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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Import SQL COMMENT ON in data modules

Increasing size and complexity of data sources increase the demand for easy-to-handle metadata information. Descriptions directly implemented in source database objects are also useful for data modelers and report & dashboard authors. SQL COMM...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Added a "callout" type text box to point a textual comment

Added a "callout" type text box that would make it easier to point a textual comment to a specific report element (e.g. bar in a graph, row or column in a cell)
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Annotation Support in Cognos Reports

The user wants to create a storyboard from the reports that available for them and be able toannotate (i.e red lining, or draw a circle to highlight something on the chart/report, andadd free form text / comments) and then able to save them. Also,...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add Tenant ID Parameter to Extension JSON

Add a Parameter for Tenant ID to Extensions JSON Files. For Example... For the entire extension:{ "name":"Sample_Context_Menu_Item", "comment": "This extension will add a new menu item to the context menu for all report objects.", "comment": "The ...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Expand Search in Data Module

When editing a data module, there is a search bar at the top of the source tree. When I type into that box, it returns only items that contain a match in the Label property. Sometimes it is desirable to be able to search for the name from the sour...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 1 Functionality already exists

Increasing report description field to handle more than 1024 characters.

In 11.1.7 version of reports, users where able to add comments in description for any amount length or atleast greater than > 1024 characters, the max we had currently is 2997 characters, But in 11.2.4 release a new parameter was added to cmmet...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Data driven text visualization

On dashboards there is often a need to annotate or comment on the data being displayed. For example, I may wish to indicate in a comment what percentage of my employees meet a certain criteria. This could be accomplished with a hard-coded string i...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cognos 11 - Data Server UI Modification For Useability

In the Manage, Data Servers UI in Cognos 11, can I alter the config files and add a comment up top, right below "data servers"? If we're going to allow users to create data servers, I want to give them some guidance And/or: can I alter the config ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Open the book with the comment

When I open a book and someone else is editing that book, I want to see a message that the book is being edited. (When I edit a book and want to save it, I notice when someone else opens and edits the same book at the same time)
about 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Tool tip shows in Package but not in Report and Dashboard

Single installation on Windows for CA 11.1.3 After adding the "Screen Tip" in FM and publishing it to Cognos portal.- Open the package in Report, on left panel it shows but drag the item to Report working area it doesn't show. The issue happens in...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration