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How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

  • 1.  How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Thu September 13, 2018 04:19 PM
    Hi Team, does anyone know how to get rid of the "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!" line on the default home page?

    I would like to keep the Recents on the home page (that is useful) but get rid of the "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!" and also get rid of the "Quick reference". The samples mostly show how to replace the home page with a picture and some titles... I cannot find a list of all of the possible possible features to customize.

    Thanks.

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    Adrienne Beronilla
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    #CognosAnalyticswithWatson


  • 2.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Fri September 14, 2018 09:28 AM

    The ability to remove those 2 items ("Get started..." line and "Quick reference" section) are not available in the current release. Supported customization options are described here:

    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ag_manage.doc/c_ag_manage_themes.html



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    Richard Kung
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  • 3.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Mon September 17, 2018 05:43 PM
    Thanks Richard, I came to the same conclusion, was hoping someone found a hack...  perhaps it is something to request as a feature.

    Thank you,
    Adrienne Beronilla


  • 4.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Tue September 18, 2018 07:57 AM
    There is a hack. The file that contains the html in the default homepage is in this folder:

    <cognos>\webcontent\bi\js\cahome\lib\@waca\bahome\public\js\bahome\views\templates

    You can either edit that file (which will add another step for each update), or create an extension based on that file (and the corresponding javascript) which might not upgrade very nicely in a future version, but that should be fixable.

    If you can not create the extension yourself, let me know.

    rgds,
    Reinier


  • 5.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Tue September 18, 2018 08:00 AM
    Wow that didnt work very well.

    It folder is this:

    Cognos Folder _webcontent_bi_js_cahome_lib_@waca_bahome_public_js_bahome_views_templates

    Where _ is a slash.

    You can either edit that file, or create a new extension based on this file and the corresponding javascript. The latter gives you less trouble when upgrading and more control over the final result. Let me know if you need some help with that.

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    Rgds,
    Reinier Battenberg
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  • 6.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Wed September 19, 2018 09:53 AM
    ​I'm also looking for a way to remove both of these, from the home page. I don't suppose you have an already edited sample of the HomeView script and template?

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    BrigetteK
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  • 7.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Wed September 19, 2018 01:01 PM
    I don't have an edited homepage, but I could create an extension that allows you to easily switch items on the page on and off.
    If you DM me your requirements, you could share the costs.

    I also have a funky login page that automatically fills the namespaces dropdown with the available namespaces, instead of the IBM example that hard codes these values. It also shows a warning if you connect with Edge and it has animated background images.
    It would need some work to make it generic and easy to adapt. Let me know if you are interested.

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    Reinier Battenberg
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  • 8.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Wed September 26, 2018 06:20 PM
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    Hi Adrienne,

    I've created a hack to clean up the Welcome page to get rid of the Secondary Welcome Message and the right-side Menu. It involves a simple process of accessing and (carefully) deleting <div> structural elements in the bundle.js file on you Cognos Application server.



    I've attached a Word doc with my procedure, and my DISCLAIMER. It seems to work well, but I have not tested it in every possible scenario. Remember to back up any files you are about to change.

    Cheers,
    - Syd



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  • 9.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Thu September 27, 2018 07:01 PM
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    Based on my posting yesterday, a Community member wondered about removing the "Add some data..." text in the Recents area of the Welcome page. So I revised and attached my Word doc instructions to include that removal as well:


    Cheers,
    Syd

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    Syd
    Cognos Consultant / Trainer
    Newberg OR
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  • 10.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Tue October 02, 2018 12:13 PM
    Thank you so much for the help! It worked!

    Thanks!

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    Adrienne Beronilla
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  • 11.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Fri September 28, 2018 12:07 PM
    Thank you Syd so much for the help! My team will try your solution next week and I will let you know how it went! Thanks again!

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    Adrienne Beronilla
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  • 12.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Fri November 23, 2018 12:11 PM
    Hi Syd,

    Thank you for your excellent post.

    Was wondering if you know a way where instead of completely removing the "Getting Started" section, we can go and edit the links in this section??

    Thanks!

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    Richard Mabjish
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  • 13.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Mon June 22, 2020 04:44 PM
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    The attached illustration outlines how to safely remove the Quick reference section from the Cognos home. The Quick reference section is rendered as a <div> with a named class of homeReferenceContainer. One solution is to simply hide it using javascript. It is helpful to locate the exact <div> by pressing F12 in the Chrome web browser and drilling down / selecting the homeReferenceContainer element within the body of the html.



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    Elihu El
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    Remove Quick Reference.pdf   299 KB 1 version


  • 14.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Mon June 22, 2020 08:30 PM
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    This illustration outlines how to safely remove the Quick reference section from the Cognos home. The Quick reference section is rendered as a <div> with a named class of homeReferenceContainer. One solution is to simply hide it using javascript. It is helpful to locate the exact <div> by pressing F12 in the Chrome web browser and drilling down / selecting the homeReferenceContainer element within the body of the html:
    https://www.slideshare.net/ElihuEl/remove-quick-reference-section-from-cognos-236055406

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    Elihu El
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    Remove Quick Reference.pdf   26 KB 1 version


  • 15.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Mon June 22, 2020 08:31 PM
      |   view attached
    This illustration outlines how to safely remove the Quick reference section from the Cognos home. The Quick reference section is rendered as a <div> with a named class of homeReferenceContainer. One solution is to simply hide it using javascript. It is helpful to locate the exact <div> by pressing F12 in the Chrome web browser and drilling down / selecting the homeReferenceContainer element within the body of the html:
    https://www.slideshare.net/ElihuEl/remove-quick-reference-section-from-cognos-236055406

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    Elihu El
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    Attachment(s)

    pdf
    Remove Quick Reference.pdf   26 KB 1 version


  • 16.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Tue March 02, 2021 02:44 PM
    Hello,
    The post is very good, but it is getting complicated for me to do it in version 11.1.7, it seems to me that I change with the version used here.
    My specific query is how you can modify the colors and be able to choose which components to show or hide from the CA home page since I find some very interesting and others not so much.
    The examples provided by IBM do not contain those controls, eg. Recent And on the other hand it is said that Carbon can be used to design it, but it seems to me that it is for experts. What is missing is something simple and useful such as the configuration of a JSON but for the welcome page of the tool.
    In the meantime, is there any documentation with which I can modify the current version of this version?
    Thanks a lot!!!
    Sebastian.

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    Sebastian Zaballa
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  • 17.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Wed March 03, 2021 05:14 AM
    Hi,
    We did a radical but easy step to get rid of the CA home page completely. ​We created an essetially empty dashboard and saved it in a read-only Team Content folder accessible for all users. We selected this dashboard as default "Homepage" for the user role "Analytics User" (but I think it can also be configured globally). Users may set an own dashboard or report as their individual "Homepage" but if they reset it to default the user role configuration gets in place again (and not the CA default). 
    P.S. The framing colors and the logo in the upper left are from a CA Theme and the logo in the middle is from the dashboard.



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    Philipp Hornung
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  • 18.  RE: How to get rid of "Get started by opening a dashboard, report or story!"

    Posted Wed March 03, 2021 05:42 AM
    Thanks Philipp for the answer, but what I'm looking for is to keep the AC welcome page but to be able to modify the colors of the background, of the list of recent reports or to their tab mode, to be able to add that the description of the report is displayed, dashboard etc.
    Regards

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    Sebastian Zaballa
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