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Enable dynamic selection of Parameterset Valuefiles in Sequences

I want to have the possibility to dynamically choose which Valuefile of a Parameterset i use when starting a Job/Sequence inside a Sequence. Currently you can only Propagate the Valuefile choosen when starting the Calling Sequence or choose a fixe...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 2 Not under consideration

change in the way graceful exits are handled/reported

When LSF sends kill signal to job, based on the time job takes to complete, it sometimes return "0" exit code and sometimes non-zero. This leads to diff message being return by LSF commands. In this RFE I would like to address ::1. What exit code ...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF 3 Not under consideration

Reorg timeout parameter

Set a new parameter to specify a reorg timeout limit.
about 10 years ago in Db2 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

Stop Process Editor Autocomplete jumping to end of line

When writing TI processes in the Workbench, the auto-complete feature if quite useful. However, in some cases, when the Tab key is used to accept the auto-completion suggestion, the cursor jumps to the end of the line, normally after the semicolon...
over 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Workspace pass parameter in URL

Include the ability to pass a parameter into a Workspace URL to be used by applicable reporting objects.
about 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Wait For File stage - timer as a parameter

When specifying a time out for the wait for file stage, it'd be nice if this value could be passed in as a parameter. Also it'd be nice to have it not log a warning in the logs when the stage does timeout if you've drawn a link with the trigger co...
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

request to pass report xml through form parameter to run report with modified xml

Hi, we are trying to build a form page/url with parameters to run cognos analytics report (cognos 11 report with Interactivity set to Yes) like the way we do in cognos 10. in Cognos 10, we used to post the following parameters to run the report si...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Parameters to control Job Planning.

Most of the time we create Jobs to communicate reports & dashboards, We would like to have an automated Job planning based on Dynamic parameters contained in the reports. An example would be a variable that indicate report is empty thus automa...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Other 0 Not under consideration

Enh: Ability to Maintain Different Versions of Bursted Active Report in Mobile App

The Cognos Mobile app looks at the StoreID metadata of Active Reports that are created in BI 10.2 and later instead of the file name. Multiple versions of the same report are bursted to the file system and then emailed to the iPad or Android user....
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration