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custom appender log4j2 logging and CJAP and SDK logging

Today there is no feasibility to log CJAP or our SDK based batch script into custom log file using log4j2/SLF4j implementation. Earlier we used to use log4j 1.x with log4j.properties file and able to log SDK/CJAP into our custom log file. With 11....
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Not under consideration

allow multiple return urls in OIDC namespace

Since current cognos OIDC namespace only allows 1 Return URL, we can only access cognos using the domain name specified in return URL, which is normally gateway URL. If we need to access cognos via Dispatcher URL, we need to create additional name...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Future consideration

systemd template unit files for Cognos Analytics

Currently, Cognos Analytics does not support an automatic service start via systemd template unit files on RHEL7 and 8. systemd allows us to control boot time dependencies with more granularity so tht we can control situation like start Cognos Ana...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 1 Not under consideration

More Authentication Support for Content Store with Azure SQL DB

Hi, As more company are moving to cloud, we need more modern method of authentication for content store. Currently for MSSQL, SQL or Windows authentication is supported. In the Azure Entra ID, we need support for authentication with the Managed Id...
4 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Option called "Maximum number of backup server log files" Should apply to all generated logs

The current options " Maximum number of backup server log files" for is applying to cognosserver.log and p2pd_message.log only. However it should apply for all generated logs. Reference post - Setting up logging - IBM Documentation
about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Missing Foreign Key Indexes in Cognos Product

Oracle recommends to have indexes on foreign keys columns to avoid locking issue at database level, we have observed Missing Foreign Key Indexes in Cognos Product tables. Please find the attached screenshot for the table and col details. Oracle's ...
2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Full Support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Right now we are using Cognos Analytics on a SLES 12 SP5 OS. SLES 12 has EOS in 2024 and we need to migrate to SLES 15 (SP4 or newer). Right now the "Cognos Analytics Server" and the "Cognos Software Development Kit" are not supported on SLES 1...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Submitted

Add Rocky Linux as Supported Operating System

Rocky Linux has been selected by our company as the standard operating system for all applications. As a SaaS provider standardization across the organization has a tremendous impact on our ability to service and would produce cost savings. Rocky ...
9 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Not under consideration

Update DB2ZOS SCripts for Tables and Tablespaces to support UTS that is the DB2 Z/OS direction.

Current Cognos Analytics Configuration scripts like tablespace_db2zos.sql , needs to be updated to support UTS. This is the direction of IBM DB2 V12 and higher to use UTS tables and Tablespaces. One Table per one Tablespace. No longer use Shared t...
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Future consideration

Allowlist only the HTML tags that wont trigger any execution in the browser

As a part of Pent test,it was observed that IBM Cognos application is vulnerable to Stored-XSS occurs when a malicious script is injected directly into a vulnerable web application. The application accepts all type of inputs without validation ...
11 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Install and config 0 Future consideration