IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


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Cognos Analytics

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Data modules - Possibility to control access to different data sources

We want to control which data sources (Packages, Data sets, Files, Data Modules, Databases) our customers could use when they create and edit data modules. Currently there is no possibilty to restrict the available data sources. Initially they sho...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 2 Not under consideration

Ability to call CA11 Dashboard from another application with parameters

Ability to call CA11 Dashboard visualizations and whole dashboard page as a whole from another application with parameters
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability To Selectively Deploy Data Sources

We need the ability to have project admins (users, not people with SYSADM rights) export specific data sources from one environment to another, and have that respect the defined permissions. So: if a user wants to migrate a Dynamic Cube data sourc...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to set and edit saved parameters on Data Sets

We have a data set that contains prompt parameters to filter the results. We would like to be able to set and edit user saved parameter values without having to edit the data set. Similar to reports and report views, it would be great if we can se...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Copy a tab from one dashboard to a another dashboard

I would like to have an option to copy whole tabs from dashboard 1 to dashboard 2. I know the option pins, but that is only for items. The option copy tabs is necessary for my management dashboards.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Do not require a CAST for BLOB/CLOB content in DQM mode

Currently, we found out that BLOB or CLOB data fields are being automatically cut down to 1024 chars by IBM Cognos when used in reporting, via the new DQM mode. This is unacceptable. A CLOB/BLOB field is used in data warehousing for the exact purp...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Lineage on Dashboards

When you are running or developing a report within Cognos 11 - you have the ability to click on a data item and choose lineage to determine where that data is coming from. This capability only exists for Reports - it does not exist for Dashboards ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add Graded Scale conditional formatting to Reporting Lists and Crosstabs, and Dashboard crosstabs

Excel has Graded Scale conditional formatting... when we are asked to replicate a report that uses Graded Scale formatting, it is not possible in Cognos
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Cognos Analytics global setting for default report run behavior

Although an enhancement was developed in R11.0.8 to set the default report behavior on a report-by-report basis, we require a way to set the default behavior for all reports in our Cognos Analytics instance.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Feature to hide output format from 'Run as' screen

Currently the features to hide output formats (such as Excel and Excel data) via the role customizations are applicable only to the toolbars within the viewer screens. Even though Excel data is removed for a role, the Run as screen still shows tho...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

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