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  • 1.  Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Mon July 06, 2020 05:52 PM
    Hi all,

    Can someone please point me to the 11.1.6 documentation for "Group content" which appears on the Welcome page Navigation panel.
    Thanks,
    Syd


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    Syd Shewchuk
    Trainer / Consultant
    Newberg, OR
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    #CognosAnalyticswithWatson


  • 2.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Tue July 07, 2020 07:56 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:22 PM

    Good morning Syd,

    That navigation button labelled Group Content is not a native part of Cognos Analytics or of 11.1.6.  Its the result of a customization to the interface implemented in your environment.  The folder with a * in it comes from Customization implemented in your environment.  it could be from a Role-based customization called Custom Folder, it could be from an extension that someone coded... I think there are a number of ways that Icon can appear in your navigation bar.

    But, it is not part of the default icons that appear upon upgrading to 11.1.6.

    UPDATED:  After reading William Shaw's note (below) I did some experimenting, and I now see this Group Content button appears when running an interactive report, and it disappears when you close that report.  It does not appear when you run a non-interactive report (e.g. Classic Viewer).  

    While there are many ways to get this * icon folder up on purpose (such as the customization I mention above) this situation does appear to be new in 11.1.6 (I cannot reproduce in 11.1.5) and(per Mr. Shaw's note below appears to be a bug. 

    Rich



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    Richard Chester
    Director of Business Intelligence
    LPA Software Solutions
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  • 3.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Tue July 07, 2020 08:12 AM

    I've had a ticket with IBM about this for over 3 months (along with many other bugs), from what I was told that folder is part of the native 11.1.6 and shows up when viewing a saved or interactive report/dashboard. It's basically a rebranded version of Public Folders/Team Content that appears alongs side them in the navigation pane. It's problematic for us because we don't make root Public Folder available to end users this "Group Content" shows up and there isn't a way to turn off or disable it. IBM has logged an APAR but it hasn't made it through development yet. I'll post the APAR here when they provide it to me. 



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  • 4.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Tue July 07, 2020 02:23 PM
    Thanks Richard and William for the quick insight.

    My 11.1.6 installation is straight out-of-the-box (with FP 1 and 2) - i.e. no customization. So it has to be what I call a "feature" (bug) or maybe a "feature of the future" that escaped it's cage. With no documentation anywhere it's hard to tell. Your discovery of "interactive reports" is a good one though. I tried the same thing and as you had discovered, the "Group content" icon pops up when I run an interactive report. But its existence is still a mystery. 
    Thanks guys for your help... *^_^*

    -syd

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    Syd Shewchuk
    Trainer / Consultant
    Newberg, OR
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  • 5.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Wed July 08, 2020 09:23 AM
    Hi,
    I checked with our documentation team, 
    there is a bit of information at: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ag_manage.doc/c_ca_mng_cust_roles.html
    The documentation team appreciates you pointing out the lack of info and is planning to add more.
    // Henk


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    HENK CAZEMIER
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  • 6.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Thu January 07, 2021 07:59 PM
    Hi William,

    Did you find out solution for this problem. We are facing the same issue.


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    Balakrishna Adusumilli
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  • 7.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Fri January 08, 2021 12:05 PM

    I fogot to post an update, but the APAR has been accepted and development is currently working to resolve this issue. Here's the link to the public-facing APAR

    PH26886: 'GROUP CONTENT' FOLDER APPEARS IN NAVIGATION PANE WHEN RUNNING AREPORT WITH FULL INTERACTIVITY ENABLED.

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH26886



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    William Shaw
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  • 8.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Mon January 11, 2021 06:59 AM
    Hi William,

    Thank you for the update. Hope it will be resolved soon. 

    Thanks,
    Bala

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    Balakrishna Adusumilli
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  • 9.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Thu January 07, 2021 07:53 PM
    Hi

    Is There any solution to disable "Group Content" . We are seeing this folder in Dashboard perspective when we double click Edit or Preview button.
    We also see "My Portal Pages" button along with "Group Content" Button. Please let me know if there is any option to disable these two buttons.

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    Balakrishna Adusumilli
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  • 10.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    IBM Champion
    Posted Sun January 10, 2021 01:40 PM
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    Hi @Syd Shewchuk, @Richard Chester, @William Shaw​​​, @Balakrishna Adusumilli,

    Sunday afternoon, raining outside ... read your post ... so haveing fun with Cognos ...

    Attached find an extension that disables the teamContent "forever".

    In the browser console you will see a log-entry every time the item is being hidden.
    Hiding group folder / team folder


    Hope this helps.​​

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    Ralf Roeber
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    Attachment(s)



  • 11.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Mon January 11, 2021 05:01 AM
    Thanks @Ralf Roeber , This extension works fine to disable team content in Welcome perspective.
    But we are having issue with dashboard, Two new icons (Group Content and My portal pages) are visible when we click edit or preview twice on Dashboard page. 
    Please find the attached screenshot for reference.

    Thank you!
    Icons


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    Balakrishna Adusumilli
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  • 12.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon January 11, 2021 07:54 AM
    Oh, @Balakrishna Adusumilli ... I did not read the initial comment to the end :-)

    >Two new icons (Group Content and My portal pages) are visible 
    Anyhow, that is quite easy to achieve:

    open amvara_common.js and add these lines
    /* Hide the teamfolder menu item */
    console.dir("AMVARA Hiding Teamfolder Button ");
    $("#com\\.ibm\\.bi\\.contentApps\\.teamFoldersSlideout").parent().parent().hide();

    /* Hide the other menu items to your needs ... */
    console.dir("AMVARA Hiding customFoldersSlideout Button ");
    $("#com\\.ibm\\.bi\\.contentApps\\.customFoldersSlideout").parent().parent().hide();
    console.dir("AMVARA Hiding myPortalPages Button ");
    $("#com\\.ibm\\.bi\\.contentApps\\.myPortalPages").parent().parent().hide();

    For any other menue item it is the "same" procedure ... open chrome ... Hit F12 ... find the ID of the menu item to hide ... put the ID in amvara_common.js ... upload extension and reload the portal.

    Hope this helps.​

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    Ralf Roeber
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  • 13.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Wed June 02, 2021 06:35 AM
    Hi @Ralf Roeber,
    I need to disable 'About info' of cognos which is showing cognos version.
    Is there any possible way to hide About button?


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    Amol Pukale
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  • 14.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Wed June 02, 2021 08:52 AM
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    @Amol Pukale You can hide About via role customization. See attached screenshot.​

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    DENNY NAREZNY
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  • 15.  RE: Group content Cognos 11.1.6

    Posted Wed June 02, 2021 09:57 AM
    Hi Denny,
    @DENNY NAREZNY
    Thanks a lot for this information. This is really helpful.
    We do host Cognos servers for our clients , and it may become difficult to make changes to all Cognos environments - close to 200 ( DEV+SB+QA+PP+PROD)
    Is there a published SDK API or REST API to make this change? Please let us know.
    Thanks!

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    Dhanush
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