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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Globally change the value of input customized parameters included in a defined filter

[The description for problem] Customized parameter is not applied all visualizations on Dashboard. When we create a filter with the parameter (i.e. pCountry) under Manage >Customizatio >Parameters on a data module and apply it on a dashboard...
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Future consideration

Cognos 11 - Email Attachment Restriction

Requesting the ability to lock down a user or group's ability to send reports as attachments in email form. This functionality was available by adding a "CC_RUN_OPTIONS_email_attachment" "ui_hide" parameter value in the system.xml file (under "{in...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Unable to export a single page (in a multi-page report) in Excel/PDF in Cognos 11.0.7

In Cognos Analytics 11.0.7, in the multi-page report, the report author doesn't have the option to export a single page to pdf/excel. The report runs ONLY html. The "run Option (html/PDF/Excel etc.)" is unavailable. Please refer to attachment for ...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Delivered

Email client support

Scheduled emailed reports coming out of Cognos Analytics 11 are getting truncated when viewing in email. The attached PMR ID has all of the screenshots. We've been told by IBM support that email clients haven't been supported in Cognos Analytics (...
over 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add Parameter Map to Data Module

Parameter Map was a very good feature in Cognos FM. Since we are moving towards Data Module this feature is not available. I attached the use cases
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Implement pagination in the HTML reports

Client requirements is to see pagination in HTML report output as highlighted in the attached screenshot(refer to bottom right highlighted section). When the output spans across multiple pages, user should be able to navigate which page they want ...
about 2 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Future consideration

Support for Cognos Portlets

Cognos 11 no longer support Portlets that we were able to create in Cognos 10 Portal pages.Most commonly used are the Dashboard "multipage" portlet, the Cognos content "IBM Cognos Navigator" portlet and a variety of the "IBM Cognos Utility" portle...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Function Lookup UI for Calculations In Data Modules and Dashboard

Need a good function lookup UI in the Data Module and Dashboard tools, like exists on the Report tool. That would make it very easy to see what your choices are, and how to use them. Right now, there is no UI. Just an expression editor. You need t...
about 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add dashboard und datamodule to folder und package functions for permission control

There is no option to specify functionpermissions for packages and folders regarding dashboards and the datamodule. The attached screenshot shows the possible options. Moreover the screenshot shows that the options are displayed using the old IU e...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Enable aggregated bar totals on a stacked bar/column chart

We are trying to display value labels above our stacked bar charts. These values should show the aggregate values of each layer of the bar. However, unlike a regular bar chart, where we can show a total value on top of each bar, Cognos Dashboards ...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release