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News
Today we are excited to announce the IBM Accelerator Catalog- a learning and ideation space for maximizing your investment in IBM analytics solutions. From custom visualizations to best practice guides, industry use cases and schematics to workforce planning models and even in-product interactive experiences, the Accelerator Catalog provides content that helps you see and experience how our products are used across your industry, department, and role so you can quickly and accurately get to the answers you need. In April we released the latest 11.1.6 release of Cognos Analytics. This blog provides all detailed information on the new and enhanced capabilities in R6. Our Global Sales leader and Offering Management leaders have shared a summary of the teams view on the latest Cognos Analytics and the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and BI Platforms report. Our COVID-19 dashboard continues to be kept up to date with latest data compilation provided by multiple third party sources including the World Health Organization, state and local agencies as well as other public sources. New Visualizations for Cognos Analytics in the Catalog! We have published a handful of new visualizations like Population, custom Waterfall, Gantt, Gas Gauge or even an advanced Sankey. This document lists the vendor-supported client driver versions that were tested for each Cognos Analytics 11.1 release. Events Virtual Classroom: Motio and IBM experts will work side by side with you for highly specialized experience to get the most out of your Cognos Analytics upgrade. Asia Pacific Jul 22 Webinar: Ask Me Anything about IBM Cognos Analytics hosted by Offering Management. Jul 7 An exciting new Cognos mobile app will soon be available. If you missed it, we now have an on demand session for you to learn about this new analytics tool in the palm of your hands.
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Events
Our first virtual Community Day was a great success! The event held on May 19 included 10+ Cognos and Planning Analytics sessions from roadmaps to client stories and product enhancements. All sessions are now available on demand through mid-August.
Upgrading your data source from TM1 to Planning Analytics means you will have access to the latest features, including multiple hierarchies. If you are displaying TM1 dimensions alias values in your reports this tech note will help you understand the change and solution. Review how you can create custom URLs for Cognos Analytics content objects, such as reports, dashboards, stories, and data modules. The way invalid latitude and longitude data are handled in map visualization has changed with 11.1.6 release. Cognos Analytics does not display the data point on the map at all. Ever wondered how to trace relational metadata import problems in Framework Manager?
On-Premises Corner You may be required to have horizontal infrastructure scaling in Cognos Analytics. If you are running an IIS gateway, adding a dispatcher means you need to expand your IIS server farm for failover and dashboard request routing. This document walks you through the required modifications. An enhancement request has been logged in order to schedule a refresh of an uploaded file. Visit the IBM Data and AI ideas portal to vote for this functionality to be included in future release. A workaround is proposed with Python Script in Jupyter Notebook to load an excel file from a website. Uncover the truth hidden in your data with Cognos Analytics free trial. And if you want to get some hands-on experience with Planning Analytics, access the Planning Analytics free trial. These trials are now 90-days and still free, no download required.
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Users Wanted!
Ever wondered how we design and prioritize features in Cognos Analytics? We listen to our users through the User Experience Program. Participate in monthly user research sessions, surveys, and design thinking workshops. Preview early concept designs and help shape the future of our products. Upcoming topics include: Smart Data Prep, Drag and Drop on a Visualization, and Advanced Analytics. Interested? Join the IBM User Experience Program today.
Cloud Corner
Recommended Videos
IBM is bringing you a native mobile experience, including pro-active notifications and the Cognos Analytics assistant. Smarts and AI are built into Cognos Analytics, so our mobile app should be no different. Watch a preview of this exciting new app. This video demonstrates how to create custom data labels. Sometimes we need to change the values of a data item for our users. This video demonstrates how to create a custom sort. Sometimes we need to be able to present our data in a specific sort order. Coglitics shows how to create your 1st Data Module. COVID-19 is disrupting the world. In an effort to better provide updated information on the status of the pandemic, IBM and The Weather Channel have created a COVID-19 dashboard. Listen to Making Data Simple podcast with Bill Higgins, IBM Distinguished Engineer and Daniel Benoit, Program Director of Information Governance as they discuss the COVID-19 dashboard feat.
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