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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Cognos Analytics encrypts the Excel report

For the existing Cognos Analytics, can export Excel report. However, it cannot be encrypted. Is there any roadmap for supporting Excel encrypted?
over 1 year ago in Cognos Analytics / Reporting 1 Submitted

Allow Cognos BI to send encrytped email

Add the ability to BI to send encrypted emails containing report output (either as attachment or imbedded HTML).
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Encrypt CAMPassword for parameterized URL

Using a parameterized URL to open dashboards, reporte, ... including login credentials, the CAMPassword value can only be passed as plaintext value. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/parameterized-url-perform-login-and-open-dashboard-or-report For...
about 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Future consideration

Improve the certificate chain validation step in Cognos Configuration so that it also checks 3rd-Party certs, and alerts if expiry is approaching.

We recently had production outage due to intermediate certificate expiry, while server certificate was valid. Please consider adding a feature to check expiry dates on ALL certificates in the "encryption" chain: root, intermeate(s) and server, and...
4 months ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Submitted

IBM to look for trigger file when placing Cubes in sFTP site to avoid Cube files from being separated during transfer

Originally had this case open: TS001299703 So basically, we are trying to build cubes here in onPrem Transformer, sFTP to IBM so they are available in the CA11 Prod Cloud environment each day. The sFTP steps are proving to be the bottleneck becaus...
almost 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Would like to be able to use data source credentials as variables in the JDBC connection strings

When using the latest MSSQL driver we can utilize connection parameters: domain=targetdomain;authenticationScheme=NTLM;user=sa;password=thepassword to allow Windows Authentication using a service account other than the one running IBM Cognos servi...
almost 3 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Request for PGP encryption for Cognos Analytics cube transfers

Our Cognos Analytics model requires several cubes to be build on-prem and then sent to the cloud. We understand these are encrypted once present on the IBM CA Cloud server. However, we'd like the capability to encrypt before sending them. NM can a...
over 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

FIPS140-2 Bouncy Castle Compliant

In reviewing the security elements for IBM Cognos and it has come to our attention that it uses the "BouncyCastle" java archive, which is NOT validated for FIPS 140-2, which is a DoD security requirement for software encryption tools.
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Delivered

Can COGNOS encrypt CSV/Excel output files like as PDF

Encrypt the cognos output files like csv,excel or all formats
over 9 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Json Key Files for Google Big Query Connections have credentials in Clear Text (Not secured)

When creating Google Big Query connection in Cognos Analytics it requires to add the JSON Key file location in the connection string. The JSON key file is stored on the local Cognos dispatchers and the JSON files will have sensitive security infor...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Analytics / Security 0 Future consideration

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