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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Snap to grid and the ability to size objects in the layout via drag actions

It would assist with a wyswyg style UI if additional design capabilities were available in report studio. One main improvement would be the ability to resize and move objects on the page layout without having to access the object properties and ch...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

Data Modules - Table Filters should also be copied when creating a View of the Table

Simple example, I have a generic standard time table in my data warehouse. My fact table, Sales, has multiple time linkages, the order date, the delivery date, the ship date, the invoice date etc... So I've create a series of about 3 dozen pre-bui...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Remove scroll bar within summary table in Dashboard

When Microsoft Edge is used, some of the Summary charts in Dashboard is showing scrollbar which caused UI to be not standardize. The only workaround for this is to resize the charts which is not the ideal way as the object become bigger and does n...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Database column description for QuickInfo

Most database tables contain descriptions for their columns. These descriptions should be accessible for Cognos to fill the QuickInfo-Box for model users.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Improve auto-prompting for Data Modules

Auto-prompts seem to leverage the underlying data type of the table/database. That's fairly short-sighted since numeric types can be used to represent non-metric data. For example the year or the month number of a time table. It's perfectly valid ...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Need glossary and lineage functionalities for visualization in Report

At CFIA we are doing a POC for an important project that requires to utilize the glossary and lineage capabilities from InfoSphere IGC in the Cognos reports. However, it seemed that the glossary and lineage functions are only available for the tab...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Future consideration

Most trivial function: SEARCH!

Cognos Analytics on cloud 11.1 1) I'm at creating a new report. 2) I'm at Report > Queries > Query1 3) when I'm adding filters to the query and I want to choose columns from the data module/package or whatever data source. example: DETAIL FI...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Not under consideration

Add Dicing to the Dashboard Table Widget

The table only highlights valid items.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

AODA - Avoid using tables to format text documents in columns unless the table can be linearized

The message was generated from Dynamic Assessment Plugin which is a tool to check accessibility. The tool is recommending not to use tables to format text in columns as the table cannot be linearized which is affecting WCAG section 1.3.2. However,...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Aggregate aware joins in FM

Hi for many years I have been hoping for a feature in framework manager to allow 'aggregate aware' joins in the model. This feature is in SAP IDT tool and let's you choose to substitute the join toto fact table based on aggregate level, e.g regula...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration