...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

PH11391: REPORT CREATED IN CA 11.1.1 WITH 11.1 VISUALIZATIONS ARE NOT SHOWING UP IN THE EMAIL BODY.

We would like to receive notification when solutions are made for APAR PH11391. When a report is created in CA 11.1.1 and 11.1 visualization isadded to it, then it does not show up in the email body.However, if in the same report 11.0 visualizatio...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Planned for future release

The context menu entries should always be displayed in the same order, whether in the "Manage" or "Team content" area.

In the "Manage" area the entry "Properties" is displayed at the top, while in the "Team Content" area the properties are displayed at the bottom, as in many other programs. Unusual is especially that you find the function "Delete" at the bottom, w...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Allow customization of line thickness on 11.1 visuals

I had ticket open with support to verify that this currently doesn't exist but it would be nice to be able to make the lines on 11.1 Line charts in reports thicker. The default is too thin for some users and there is no way to customize this prope...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Improve auto-prompting for Data Modules

Auto-prompts seem to leverage the underlying data type of the table/database. That's fairly short-sighted since numeric types can be used to represent non-metric data. For example the year or the month number of a time table. It's perfectly valid ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Report Multiple Data Elelements on a Vizualization Mouse Over

I have a combination chart. I am displaying the Qty of changes per month. I would also like to show the percentage and some other data elements that would describe the item being reported.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release