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Cognos Analytics

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Statistical calculations in Dashboard does not work

It was found that the statistical calculations like 'median' for Summary is not working in Dashboard. This is with reference to case created TS005791544 with IBM Support. The feature is available but fails to summarize correctly.
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

OpenID Connector for F5 APM

Setup an F5 APM OIDC connector like you have for ADFS, Okta, Etc.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Dedicated dispatcher for different data sources

We have configuration conflict to set up realm kerberos to connect to different HADOOP systems. In out krb5.conf, We have to hard-coded realm name for the HADOOP system. But this limits us to connect to other HADOOP systems that need different rea...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

'Close and Run the report' in Drill-through definitions or re-run first and then switch to an open report

There's a slight delay in data being re-loaded when a new set of parameters are passed to an already opened drill-through report. When a user goes back to a parent report and then re-drills with new set of parameters they will see prior output of ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Is a defect

Add option to sort visualization items (like rows in crosstab) based on element attributes and hierarchy order (for OLAP)

We are missing option to sort axis and other items in visualization based on hierarchy natural order or based on elements attributes. Asc and desc options are not sufficient for most of the cases like years, periods or any dimension which has logi...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Enable nesting items bellow and next to each other in visualization like it used to work in old cognos charts

We need to be able to drag elements next to each other and bellow each other in the same visualization to be able to combine elements and show what is requested in dsahboards. Especially important for OALP sources. Typically you want to have two l...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Required Support for Dynamic LDAP groups

Our company is implementing Dynamic LDAP groups and as per the PMR: 22069,442,000 this is yet not supported by IBM Cognos 10.2.1. Without this enhancement to support it will be a challenge to take Cognos to UAT and Production
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Support for open jdk

Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 and future releases - Provide support for open jdk (current version) openjdk version "11.0.17" 2022-10-18 LTS Infosec requires the java version on our servers to be up to date and they scan the servers weekly.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Ability to consider TM1/PA SSL certificates within a Cognos Analytics installation

In an environment where Planning Analytics and Cognos Analytics is installed the most common way is CAM authentication for a single login. In order to use SSL in such an environment an additional option is requested in the installation procedure t...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Be able to have more than 25 Advanced Settings

We now have more than 25 Advanced Settings, but there are only 25 lines that you can enter Advanced Settings and there is not a way to have more lines. Please create an enhancement that allows more then 25 Advanced Settings. Thanks
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration