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Cognos Analytics

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Break sets

The new report tool allows you to define when pulling over dimensions if they are to be individual members or a set. We would think that we should be able to make a change by clicking an option to break the set, rather than having to remove the se...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Themes should apply to legacy tools

Themes currently do not update the banners in Query Studio. The themes should update all tools.
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Passing Data item value on a line chart

When we have a line chart and have drill through. Cognos passes parameter or the data item which is a part of the graph. The requirement is to pass data item which is not part of the chart. In my requirement, I have a data item (hierarchy) of a di...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Support more than one ReturnURL in namespace configuration for Okta (OpneID)

- Cognos environment with serveral namespaces (AD, Okta) - Cognos Administrators are members of AD and needes to logon to all namespaces to be able to add Okta-Users to Cognos-Groups and -Roles - Gatewayserver is configured to use only Okta-namesp...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Enable a Time out value if an Active CM is unable to contact a configured Standby CM

Enable a time out value if the active CM is unable to reach a configured standby CM for any reason, and unregister the malfunctioning CM from the list of dispatchers
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

ODIC Support in Cognos Analytics with signed JWT X.509 (RFC 7523)

Current implementation of OIDC in Cognos 11.0 is using a "Shared Secret Key" with OIDC server. This is not a secure way to connect. Shared secret key may get compromised by various means, proposal is to use signed JWT X.509 (RFC 7523) pattern in p...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Put fields/Date Items in folders and also mark as hidden in a data module

Some fields in datamodules will be things like surrogate keys, which I dont want users to see or use. Currently I dont see a way to hide them. Additionally when there are a number of fields in a table, it is more logical for users to see these in ...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Provide Full Cognos Analytics Functionality When Running From A Mobile Device

Provide the ability to create data modules and perform administrative tasks when running/accessing Cognos Analytics from a mobile device (i.e. iPad).
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Functionality already exists

Ability to Drill down to any path(dimension) feature

User can create a report in "Cognos Report Studio" and have the ability to enable the drill down features. But the drill down options are based on the pre-defined hierarchies those created in the Dynamic Cubes or any framework deployed packages. A...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

this request is to hide Link “Select a delivery method” user-dependent (Cognos-Role-Dependent)

While a report is running a pop-up window is provided to the user. In this window a link “Select a delivery method” is shown, which should not be usable to all users.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration