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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Cognos Analytics
Components Reporting
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 18, 2025

current_date or current_timestamp Cognos Functions Enhancement to enable Query to be re-used for DQM mode

When current_date or current_timestamp is used, query reuse is disabled since the values for those functions would need to be cached to allow reuse. Since the cashed value might not be the same as the current value it is considered a data integrity matter and Impacting performance issues in the reports starting Cognos 11.2.4 version.

Needed By Quarter
  • Guest
    Sep 26, 2025

    @Guest Thank you for reaching out. In this case, a re-use cannot be enabled. CURRENT_TIME and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP are non-deterministic functions. This means that each time they are called, they return a different value, as the time keeps changing throughout the day. These functions do not produce consistent results on repeated calls. For this reason, the resulting values cannot be reused. This behaviour is not unique to Cognos Analytics.

  • Guest
    Sep 24, 2025

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request. We appreciate your feedback. This will be reviewed as part of our ongoing product roadmap planning and prioritized within the product backlog.