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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Cognos Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on May 18, 2018

Allow sort by column measure of crosstab on a dashboard

The Crosstab visualization on a dashboard does not allow for sorting based on the measures displayed in a column.
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    Jul 20, 2023

    There are users now copying and editing their own dashboards and this is a requirement that is repeatedly being requested...thanks.

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    Jul 17, 2023

    This is such a basic requirement. If this is a limitation for cognos and not the competition, then this won't help Cognos to win head to head.

  • Guest
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    Jul 20, 2022

    This is such as basic requirement given you do this in reports and other versions of cognos. I thought this was a bug!

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    Nov 25, 2021

    Is there any update on this enhancement request please? A customer is asking for this capability and it seems to have been under Future Consideration for some time