Cognos Analytics

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Hi Brad,
unfortunately my latest knowledge is, that this feature has not been included into the new UI. A lot of other Cognos users are waiting for years for this fetarue to come back.

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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

@Brad Chance As of 11.1.7, you can run individual pages. More details can be found here - ​ https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=reporting-running-single-page

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DENNY NAREZNY
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

@DENNY NAREZNY​ thanks for the post. I knew that this feature should be there in 11.1.x but never found it.
Now I know the reason why: the icon is missing and therefore we've never seen the menu:


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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 28, 2021 03:38 PM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Brad Chance As of 11.1.7, you can run individual pages. More details can be found here - ​ https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=reporting-running-single-page

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DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

@Robert Dostal -  Not a problem.

Odd that the icon is missing. If you are using a webserver, can you test against the dispatcher? I'm going to check on my system to see where this icon is being loaded from.​

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DENNY NAREZNY
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 02:25 AM
From: Robert Dostal
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@DENNY NAREZNY​ thanks for the post. I knew that this feature should be there in 11.1.x but never found it.
Now I know the reason why: the icon is missing and therefore we've never seen the menu:


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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen

Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 28, 2021 03:38 PM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Brad Chance As of 11.1.7, you can run individual pages. More details can be found here - ​ https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=reporting-running-single-page

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DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

@DENNY NAREZNY​ it's the same issue with the dispatcher accessed directly. I also looked at our R11.2 installation: the icon is there. All fine.

It's only with R11.1.7 - might be an issue due to customizing some icons for Analysis Studio.

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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 08:47 AM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Robert Dostal -  Not a problem.

Odd that the icon is missing. If you are using a webserver, can you test against the dispatcher? I'm going to check on my system to see where this icon is being loaded from.​

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DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 02:25 AM
From: Robert Dostal
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@DENNY NAREZNY​ thanks for the post. I knew that this feature should be there in 11.1.x but never found it.
Now I know the reason why: the icon is missing and therefore we've never seen the menu:


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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen

Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 28, 2021 03:38 PM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Brad Chance As of 11.1.7, you can run individual pages. More details can be found here - ​ https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=reporting-running-single-page

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DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

When you upgraded, was it an over-the-top install, or did you install from scratch? I've seen a few cases of missing icons with over-the-top installs.

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Paul Mendelson
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 09:18 AM
From: Robert Dostal
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@DENNY NAREZNY​ it's the same issue with the dispatcher accessed directly. I also looked at our R11.2 installation: the icon is there. All fine.

It's only with R11.1.7 - might be an issue due to customizing some icons for Analysis Studio.

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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen

Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 08:47 AM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Robert Dostal -  Not a problem.

Odd that the icon is missing. If you are using a webserver, can you test against the dispatcher? I'm going to check on my system to see where this icon is being loaded from.​

------------------------------
DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 02:25 AM
From: Robert Dostal
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@DENNY NAREZNY​ thanks for the post. I knew that this feature should be there in 11.1.x but never found it.
Now I know the reason why: the icon is missing and therefore we've never seen the menu:


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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen

Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 28, 2021 03:38 PM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Brad Chance As of 11.1.7, you can run individual pages. More details can be found here - ​ https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=reporting-running-single-page

------------------------------
DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

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Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Hey @Paul Mendelson it was an over-ther-top installation. The last fresh install I can remember was Cognos 10.2.1.

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Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 10:36 AM
From: Paul Mendelson
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

When you upgraded, was it an over-the-top install, or did you install from scratch? I've seen a few cases of missing icons with over-the-top installs.

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Paul Mendelson

Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 09:18 AM
From: Robert Dostal
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@DENNY NAREZNY​ it's the same issue with the dispatcher accessed directly. I also looked at our R11.2 installation: the icon is there. All fine.

It's only with R11.1.7 - might be an issue due to customizing some icons for Analysis Studio.

------------------------------
Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen

Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 08:47 AM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Robert Dostal -  Not a problem.

Odd that the icon is missing. If you are using a webserver, can you test against the dispatcher? I'm going to check on my system to see where this icon is being loaded from.​

------------------------------
DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Tue June 29, 2021 02:25 AM
From: Robert Dostal
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@DENNY NAREZNY​ thanks for the post. I knew that this feature should be there in 11.1.x but never found it.
Now I know the reason why: the icon is missing and therefore we've never seen the menu:


------------------------------
Robert Dostal
Team Leader BI
GEMÜ
Ingelfingen

Original Message:
Sent: Mon June 28, 2021 03:38 PM
From: DENNY NAREZNY
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

@Brad Chance As of 11.1.7, you can run individual pages. More details can be found here - ​ https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=reporting-running-single-page

------------------------------
DENNY NAREZNY

Original Message:
Sent: Fri June 25, 2021 12:36 PM
From: Brad Chance
Subject: How to ad-hoc generate 1 page in PDF in Cognos 11.0.x

A few months ago we upgraded from Cognos 10.2.2 to 11.0.x. In the prior version if we had a multi-page report we could just right-click on the page and have it generate in PDF format if that was the last format option we chose. It appears in 11.0.x though that we can no longer ad-hoc generate specific pages in PDF format, only HTML. The only solution to this that I've found is to temporarily delete all of the other pages from the report so that I can run the whole report (with just the 1 page left) in PDF format. Is this really the only way to do this now or am I overlooking something easier?

Thank You!

------------------------------
Brad Chance
BI Developer
Park National Bank
Newark OH
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson