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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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URL opens new window when running multple reports

We run a url and it runs fine to open and run a report, but as soon as you rerun or run a new job, you get an authentication error. Then you need to close the browser window and run the new report.
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Is a defect

Include Null Filter Works Strangely

I have a report with two columns in a list: Period Year and Month and Charges. At the top of the list is correctly a row for which the timeframe is empty (because the period has not been close yet for those entries). When I add a filter to the rep...
about 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Provide mechanism for Session Management

ISSUE:Session Management OBSERVATION :Session is not terminating on closing the browser RATING :LOW DESCRIPTION :Application is not terminating the session on closing the browser. We were able to render the page and use the session to access the u...
about 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Get notification (toaster) when Dataset and/or Job has finished loading (even if started as part of a job)

If user subscribes to the notification the toaster is notifying "Dataset loaded" and or "Job xxx finished" it sticks until closed by user. Really the feedback for a job finished successfully is lousy and the timestamp for datasets is not always in...
over 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

In business advance with french language in report user does not see text item.

We create template for Report Studio with conditional report header (Text Item) (Content language FR or EN condition variable embedded intotemplate). As I understand Business Insight Advanced used same templates as Report Studio. In Business Insig...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Mapping of the parameter user name - official documentation by IBM

Request relates to the case TS007570460 from IBM support. The subject matter is the inappropriate mapping of the parameter user name in CP4D, i.e. ambigous mapping of user name. By default the mapping of the user name in CP4D is not equal to the m...
over 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Url to run reprots from Sharepoint in the cloud enhancemetn

When a report is published the SharePoint cloud and passing a userid and pw with the parameters does not work in the cloud. This works on prem but not in the cloud. See case TS002005281 and TS003114744. The reports run sometime and when they do, i...
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to close the browser window on session timeout when Cognos is configured for SSO

Client has a Cognos environment using SSO.After idle time spent on Cognos session, if user clicks on any folders or tabs, the user is presented with a windows pop up to logon. client wishes to not receive such pop up and instead upon session timeo...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Missing definition of "Indexable Types" with impact if selected or not on results on C10 Search driven by INDEXING

Hi L3 + PM, can you please improve documentation on what it mean to select certain "Indexable Types" . It is critical to understand if you would select an indexing typ or not as we already unfortunatedly went through a quite cumbersome learning cu...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Single documentation about how to creat an external object store

A colleague from AVP complains about our documentation about creating an external object store. Today you have to collect some information from the Install & Config Guide another part from the Admin & Security Guide and the rest from a TN ...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration