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Cognos Analytics

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Datamodule doesn't support store procedures

By introducing the capability to import database stored procedures as parameterized query objects in the Data Module, you could streamline your workflow within Cognos and eliminate the need for additional Cognos Framework Manager installations. Th...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

Audit DB - Report and E-Mail reception

It would be desirable to have a function in the audit DB to find out which report is sent to which e-mail addresses (incl. storage path). Currently this is not possible with the standard audit.
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Future consideration

Render Variable to show/hide columns not working in CSV and Excel Data formats

We have a prompt page (Check Box prompt ) to select/unselect columns to show/hide in the list report. We are using Boolean variable accordingly to show/hide the columns based on the prompt[t selection. We have around 80 columns in the choices of t...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted
124 VOTE

Option to Run Schedule Once

We were excited to see the My Schedules and Subscriptions menu added to Cognos Analytics 11.0.8, but found there was one option we previously had (and still have in the administration view) is to run a schedule once. Our users who heavily utilize ...
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration
141 VOTE

Same selected item data in value prompt is sent to the client browser over and over while using drill-through

Same selected item data in Value prompt is sent to client browser over and over while using drill through. When lots of items are selected in Value prompt, this issue causes huge amount of data receiving. Those same selected item data shouldn't be...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add a server name to the wording "Test message from IBM Cognos Configuration"

Each time a server reboots, it sends out an email message with the subject "Test message from IBM Cognos Configuration." We have multiple instances of Cognos and it would be nice to know which server is sending out this message. Is there a way to ...
22 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Submitted

Implement a possibility to configure the ctrlChars option for dataset storage in DB2

When we enable the dataset storage in DB2 and attempt to pull in data warehouse data into a dataset, we get a failure to store the data due to DB2 complaining about ascii characters below 31. CSV and Excel files seems to be stripped during upload,...
5 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Submitted

CSV generation options per report/run

Currently csv settings like encoding, terminator, delimiter, qualifier, mimetype and trimspaces are set at the system level for all report executions. Changes affect all users in the specific environment. Our users have different requirements for ...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Planned for future release
107 VOTE

+/- buttons for column grouping

The ability to group columns in Cognos would be a great feature which is a small thing but a missing element compared to MS Reporting services reporting. https://oxen.tech/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/grouping.gif In fact the (+)/(-) buttons used wi...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

use a datamodule in Event Studio

IBM Cognos Event Studio works with source items that were defined in an IBM Cognos Framework Manager model and published as a package. We need that IBM Cognos Event Studio works also with Data Modules.
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 10 Not under consideration