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Newsletter: Cognos Analytics with Watson - January Edition

By NICK PLOWDEN posted Mon January 31, 2022 07:47 PM

  


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Welcome to first 2022 edition of the Cognos Analytics with Watson newsletter. If you have suggestions for articles or which to list an event, please contact Nickolus Plowden on the Cognos Community.
 
Urgent Security Bulletin
IBM Cognos Analytics: Apache log4j Vulnerability (CVE-2021-45046). This issue is categorized as Critical Severity. Apache Log4j is used by IBM Cognos Analytics as part of its logging infrastructure. This bulletin addresses the exposure to the Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-45046) vulnerability. IBM Cognos Analytics has upgraded Apache Log4j to v2.16. Please note that this update also addresses CVE-2021-44228. Stay abreast of the latest remediation and fixes here. You can also raise a support ticket here if you need assistance.

Read about the end of continuing support for Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.x effective December 31, 2022.  See the details here.
 
IBM Cognos Analytics - Entitlement to IBM Planning Analytics v2.0. Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel is now available on Fix Central. Get the details here.

IBM has released two new Cloud Pak for Data versions. Read about Version 4.0,5 here  and Version 3.5.10 here.
 
Review Cognos Analytics on Trust Radius and get a $25.00 gift card to Amazon.  Complete the short survey here.

Events

PMSquare: Public Virtual Training,  Building Data Modules and Data Sets (Cognos 11). This 1-day course provides business users with knowledge of metadata modeling concepts and how to model metadata using data modules in Cognos Analytics. 
Register for the paid course here.
Events

Webinar: Ask Me Anything: Cognos Analytics with Watson February
2022 Edition. Feb 8

Tech Corner

Troubleshooting:  If you are running an old version of IBM Cognos Trusted Signon provider, you may receive a Custom Java Authentication provider initialization failure.  Read about the solution here.
 
Cognos Fix Lists.  Access a comprehensive list of defect corrections for Cognos Analytics Components here.
 
Senturus: How to Customize Relative Time in Cognos Data Modules.  This blog post provides the steps needed to customize the relative time calendars that are built into Cognos data modules. 
 
Sempre Analytics: Reenabling access to TLS1.0 JDBC Data Sources after patching to CA 11.1.7 FP4+. Andrew Copeland, an IBM Champion from Sempre Analytics, has been upgrading a number of customers to address the log4J issues and has some recommendations. Read the blog post on the Cognos community.
 
See how to create a dashboard data rich text widget that can display both text and data to be formatted as rich text (11.2.0 and above). Get the details on the IBM Accelerator Catalog.
  


Gregorian Calendar with Dynamic As Of Date (11.2.1). This addition to the Accelerator Catalog contains a sample Gregorian calendar with the ability to select three common As Of Dates via a global parameter. It is contained in a deployment archive. Get the details on the IBM Accelerator Catalog
 
   
Tech Corner
 
Have an idea to improve Cognos?
Submit your new feature ideas or enhancements about Cognos via the Ideas portal. You can also look at other user ideas and vote on your favorites! Check it out here.

Recommended Learning Resources

NewIntelligence: Case Study - Trux Accessories Keeps on Trucking with SAP Business One and IBM Cognos Analytics. Read the case study here.
 
NewIntelligence: Case Study - Delivering high-quality tropical foods to hundreds of distributors across the United States is a complex logistical operation. To serve up success, MIC Food must forecast sales, plan deliveries, and quickly adapt to any supply chain disruption.  Read the case study here.
 
PMSquare: AI Ethics & Explainability for IBM Analytics Practitioners. Craig Colangelo, Senior Solutions Architect at PMSquare provides an overview of the critical pillars that will serve as a foundation meant to help you explain IBM's AI tenets and method. Details here.
 
Getting Started with 11.2 Dashboards Workshop. In this hands-on workshop, you will explore the key capabilities of IBM Cognos Analytics Dashboards: Uploading data, AI Assistant, visualizations, mapping, forecasting, and pattern analysis. If you are a current customer login to Cognos and if you are not a current customer, you can sign up for the free trial version to follow the workshop.

IBM Community Festival 2021-Playback! Available On-Demand: Check out all the analytics related content that was showcased at the Community event here
 
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