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Use Measure String Elements grouping (group by for numeric data) in List, Cross Tabs, Charts PA as Source data

While using Planning Analytics Cube as source over REST API call, if we have a measure dimension with string elements or picklist elements these elements can also should be used as one of the virtual dimension to view the cube measure numeric elem...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

For reports run interactively, display the report location.

When you run multiple reports with the same name, there is no way from the Welcome drop down to determine each report location making it impossible to differentiate between them. See file Attachments for a screenshot or view this forum post:https:...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Dashboard View like Reportviews

Our users are moving the Dashboards to my content with there name selected for filter, but if we do any changes to main Dashboard under Team content they are not getting those updates to My Content, looking for having similar concept as Report vie...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add an option allowing to clear recent list

We need an option that help us to clear all recents lists for users. Why : Because some times we need to update ou report shortcuts and users are still accessing the old ones. We've also experienced that installing new versions over existing cont...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Display existing Advanced Settings in Manage > Configuration > System fly-out panel

I have used the Advanced Settings in Manage > Configuration > System fly-out panel to set the value for "Portal.updateTargetObjectWhenOverwrite". However, to view the current setting I need to navigate directly to the underlying "configurati...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 4 Not under consideration

Scheduling reports on a 4/4/5 or 4/5/4 week period basis in Cognos Analytics

We need the ability to schedule reports/ report views & jobs etc. to run a 4/4/5 week period basis, so for example to schedule a report to start on say January 1st 2021 then every 4 weeks, then again in 4 weeks, and then in 5 weeks time, and r...
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Pass a parameter from a dashboard to dynamically filter the SQL source in the data module

A parameter (e.g. date parameter) created in a report can be passed to the SQL query in the data module. The SQL query just has to use the notation #sq(prompt(['prompt name]','[prompt data type]'))#) to refer to the parameter. Similar functionalit...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

Need to see all users Personal folders when I log-in as Administrator

We need feature that when admin person logs-in to C11 (Cognos Analytics), he/she should be able to see all users contents from their personal folders (My Folders content). Case I opened with IBM Cognos Support is "TS001471285" and Analysts confirm...
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Allow schedules to be edited from upcoming activities admin view.

From the Cognos Analytics Administration portal the user should be able to select upcoming schedules. From the resulting list the user should be able to edit the schedule with normal schedule management functions as allowed by the capabilities ass...
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Delivered

Add option to capture and reuse (save) the filter selections in dashboards

Hello, we have built dashboards for users so that they can execute them (not a self service authoring of dashbaords but managed dashbaords. The users execute these dashboards and first need to select data perimeter in the filter area in the top wh...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release