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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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enhance the functionality of expression editor in reporting to align with data module functionality

for example from your data module documentation: ability to validate the whole statement, or only selected segments of code. Preview columns and rows in your projected calculation, filter, or table. If the syntax is not correct, the columns are no...
12 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 0 Submitted

Count Distinct in tables in Dashboard

When I use a calculation with a count distinct within a table in a dashboard, the summary does not show up. It comes up as "N/A". The summary should be calculated with a count distinct.
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

IBM Cognos objects precise metadata

According to answers of tickets, today it is not possible to get exact metadata of Cognos objects(module, report, package), that matches with database object name. For example, table name that is used in module is "dim$calendar", however, accordin...
12 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 1 Submitted

Support for data type binary for joins in IBM Cognos Analytics data modules and Framework Manager

In relational star schema models it is very common using columns with a hash with type binary(16) for the join condition between dimension table and fact table. The advantages are a well-chosen hash function will almost always generate unique valu...
about 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling 0 Future consideration

Find query subjects/items

System: Cognos Analytics 11.0.x In Dashboarding there is a Find bar allowing the user to search for a specific keyword in query subjects (tables) and query items (columns) in a data module. This feature should be included in Reporting, allowing th...
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 3 Functionality already exists

Always Include Edited Report Names in Audit Tables

When auditing is turned on, report names are included in the "COGIPF_RUNREPORT" table of the Audit Database depending on the circumstances of how it is run. The request is that if a report name is known, it should always be included in the audit t...
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Bar Vizualization with data table (like in Excel)

If you insert a chart in Microsoft Excel you have the option to generate a crosstab below the chart with all the data used.
almost 8 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

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

download dashboard output in excel

Our user creates Crosstab structure in powerplay, and they would need same flexibility, currently downloading data it in table and the converting it back in crosstab in excel will be a overhead. My concern is why IBM hasn't provided option to down...
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Dashboard 0 Planned for future release

Improve Hide Summaries property for Tables and Crosstabs in Dashboards

In a lot of real cases we want to display some attributes but need an overall summary for the key figures. Between version 10.0.10 and 11.1.1 the property "hide summaries" has been introduced for Tables and Crosstabs in Dashboards. It allows to sw...
over 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Planned for future release