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Search results: Cognos Analytics

Brushing Improvements - CUG2026

Brushing is great step, but it could be improved in a few ways. We should be able to use items defined in data container properties. I would expect that I would be able to set parameters on items defined in the list properties. At the moment if ...
10 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Submitted

Support for configurable PodDisruptionBudgets (PDB) for CACC

We request full, documented support for Kubernetes PodDisruptionBudgets (PDBs) in IBM Red Hat OpenShift environments running Cognos Analytics Certified Container (CACC), to protect Cognos availability during planned operations (node drain, cluster...
6 minutes ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration Submitted

Enable HTTP/1.1 support in Cognos SOAP SDK to prevent “426 Upgrade Required”

We are currently unable to call CACC (Cognos Analytics Certified Containers) ServiceMesh endpoints via the Cognos SOAP SDK because the requests fail with HTTP error 426 Upgrade Required. The root cause appears to be that the ServiceMesh URL requir...
16 minutes ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration Submitted

User capability to control REST API access in Cognos (incl. CACC)

Problem On-prem: REST API is only reachable via port 9300, which is blocked by our firewall → customers have no REST API access. In CACC: REST API is reachable via /api without a specific port → customers could directly access the REST API. ...
4 minutes ago in Cognos Analytics / Security Submitted

Support for Multiple Gateway URIs per Cognos Instance (CACC)

Currently, only one gateway URI can be configured for a Cognos instance (CACC). In modern IT architectures, especially when using ServiceMesh, there is a requirement to provide multiple access paths via different URLs to support various network ro...
5 minutes ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration Submitted

Data Virtualization connections in Cognos Analytics in Cloud Pak for Data should support Cloud Pak for Data API Key.

When creating a Data Virtualization connection in Cognos Analytics for Cloud Pak for Data, the only way to use an API Key successfully is by adding it as a connection parameter. This creates concerns about the ability to see that API Key inside th...
7 days ago in Cognos Analytics Submitted

Built in function for "Select All" feature for dropdown filters in Cognos Dashboard

Currently, Cognos Dashboard filters (dropdowns with multi-select) do not provide a native “Select All / Deselect All” option. This makes it difficult for users to quickly include or exclude multiple values—especially in cases like selecting all co...
29 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Cognos Cloud Submitted

Modernized Prompts in Reporting – CUG2026

Modern, responsive prompts with resize support, auto-complete, and toggle, slider, and multiselect controls.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Submitted

Allow Selection of Individual Objects When Creating a Data Module Based on an Existing Data Module

When creating a new data module based on an existing data module, Cognos Analytics currently loads the entire source data module by default. In our environment, we have very large data modules with more than 500 query subjects. As a result, the in...
3 days ago in Cognos Analytics / Data Access and Modelling Submitted

Fix & Sortable Headers in Reporting – CUG2026

Ability to freeze row and column headers and sort by clicking column headers in lists and crosstabs.
3 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting Future consideration