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Ability to control package based routing options in deployment process

Assuming package based routing is set in a production environment. The routing properties will be overwritten and are unset after importing a deployment file that was created in an environment without packaged based routing. The requested function...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

IBM report studio: Running basic satatistics over a query result, without requerying the database

I need to be able to execute statistical calculations over a query result in Cognos and there are no functions currently. We need to be able to process statistical calcuations after parameterized queries execute and result sets are created. IBM SP...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Default setting for Use Set Aggregate

By default when create Totals in the cross-tab, the value of the Use Set Aggregate property is set to true. Need to have an ability to set default value to false.
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

ENH : Definable and Reusable subsets (public + private) in BI Reports

Today there is the possibility to define public subsets in BI Reports (Shared sets in 10.2.1) but we would like a more flexible functionality: private as well as public subsets //// BI subsets as well as subsets based on package elements (dimensio...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

ENH Provide method to create Weighted Dimension in Dynamic Cube Designer

Client would like to have a means to create a Weighted Dimension in Dynamic Cubes. The requirement is such that whenever the specific members are added to a report the measure would be weighted. For example when Member ABC is added to the report a...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to change data source on an upgraded data set

If you have an upgraded data set which has a data source with multiple data source connections (i.e. DEV and PROD) then when you replace the package you are not prompted to select a data source connection. If you create a new data source in 11.2.1...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Enable Alerts in Cognos Mobile for OLAP data sources

In the mobile app we cannot currently set Alerts on visualizations that have an OLAP data source. In our case, most of our dashboards/visualizations are currently against PA cube data sources, and we are keen to use Alerts but can't. This impedes ...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 1 Delivered

Joined queries do not respect language setting for the report column's header

Please refer to TS005375120: - Set Content language to English - Define 2 queries that can be joined - Join the Queries to create a 'joined query' - Create a report showing a list on the joined query and a list for each of the original queries - R...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Search feature in "Create Data groups" like in Report studio "set limits"

If a data item has more than 32000 objects and you want to create data groups in dashboard. its limiting to 32000 items and if you want to use items that are beyond the initial pull you cannot find them.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Multi-Measure support in Dashboarding Pie chart

Multi-Measure support in Dashboarding Pie chart would enhance the flexibility of the chart to work with a broader range of data sets. This functionality already exists in other charts such as the Stacked Column chart. This is a great feature becau...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release