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Cognos Analytics

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Configurable "smarts"

Currently "smarts" is not configurable by the Cognos admin. We have an issue with 100% CPU utilization over a longer period of time (~ 20 min.) after creating a data module. There were extensive "smarts" actions which utilized all CPU cores by 100...
8 months ago in Cognos Analytics / AI/Smarts 0 Submitted

Format Negative numbers in parentheses in dashboard

We have cognos analytics 11.1.7FP2. We wanted to change the way negative numbers are displayed on a dashboard. IF there are negative numbers like -2567 we want to be able to change the format and show it as (2567) on a dashboard. It works fine in ...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Planned for future release

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...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Data set security to be inherited from data source security

When a data set is created (from a package), it should inherits the security of the data source on which the package is based. For example, a DataAccessRole with Read, Write, Execute, Traverse is defined as security on the data source. When crea...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Enhancement Cognos Analytics REST API

Please enhance the existing operation on Content get/content/{id} with the possibility to add an extra field which is used to store the execution/runtime of a report (object)
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration

Cognos 11.1.7 Dashboard: Disable automatic grouping in tables

The automatic grouping can become confusing in the table. In addition, the text is centered horizontally in the grouping.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Cognos Analytics - Control Over Interactivity

Currently options exist at report level to either enable or disable full interactivity. We would like more control over this functionality, perhaps at the object level.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 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.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

Provide basic Set of Utilities required to work with Cognos Analytics

IBM provided a host of Tools like Dispatcher Diagnostic tool, CM Tools, JGetInfo, LogViewerV2 among others directly as a download for customers or in the product. Currently some of these Tools are no longer available. For others you have to contac...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Updated replacement for Analysis Studio

We need an updated interface to replace Analysis Studio legacy application. As of now, there are no equivalent capabilities that are easy-to-use adhoc query capabilities of Analysis Studio. Our company has relied heavily on this tool and now that ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration