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Status Planned for future release
Workspace Cognos Analytics
Components Reporting
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 25, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Better UI / bigger windows for selecting render variables, conditional styles etc

There are numerous windows within the report editor that feel like you are looking through a letter box to try and choose a value. A couple of examples are the Render Variable and Select Existing Conditional style windows.


The render variable window only shows three entries, you have to scroll through entries to pick the appropriate ones. When you have a lot of render variables this is a bad experience. Even worse, when you have verbose descriptions you then have to horizontal scroll to see the name.


I have lots of screen real estate - yet this window cannot be resized. it insists on operating in the small window, I can move the window but I can't resize it. It feels like a design from when screens only had 600*300 pixels. I can resize other windows - such as the expression editor.


I have suggested a redesign of this window which would improve functionality. It should also be resizable so the column widths increase to see the full variable names.



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  • Guest
    Sep 26, 2025

    Thank you, Marc, 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.

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  • Guest
    Sep 25, 2025

    I have attached the mock up user interface and added to this comment. The ideas portal wouldn't let me post this in the original comment.

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