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Cognos Analytics

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Microsoft Fabric Data Server Connection

Any plans on supporting a Data Server Connection to Microsoft Fabric ?
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Not under consideration

Need to calculation a summary value for calculated ratios based on calculations and not by average in Dashboard

If we create any ratio calculations in the dashboard by default the resulting value is summed up, which is wrong. Also, if we change the summary property to average then it is giving a value which is nearly right but we are not getting the exact v...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic cubes heap when loading in-memory aggregates

Loading the in-memory aggregates consumes massive amounts of heap. In previous versions of Cognos when all in-memory aggregates was loaded from the source the heap consumption was far less. We have a setup with a few cubs starting at the same time...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Data Set refresh though batch job

Data sets are having scheduleing properties to get refresh, However instead of defining individual data set refresh schedule it would be much helpful if we can use cognos jobs to include multiple data sets in a single batch and schedule refresh.
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Consistent naming throughout Cognos Analytics

Cognos Analytics changed to "Team Content" from "Public Folders" and "My Folders" to "My Content", but in some places where the legacy interface is integrated with the new interface, references to "My Folders" still exist. It would be consistent t...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Drillthrough component between Powerplay and Report Studio 64bit

Hello, we use Powerplay and drillthrough reports in Report Studio. We need to install a 32bit dispatcher that powerplay drillthrough function is working. The reason is the component of drillthrough definition which requires a 32 bit report service...
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

View Job Step Status As In Cognos 10

This is the same issue as: https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/ideas/CA-I-2931 In Cognos 10.2, users had an option to "View the details ... after closing this dialog" when running objects (i.e. reports, views, jobs) in the background. This was es...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

Deny copy from folders without write permissions

In the Cognos Analytics interface; we would like to have the ability to deny or remove copy from folders that users do not have write access to. Currently there is no way of preventing users with read and traverse from copying reports and saving t...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Adding images to reports and dashboards

Currently only administrators can upload images.Anyone making a report should be able to upload images . Just like all the other BI tools out there
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Dashboard, on crosstab viz add sort by summarized values

In Dashboards add sort function to the summary column field on a cross tab visualization type
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration