Cognos 11.0.7 - Ability to hide/edit 'Quick reference' links from Welcome Page.

This illustration outlines how to safely remove the Quick reference section from the Cognos home. The Quick reference section is rendered as a <div> with a named class of homeReferenceContainer. One solution is to simply hide it using javascript. It is helpful to locate the exact <div> by pressing F12 in the Chrome web browser and drilling down / selecting the homeReferenceContainer element within the body of the html:

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As of Cognos Analytics 11.1.4, the Quick Reference section has been removed and replaced by a more functional Welcome section, which can be hidden by individual users or disabled completely globally.

I had the same requirement to remove the "Quick Reference" menu. This now works in the 11.1.2 release.

You need a custom view with the spec json excluding the "com.ibm.bi.bahome_common.quickReferences" item.

{
    "name":"SampleConsumers",
    "schemaVersion": "1.0",
    "comment": "Extensions for Consumers role in Sample.",    
    "extensions": [
    {
        "perspective": "home",
        "comment": "Removes content that is not useful or usable for the role.",
        "features": [{
            "id": "wfg.homePerspective.excludeItems",
            "excludeItems":["com.ibm.bi.bahome_common.quickReferences", "com.ibm.bi.glass.common"],
            "comment": "Consumers will not understand the quick references since they are focused on content authors."
        }]
    }]
}