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Cognos Analytics

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Ability to use Distribution Lists in CA

Need the ability to use Distribution Lists in Schedules like in every other version of Cognos BI
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Make primary search configurable

Currently a User will only receive 50 search results in the primary Cognos Analytics Search. Access currently works fine so the results are limited to what the users see. The problem is that if the users could potentially see 50+ results only 50 w...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

connect queries from multiple packages in a report

When you have multiple packages in one report, be able to connect them in the report. Now only possible by combining them in a data module: when you use two packages in one report, it is not possible to combine dataitems from one package with a da...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 5 Not under consideration

Column width in cross tab or list report

Need ability to adjust column width in cross tab or list report
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Prompt/parameter defauts - Set by Query (Use Query as source instead of hardcoded text)

Instead of hardcoded text, have the option to use a query as the source for prompt/parameter defaults. This will make the default selection of a prompt dynamic (user can access each report with own preferences). In our company we need to be able t...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

Using QR Code for login in Mobile App with SSL or SSO

Lots of our customers using SSL and SSO for Cognos Analytics On Prem. Since Cognos Version 11.2.4 they also more and more use the Mobile App for consuming Dashboards. The point is that they currently have to enter the Dispatcher URL for connecting...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration

Ability to append data to data set

Most of our Cognos users are asking for the option/ability to incrementally update the data in Data Sets. Could you please provide that ability? This helps avoid putting unnecessary burden on the database and Cognos application compared to doing a...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to secure tabs in a dashboard based on different security groups

We have different groups who likes to see similar dashboards but currently we have to create separate dashboards for each group due to data security issue and we would very much like to have a functionality available where we can secure a tab in t...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Future consideration

Burst Report - Dynamic Email Subject

The ability for bursting via email to have a dynamic email subject. Currently able to add HTML report to email body - would be useful to add a subject line in a similar way.
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Support lineage for Data Modules

I was surprised to find that data lineage is not supported for data modules when this is one of the key differentiators in the market for Cognos. Please consider to add lineage support for data modules asap.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Future consideration

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