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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data & AI organization. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Cognos Analytics

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Column width in cross tab or list report

Need ability to adjust column width in cross tab or list report
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Prompts: variable default values

System: Cognos Analytics ReportingActor: User needing a simpler reporting experience Description:Reporting users have a need for reports that are easy to use. Prompt controls allow hard-coded default values. Sometimes the users want default values...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Ability to Store Data Connection in Job

We deliver several (20+) data sets to our clients in a multi-tenant environment. These datasets are deployed with demo data. They must copy these to a secured tenant folder in order to update them with their own data. We provide a pre-defined job ...
10 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration

Prompt/parameter defauts - Set by Query (Use Query as source instead of hardcoded text)

Instead of hardcoded text, have the option to use a query as the source for prompt/parameter defaults. This will make the default selection of a prompt dynamic (user can access each report with own preferences). In our company we need to be able t...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

Collaboration integration with MS Teams

Integrate Cognos Analytics with MS Teams for collaboration on Dashboards etc. similar to what is currently available with Slack
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to control interactive mode on list/charts/crosstabs level

Although the new interactive mode is a great enhancement it is only possible to switch it on/off on the report level. When it is activated all data containers are interactive (charts/lists/crosstabs) giving the user all capabilities available. We ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos Analytics Cube designer supports Denodo Datasource

At this moment IBM does not support the Cognos Analytics clients like Framework Manager and Cube Designer in combination with Denodo, We are within a migration from Netezza (End of Life) to Db2/Denodo Denodo supports Cognos (So tells their websi...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Not under consideration

Burst Report - Dynamic Email Subject

The ability for bursting via email to have a dynamic email subject. Currently able to add HTML report to email body - would be useful to add a subject line in a similar way.
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Star schema grouping in data modules

Add this functionality that is present in FM and it is important. Every cognos users would benefit a quick construction of schemas that clarify which path the query is following when you have many tables connected.
12 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 4 Not under consideration

Add Scope as filter in the GUI on Past Activities

We no longer allow our end users monitor their schedules from the administration console. Instead, they now use the option from the GUI accessible from either "My schedules and subscriptions" or "Manage-Activities". In both latter cases, they have...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Portal 3 Not under consideration