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When Cognos Analytics queries Snowflake (Database Vendor: https://snowflake.com), the data returned when a TIME datatype is used in the query should be exactly the same as the data stored at rest within a given table on Snowflake, without any conversion based on the difference in hours between UTC and how time is configured on the Operating System where the dispatcher is installed.

This would benefit any IBM Cognos customer who is using Snowflake as a data source and expecting data to not be modified in flight regardless of where the Cognos dispatchers are located in the World's 24 regional time zones.
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Reorg a data partitioned table with non partitioned indexes online

Currently a data partitioned table with non partitioned indexes can not be reorged online, even the latest V11.1.2.2 can not do this.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 1 Not under consideration

Seamless embed into Sharepoint portal of CA-11 Dashboard & Reports

With Cognos 10.2.2, it was possible to seamlessly embed reports and objects into a Sharepoint portal by using the CPS composent.Since CA-11, that capability (CPS for Sharepoint) is no more available and although the 'embed'(iFrame) and 'share'(lin...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Optimize querying on model using bridge table

Use of 'SELECT DISTINCT' on the bridge table part of a model is unusable in real life. When you have millions of records, query have low performance
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Dynamic Drill Through Reports by passing Source Table Name and Filters as the Parameter Value Prompts

Ability to generate Dynamic Drill Through Reports by passing Source Table Name as the Parameter Value Prompts from a Summary Report.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Add mouseover tooltips to lists in reports

I need the ability in Cognos 11 to add mouseover tool tips for items in a list. This is needed to show the definition of the metric in question.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Bursted report output versions not sorted by burst key and not sortable

The report output versions of bursted output appear to be in no particular order. in Cognos 10.2.2 they were sorted by burst key. We need to have them sorted by burst key.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Excel Tab Names

When outputting report booklet to Excel, there is no way to name the tabs. Ideally, those names should be controlled from properties of the Report Booklet reports.
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Have new authority for REFRESH of MQT that does not require high privilege levels

We historically have an application batch userid that has DBADM authority. We are limiting all access to this ID to the minimally required authority it requires such as load, imagecopy and runstats at the DB level. When we started converting our t...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Job paramters settings also for Datasets

Simple scenario using datasets and scheduling it with a job or using a normal schedule. The dataset is built using parameters so when you save and load it for the first time it requires you to put parameters. If i would to refresh the dataset usin...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration