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Cognos Analytics

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Allow multiple hierarchies in the Measure dimension of a Planning Analytics (PA) cube to be used in Cognos Analytics

We have a Planning Analytics cube where the Income Statement Measure Dimension has more than one hierarchy. This works fine in a Planning Analytics Exploration and also in Planning Analytics for Excel, but it does not work in Cognos Analytics. In ...
10 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Under review

Allow Table in Cognos dashboard to show message 'No data available' in case selected data is not available

Hey Team! In the dashboard, I was showing data in the table visualization. It is working fine if the data is present. However, if there is no data available, the table is left blank and only displays the headers, which is not a user-friendly view....
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 1 Under review

Add fixed and relative values to baseline visualization

While building dashboards, it's common to have to see the baseline of a graph (lines or bars). This feature already exists in report studio (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.0.0?topic=properties-baselines)
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Under review

Organizing datasource connections in Cognos Administration

Hi, We would like to get a better overview in Cognos Administration when viewing all our 2000 datasource connections. The ability to filter on datasource connection type (PowerCube, MS SQL Server, ODBC, IBM Cognos TM1 etc.) in order to minimize th...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Under review

Table Dashboard widget to add text commentary

Currently slides are used to present numbers and text commentary. A table is used to structure the text commentary. Moving to Cognos Analytics we would like to be able to replicate this text commentary in a table within the Cognos dashboard. Curre...
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Under review

Change size of the label KPI

We want to have the ability to change the label size in a KPI.
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Under review

Customizing Cognos files / Customized PODs

*** Please note: IDEA for a future evolution of CA on Software Hub ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/software-hub/5.1.x?topic=new-cognos-analytics ) *** In Cognos Analytics on-prem customization of files in the Cognos Analytics install directory, e.g....
9 months ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Under review

Enable OKTA for Databricks connection

Currently we are using a particular user token in the databricks connection for authentication. If the connection enables OKTA capability like other reporting tools then it will be more secure and also we need not rotate the connection token every...
almost 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Under review

Dashboard List text wrapping

As a dashboard user, I would like to be able to display the full text of a Level field without having to hover over the text. Our use case requires us to display the dashboard on a large screen where users don't have the ability to hover over. Pro...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Under review

Data module: model automation

Our modelers don't want to create their complex/big models completely manually. They need to create models partially by scripts which can be executed over the data module UI, like it is possible in Framework Manager. This possibility should be con...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Under review

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