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Cognos Analytics

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Please add status of unatteneded install of Cognos Analytics

Cognos BI 10.x had a status window during unattended installation. Cognos Analytics does not. Only way I can see if its done is to monitor the javaw.exe process via Task Manager in windows
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Implement switch to turn off GetParameters to display the promptpage faster

Implement switch to turn off GetParameters to display the promptpage faster
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Allow users to define network location for saved output

System: Cognos BIActor: User requiring enhanced functionality Cognos allows saving report output to the file system along a very narrow set of boundaries - the root can be defined in the Content Manager global confitg, and subdirectories can be ad...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Show shortcuts in Cognos Connection for Microsoft Office

When browsing Cognos Connection from MS Excel, the shortcuts to actual reports are not visible. Please, make them visible and enable drag&drop to Excel sheet. The reason is that our customer has separate folder structure - for developers - all...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Searchable Tree Prompt

Either extend existing Tree Prompt or add a new insertable object that allows for text searching of elements in a tree prompt.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Support for viewing spatial layers in Cognos RS

Support for viewing spatial layers in Cognos RS
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Distribute reports by email with fixed sender

We've set up an Event Studio Agent to execute and distribute burst reports. Different people (from support) need to be able to start the agent, but all reports always need to be send using the same from email.
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Format of calculated members in Dynamic Cubes

Using a percentage aggregation in a calculated member, does not result in the Measure being formatted with Percent, when defined in a Dynamic Cube.This has been evaluated as Design Intent in APAR PI09144. This enhancement is created, as request to...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Register Windows service without starting it

Would like an option in Cognos Configuration to register the service without starting it (for example having a option available by right-clicking on the IBM Cognos object in the explorer). This would allow the user to then go and modify the servic...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Trigger jobs command line by ensuring failover

To trigger the jobs(which is a collection of reports) from external to the cognos system, we see a trigger utility available.trigger.sh http://loca lhost:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch username password namespaceID triggername We see that trigger.sh a...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration