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  • 1.  Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Mon May 25, 2020 06:23 AM
    Hello everyone,
    I accidentally opened the IBM Covid 19, v1.1 dashboard on my mobile, and see the it adapt to the interface. Does anyone know how to do that, and what version the dashboard is made in?
    https://accelerator.weather.com/bi/?perspective=dashboard&pathRef=.public_folders%2FCOVID19%2FDashboards%2FDS%2FCOVID-19%2B%2528Coronavirus%2529%2BGlobal%2BStatistics&action=view&mode=dashboard&ui_appbar=false&ui_navbar=false
    Weather remove preview
    View this on Weather >

    mentioned in https://community.ibm.com/community/user/businessanalytics/blogs/robert-vautour1/2020/04/27/cognos-analytics-newsletter-april-2020?CommunityKey=6b10df83-0b3c-4f92-8b1f-1fd80d0e7e58&Tab=



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    Sandeep Dhirad
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    #CognosAnalyticswithWatson


  • 2.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue May 26, 2020 02:45 AM
    Hi Sandeep,

    Dashboard is a good way to fit different screens. You will find interesting documentation below :

    According the interface it should be a 11.1.X
    I guess >= 11.1.4

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    Vivien
    Senior Consultant
    Talan Solutions
    Paris
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  • 3.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue May 26, 2020 04:11 AM
    Thanks for you answer @Vivien, but dashboards, as far as I know,  aren't supported on mobile/small screens - only on Ipad. And if I create a dashboard in CA 11.1.5, it doesn't have a responsive design, as the COVID-19 dashboard has. Are there some built in settings that can do this?

    Hope someone from IBM can enlighten us.
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    Sandeep Dhirad
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  • 4.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue May 26, 2020 09:46 AM
    Hi Sandeep,

    The covid 19 dashboard is built in CA 11.1.6.​

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    Hemal Patel
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  • 5.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue May 26, 2020 10:39 AM
    Hi Hemal,

    Does CA 11.1.6 include responsive design features for smaller screens than Ipad or is there any custom extension added for the covid 19 dashboard? If yes, any sample or guidance you can provide would be very helpful.

    Thanks,

    Rodrigo

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    RODRIGO PALMA HUERMANO
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  • 6.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    User Group Leader
    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 12:25 PM
    Hi

    the COVID dashboards look really good.

    What are user experiences of using dashboards.  We currently are using standard report studio and active reports.  Is it worth exploring the dashboards.

    Would be interested in feedback.


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    Gaynor Bickley
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  • 7.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 11:37 AM
    Hi i have installed cognos 11.1.6 and downloaded the sample for 11.1.R6 but I do not see the Covid 19 dashboard. i saw the Weather Company folder but i do not see it. Can some one please help me to locate where can i find this Dashboard. Thanks.

    Pradeep

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    pradeep sahay
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  • 8.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    IBM Champion
    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 02:11 AM
    If you're building towards a mobile audience, I would recommend using flexbox in HTML items and lots of custom controls in a report. Take a look at this example: http://covid19.pm2analytics.com/

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    Paul Mendelson
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  • 9.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 04:42 AM
    A very nice dashboard you have made, Paul, but the aim of the question was to inquire if Cognos had added some new (or hidden) features, so dashboards support mobile devices.

    I have seen that next version, 11.2 (?) will come with possibility to pin items and create a custom dashboard that way, but that is through the mobile app, not a plain simple dashboard that works well on both big screens as well as small screens, as most other analytic platforms have been supporting for several years. I have been able to get the weather dashboard in authoring mode, and it seems like a clean Cognos dashboard.

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    Sandeep Dhirad
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  • 10.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 10:47 AM
    Nice looking report.

    So to the box with the uparrow, you used a custom control?

    Jo Marie

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    Jo Marie Sellner
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  • 11.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    IBM Champion
    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 12:37 PM
    That's actually just embedded CSS. There are a lot of demos for CSS tooltips, including one here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23423841/click-to-show-css-tooltip/23424046

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    Paul Mendelson
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  • 12.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Wed May 27, 2020 10:59 AM
    Thank you Paul, very nicely done. How much of JS involved, how is the data is being fetched, is there some kind of Webservice/Mashup being used.
    Is it possible to share the report spec.
    Thank you

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    Sanjay Chakravarty
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  • 13.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Thu May 28, 2020 09:46 AM
    Hi Sandeep,

    The COVID 19 dashboard available for viewing as part of the accelerator catalog (recently launched)
    https://community.ibm.com/accelerators/catalog/content/Monitor-COVID-19-cases-worldwide

    It is built with Cognos Analytics 11.1.6 and supports mobile phones layouts. But this customized functionality (extension) is not available out of the box. We are looking for ways to make this extension available through the accelerator catalog until it becomes part of the built-in experience.

    Stay tuned.

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    Hosam Aly
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  • 14.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Fri May 29, 2020 03:04 AM
    Thank you for your answer, @Hosam Aly
    Great that IBM clarified it for us.

    Another thing, IBMers should get a tag or similar, so that you guys are easily distinguished from non-IBMers, when reading the discussions.

    /Sandeep
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    Sandeep Dhirad
    Elkjøp Nordic
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  • 15.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Fri May 29, 2020 09:45 AM
    Thanks @Sandeep Dhirad for the suggestion, I added a profile picture and a signature. :)


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    Hosam Aly
    Program Director - Cognos and Planning Analytics
    IBM
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  • 16.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Fri July 24, 2020 11:33 AM
    Hi Sandeep and everyone who had interest in the mobile support. We have release an extension that will make the dashboard mobile friendly on the accelerator catalogue here: 
    https://community.ibm.com/accelerators/catalog/content/Optimize-dashboard-layout-for-mobile-devices

    Please give it a try and let us know how it is working for you.

    Thanks

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    Hosam Aly
    Program Director - Cognos and Planning Analytics
    IBM
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  • 17.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue August 04, 2020 04:09 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:11 PM
    Thanks for the heads up @Hosam Aly
    I tried it with an existing dashboard, on 11.1.5, and it didn't render very well for us.
    Is 11.1.5 supported?




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    Sandeep Dhirad
    Elkjøp Nordic
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  • 18.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue August 04, 2020 09:50 AM
    Hi @Sandeep Dhirad, the extension will work from 11.1.6 and up ​.

    When you get an instance of 11.1.6 or 11.1.7 (LTS) to try it with you make sure to follow the instructions as it will require editing the dashboard itself.

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    Hosam Aly
    Program Director - Cognos and Planning Analytics
    IBM
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  • 19.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Fri October 02, 2020 02:45 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:26 PM
    I have tried the extension in 11.1.7, and it works great. However, we are using a bullet chart, and in the desktop version, it is stretched out, and approximately 25% of the height, compared to the other widgets. On the mobile, it has the same height as the others. Any one knows how to change the aspect ratio for mobile?
    According to this blog post, it should preserve aspect ratio: The content size will be optimized for smaller screen consumption based on various rules including the existing aspect ratio of the content as well as the type of the content.

    @Rami Abou-Nassif
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    Sandeep Dhirad
    Elkjøp Nordic
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  • 20.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue October 20, 2020 10:26 AM
    @Sandeep Dhirad - The mobile layout extension will attempt to optimize the aspect ratio if it does not match with the orientation of your device. This is to avoid visualizations that get too small when the mobile device is in portrait mode.  If the visualization ​width is bigger than the height and you are viewing in portrait mode, then the height will be adjusted to be the same as the width. If you are in landscape mode, the aspect ratio in this case will be maintained.

    A good feature would be to add a property to control this behaviour at the widget level. For now, you can achieve this by grouping your visualization with some other object. For example, group a shape with the visualization and place the shape behind the visualization so it is invisible.  The aspect ratio of a group will be maintained as is. This is not an ideal solution but it will work for now.

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    Rami Abou-Nassif
    Software Architect
    IBM Cognos Analytics
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  • 21.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Wed October 21, 2020 11:06 AM
    Thank you @Rami Abou-Nassif
    Not ideal, but a good suggestion that works for now :)

    /Sandeep


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    Sandeep Dhirad
    Elkjøp Nordic
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  • 22.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue October 20, 2020 05:09 AM
    @Hosam Aly do you know how to give feedback, or get guidance regarding this experimental feature? I tried mentioning @Rami Abou-Nassif in my last post, as he wrote a guide on the mobile add on, but no luck.
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    Sandeep Dhirad
    Elkjøp Nordic
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  • 23.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue October 20, 2020 09:04 AM
    @Sandeep Dhirad this is the right forum for feedback. Rami will be responding. He  ​seems to have issues with the account to post here and is resolving it.

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    Hosam Aly
    Program Director - Cognos and Planning Analytics
    IBM
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  • 24.  RE: Covid19 dashboard on mobile

    Posted Tue October 20, 2020 10:26 AM
    @Sandeep Dhirad, I missed your mention. Let me have a look at your feedback and will get back you.

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    Rami Abou-Nassif
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