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IBM Cognos Analytics Newsletter - September 2020

By Robert VAUTOUR posted Mon September 28, 2020 10:21 AM

News

Skip the radioactive spider bite - AI can give you superpowers. Learn how in this blog by David Marmer, IBM VP of Product Management.

Forbes names IBM Cognos Analytics one of the 10 best data analytics tools in 2020.

Carpe Datum's François Ross shares his thoughts on "Building trust in business analytics: why BI standardization matters."

Become an IBM Certified Developer for IBM Cognos Analytics. See information on getting certified and the badge here.

If you haven't done it yet, check out the information about the latest long-term release of Cognos Analytics 11.1.7. This article is a great launching point to explore what's new.

The Business Application Research Center (BARC) names IBM a 2020 market leader in integrated Planning & Analytics, with products including: IBM Planning Analytics powered by TM1, IBM Cognos Analytics, IBM Watson Studio, and IBM SPSS.

Gartner Peer Review Survey:
We'd love your feedback and would appreciate your product review to help others considering Cognos Analytics. Review Cognos Analytics here.

Events

UKI User Group: Want to move Cognos Analytics to the cloud but not sure where to begin? Join us to learn how it's done and hear how Tata Steel found success in their migration. Sep 29

Workshop: Join Motio, NEC and IBM in this free class to learn best practices for upgrading your content and keeping a healthy Cognos Analytics environment. Oct 8

Conference: Attend PMsquare's Business Analytics Conference (BACon). This two day conference will share perspectives on an ever-changing analytics landscape. Oct 14 - 15

Webinar: Ask Me Anything about Cognos Analytics with IBM Offering Managers. Oct 6

Webinar: Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 introduced the embedded REST technology. Our Offering Manager Jason Tavoularis will take you through the latest updates to Cognos Analytics that makes it easier to automate, customize and embed it into other applications. On demand.

Events

Webinar: Integration of Cognos Analytics and Watson Studio Cloud enables data science and business analyst teams to work together. Participate and learn about data shaping use cases, how to support data scientists and acquire faster methods to operationalize data science models and capabilities. Sep 30

Conversation: Falling in love again: Mueller's head of Analytics gives his take on the latest Cognos Analytics release. On demand.

Tech Corner

Metadata Modeling Best Practice is here now!
Learn how to create a data module using best practices with the latest update to the product documentation.

If you need a 4-5-4 retail calendar for relative time filtering, this sample data module can be used.

Have you encountered report execution failures with Chrome 85 in Cognos Analytics 11.1.7? The fix is delivered with 11.1.7 IF2.

Visualize data on a US Cartogram, a Periodic Table, an Office Floor plan, a Stadium or the UK Parliament, and other custom layouts in Cognos Analytics Dashboards. We've made these examples available for you to download. Learn how to import and customize schematics here.

Configure extended lineage in IBM Cognos Analytics with IBM Infosphere Governance Catalog on a local install or cloud subscription of Cognos Analytics.

IBM Cognos Analytics provides REST and JavaScript APIs to enable you to develop applications to extend, leverage and automate Cognos Analytics functionality. Refer to the provided reference documentation and samples to learn how to authenticate and start creating your own applications.

Cloud Corner

Frequently asked questions about cloud. Review the FAQ about your Cognos Analytics on Cloud subscription.

A reader recently asked: "Can I embed a Dashboard built in Cognos Analytics on Cloud in a webpage for public viewing?" Yes, you can! This blog shows you how.

Ready to EXPLORE!

Ready to EXPLORE the latest release of Cognos Analytics?

Last month we launched EXPLORE - a new community livestream. Our User Experience Lead Lisa Chen hosted this series and with colleagues and partners discussed data, analytics, and AI. You can watch the replay here.

Join us on Sep 29 with our Offering Manager Matt Denham who will discuss future enhancements and functionalities. Yasmine Taha, our user experience designer will also discuss how users can leverage new capabilities.

On-Premises Corner

Some browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, are introducing a behavior update. Read Handling SameSite Cookie Attribute to see if this impacts you.

This technique will allow you to use and configure URIs without the trailing slash after "bi" in the url.

If your Cognos Analytics Dashboard is getting error message with "We can't load the visualization, because its associated data set 'model000000000xxxxxxxx' isn't available," this article may help to resolve.

Recommended Resources

Anyone can sort alphabetically or from highest to lowest. Set your dashboard apart by performing a completely custom sort and visualize your data any way you want!

IBM Business Partner Heather Cole with Lodestar Solutions lays out strategies which all IBM Cognos and Planning Analytics users should be using to maximize return on their analytics investments.

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