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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Capturing activity on audit report from drill-thru links

We created a Cognos report that shows who has accessed specific reporting on our server. However, we are unable to see all the activity for a report that has drill-thru links to other reports. In this case, a user is able to choose between report...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Put fields/Date Items in folders and also mark as hidden in a data module

Some fields in datamodules will be things like surrogate keys, which I dont want users to see or use. Currently I dont see a way to hide them. Additionally when there are a number of fields in a table, it is more logical for users to see these in ...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Auto-layout feature for model graph in a Data Module

When creating a data module in the new web-based data modeling interface, a graph of the model is shown on the right side of the screen. Currently, there is no way to lay out the model other than manually dragging the tables around. It would be gr...
almost 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Excel Export Group repeated cells set at page level

We create reports that detail the user-selected prompt choices on a cover page and the actual report on a report page. The cover page consists of a table with two columns: left column are all the prompt choices available, right column consists of ...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Re-orientation of row selection in grid Dashboar

We have a dashboard with cross filters and table grid with rows. Whenever we select some row in table grid, its get highlighted. When we select some other cross-filter which can accommodate that particular row ( cross-filter can drive this grid ),...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Delivered

Add default Tabs to defualt role user

The ability to have a default user under the roles/Groups so that when each user logs in they are automatically assigned designated portal tables
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

API should be updated above API 20 in Cognos 10.2.1 to get Salesforce Login Histroy

We established a connection between IBM Cognos 10.2.1 and salesforce (SFDC Sandbox.) -We see all objects when we import the tables in Framework manager but not the LoginHistory object (Table) via the IBM Cognos/SFDC connection. But i am able to vi...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

FrameWork Manager 10.2.2 - Import metadata

## English VersionWith Cognos FrameWork Manager 10.2.2, we import Teradata views in DQM mode.The response times are very long.We analyze the queries sent to Teradata. The query (in the use case) lasts longer than 4 min 30s.It uses tables systems :...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Report Template for use with Powerplay Cubes in Report Studio

With the deprecation of Powerplay Studio in Cognos Analytics on Cloud, we need a template that can be used to quickly start a user creating a report. Powerplay Studio would automatically create a pivot table with the first two dimensions in the mo...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Be able to create a PDF TOC (not a TOC page). A button located upper left in PDF reader

When running report in PDF, it would be nice to be able to have a PDF with a Table of Contents embedded in the PDF.
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration