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Cognos Analytics

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Event Studio capabilty to rerun a failed report automatically

We have a daily event that runs a job containing many reports. This event is kicked out by a trigger. There are sporadic instances when the job runs and one report may fail. It would be nice to have a 'task' that could rerun a failed report in a job.
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Show contents of all cells in a Dashboard Table

In a dashboard table (list) items that are repeated from row to row will not display if the prior column has repeating values for the same two rows. When this happens in the middle of the row it can require scrolling to find what the displayed val...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

ParamDisplayValue() doesn't display when a default is set and the report is sent over a schedule

Our product reports use in-report value prompts. when configuring the value prompt, we are setting the Use Value and the Display Value. For some prompts we then set a default value for the Use Value. We are then trying to use a ParamDisplayValue()...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to "view lineage" on data sources when creating queries in a data set (mimic existing ability from query building in reporting )

similar to building a report, it is helpful to check lineage on field sources when building datasets. In reporting , once a source is added user may right click on any field name, select lineage, change radio button to detail and view the complete...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Provide datasource name as a package property

Provide the ability for a user to view the package datasource name from the package properties within Team / Group Content.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Specify Drill Target Report format when drilling from Dashboard

In Cognos Analytics 11 when drilling through from a Dashboard visualization to a Report want to have the option to select the target report format.
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Show error page when Cognos Analytics service is down and user try to access the gateway URI.

In Cognos Analytics 11, when Cognos Analytics service is down and if you are accessing from gateway URI, then your user will see "this page isn't working" from chrome or white screen for IE or Firefox. When seeing the white screen in IE and Firefo...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to set proxy as a setting in the Framework Manager V 11.0.X

Ability to set proxy settings in the FM software.
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add the ability to manage language for the label of Drill-thru definition

Without this possibility, we must give a title containing the different languages (ex.: Analyse détaillée (Fr)/ Detail analysis(En))
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Not under consideration

Comprehensive Auditing #mea #emea

Give more thorough Auditing Capabilities instead of using Audit Extension or third part tool like Motio or BSP Software.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration