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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com


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Cognos Analytics

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REST API for viewing and managing object permissions

Enables users/IT support to find the permissions required to access a folder. Enables automation for configuring object permissions. Deploying permissions as part of a pre-defined Request For Change Verifying/monitoring that permissions are accurate.
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Adding newly added data sources to data modules automatically

We're developing a data collaboration platform. New data sources in various data formats such as CSV, database table or ESRI map will be uploaded to the platform. In this context, data modules should update itself automatically.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

SSGA

Alternate method for updating the Stored procedure data type changes in Cognos Instead of Framework manager.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

The dashboard does not work while Puppet is turned on

The feature of uploading Excel data and using it as a data source in data module is very useful. We tried to use this Excel data to generate dashboard. Unfortunately, we always encounter errors of displaying the data on the dashboard. After a revi...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Future consideration

Validate against Google BigQuery sources should submit DryRun queries

Validation of a calculation in a Framework Model against a BigQuery source results in a query executed against the data source without filters. This incurs cost and may exceed resource limits defined for that environment.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Value prompt dash line

The default first two lines - header section and dash line. Remove dash line and instead replace 'All' in the second line
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

More Defined Error Messages

Our team is using CA to connect to TM1 packages, and often times we run into connection issues. It will always give us the same message "DIMM-ERR-1007", but the root cause could be completely different each time.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Is a defect

Ability to pin favorite properties or set some properties on top

What new is in Cognos Analytics (compared with Cognos 10) is the ability to pin favorite items of the toolbox. It should be very powerful when this functionality is also available in the properties pane. When you are designing the page, you can ch...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Move or copy reports (including custom step options) between different jobs

Moving a report (including the custom step options) from one job to another job is too complicated. The only option to do this is to delete the report in one job and add the report in the other job. So you have to define the step options again whi...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Easier way to implement name change of 'My Content' and 'Team Content'

We are migrating thousands of users from Cognos 10.2.1 to Cognos 11.1.4. For transparency we would like to keep the naming of 'My Folders' and 'Public Folders'. Currently in Cognos 11, it's 'My Content' and 'Team Content'.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration