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Cognos Analytics

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Data Source Connections - Set Password Dynamically

Problem / Use Case - In Cognos Data source connections can be created in multiple places. Either of the below cases we need to enter the password manually. Considering knowing the password in Production databases is a Security Risk. So Implement a...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Future consideration

Implement an option to read DB credentials from AWS Secret Manager rather than embedding a signon in Cognos Analytics.

Centralised secrets management lowers administration overhead - being able to integrate with a standard secrets repository and leverage those security factors would reduce maintenance within Cognos Analytics.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Dynamic PDF Secure Password

Customers want to leverage the PDF Secure Password functionality but want the password abstracted away to stored in a database rather than hardcoded in the Cognos job or schedule.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Future consideration

Under Team Content We need All reports and path and description details not Audit report

User asked what are the reports under Team content. Report Name ,Report Path and Description of the report. Example: Team Content->Office A->under 10 Reports we need to see all 10 Reports and description. In Audit Report only User run report...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

When we are scheduling the report via trigger, password should be hidden or we should be able to run the trigger without password

as you understand it is dangerous to hardcode password in a bat file where it is visible by anyone
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Better manage Dashboard pins

If I want to make optimal use of (saved) dashboard pins, I would like to have these additional capabilities in the pin library: be able to create folders/groups be able to rename pins be able to add tags to pins, including one called "favorite" be...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Future consideration

Support lines in the visualization map in Cognos

Tableau has the functionality to easily upload a shape file in mapbox and visualise on a map the rivers,.... When selecting in a table a certain river, the river on the map in mapbox is highlighted. The opposite is also possible, when selecting a ...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Support Arrays in Cognos

Per IBM, currently it does not support data type of arrays...In some complex data models we need this type of data type to be supported by cognos for reporting...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Enable local cache for Vendor Specific functions

Problem Statement : Local cache does not work when user defined or vendor specific functions are used in queries. Description: Currently there is a functionality in COGNOS FM or reporting tool to turn on local cache to re- use query cache for subs...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Cognos Analytics: Ability to expand the height of Dashboard Filter

Hi, I would like to suggest adding the feature to expand vertically the dashboard filter in Cognos Analytics to give a different view when filter is beyond the normal horizontal expansion. Regards, Regino Ilano
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

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