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Split Labels and (Surrogate) keys in Data Modules

In Framework Manager it is currently possible to split Labels and Keys. Meaning, an end user will see the label of a field (eg. The Netherlands) and in the backend, Cognos will filter on the attached key (eg. 12345). The advantage of this is that...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

EXPORT to local (not server) using the ADMIN_CMD

The export calle from admin_cmd can only export to the server. There should be a way to export in the client when called the SP,
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Controller Web to have copy values, journals and opening balance functions

Current Controller Web 10.3 FP1 does not have copy functions for company level like in Controller Client. to include all company level functions into Controller Web so that users can perform the same tasks as Client users. instead of asking group/...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 1 Not under consideration

SUMMARY shows wrong values until all nested items are nested within Summary

When crosstabs in Workspace Advanced has nested rows (for example Products and Channels), creating SUMMARY on the first item (Products) shows wrong TOTALS until all Channels or Summary of Channels are manually nested within in.In Analysis Studio, ...
almost 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Formatting Calculated members in dynamic cubes

Dynamic cube allows to create calculated members. However , there is no way to format the calculation at model level. For example, end users generally want to see % sign for percent calculations in the report output. Having the ability to format ...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add a TM1 function to sync (on demand) AD groups with TM1 groups

We need a way to force tm1 to refresh someone's group assignments, some kind of TM1 function or API to trigger the syncronization on demand between AD groups and TM1.
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Select leaf level elements in hierarchy when creating datasets from dimensional data

Hi, we would invite to have more options when selecting the hierarchical elements for data sets for dimensional data sources like TM1/PA. Today we can even select member of member+children which is not enough detailed to create correct dataset. W...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Save book sort order

We'd like to alway display our shared books in alphabetical sort order.
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

when drop-create a unique index , start tablespace in RO to avoid duplicate keys

Sometimes our customers want to add an extra column/change order of colums in a unique index, which requires drop-create of index. To avoid duplicate keys, we often create a new unique index and then drop the old unique index - or drop-create in...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Increased Character Count for Journal Text when doing Import of General Ledger Journal

Using Transfer>External Data>Import General Ledger Journals, there is a character limit of 255 on the journal text. This is very short for a journal text. Also to note, is much shorter than what is allowed if User were to manually create the...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Not under consideration