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View Active Advanced Settings

Currently when implementing advanced settings in the manage flyout, you must input the parameter, such as ContentApps.updateTargetObjectWhenOverwrite, and input a value, for example True. Once you have implemented this feature the only way to see ...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

More control over local processing

More control over where to process which part of a report: on database or local, make visible when the report is being processed locally (after run, on development). Alternative: Locally processed report runs must be more stable and reliable: a) S...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Preserve advanced settings in case of full clean install

Preserve Manage-UI advanced settings and Dispatcher advanced settings in case of full clean install (Content Store upgrade and fixpack installation)
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Increase the number of ALTER TABLE operations that can be performed online without placing the table in "reorg pending" state

There are a few operations that seem to place the table into "reorg pending" state immediately when it should be possible to treat them as REORG-recommended. For example, any ALTER COLUMN .. DROP COLUMN statement that doesn't affect indexes should...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Zero/null suppress functionality in Cognos Analytics reports

I am developing a crosstab report in Cognos Analytics that contain a large quantity of zeros in the crosstab intersection. I am trying to apply a zero suppress on the report so that any rows that have all zeros are suppressed from display. I have ...
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Logoff URL Improvements

There are two scenarios that don't seem to be currently supported in relation to the logoff URL that would be very beneficial. If a session times out due to inactivity, it doesn't appear to redirect to the logoff URL, if configured, which can lead...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Future consideration

Remove The Need To REORG A Table Up On Performing Table Alter/REORG Recommended Operations

Today when we perform certain operations aka REORG recommended operations against a table like adding columns, dropping columns, changing datatype of a column, altering NULLABILITY of a column etc. the table will be put in a state called REORG pen...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

Change password in Controller Web

The user needs access to Controller Classic to be able to change his/her password as there is no such functionality in Controller Web.
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Allow External Backup on HDR Secondary

It should be possible to run external backups on HDR Secondary (beneath unbar/ontape backups). Probably the necessary enhancement is just to implement onmode -c block/unblock on HDR secondaries (update reserved pages).
about 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Include/exclude fields from bulk update in TFUI & do not force update of controller fields

Please allow for configuration of which fields within an object can be bulk updated. This way, bulk update can honor the fields that are editable in a task view. Please do not force update/selection of controller fields. I understand why you would...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Not under consideration