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By: Austin Rexroat , 2 months ago

Latest Discussions

RE: Unable to fetch metadata using /metadata endpoint ...

By: Mike Joseph , 22 hours ago

look here for example: > curl -i -X 'PUT' \ 'https://eu2.ca.analytics.ibm.com/api/v1/session' \ -H 'accept: application/json' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -c cookies.txt \ -d '{ "parameters": [ { "name": "CAMAPILoginKey", ...
RE: Unable to fetch metadata using /metadata endpoint ...

By: Mike Joseph , 22 hours ago

From the swagger it works but I need to write it programmatically, and from the swagger it uses an XSRF token, which from using the /session endpoint with api key authentication, it doesn't respond an XSRF token ------------------------------ Mike Joseph ...
RE: What is Dataset service?

By: NIGEL CAMPBELL , 2 days ago

The dataset set service is the Dynamic Query engine. (see cogconfig UX). Compute Service is a child process of Dynamic Query, by default uses a dynamic port number. ------------------------------ NIGEL CAMPBELL ------------------------------
RE: Cognos Analytics 11.2 change Welcome Banner

By: Andrei Istomine , 3 days ago

Check if you can leverage this https://community.ibm.com/community/user/businessanalytics/blogs/tim-aston1/2021/04/06/customizing-the-cognos-analytics-112-home-page ------------------------------ Andrei Istomine ------------------------------
RE: Auto Save

By: Andrei Istomine , 3 days ago

Nothing OOTB. But it should be possible to implement an extension which can call Save on timer ------------------------------ Andrei Istomine ------------------------------
RE: Unable to fetch metadata using /metadata endpoint ...

By: Andrei Istomine , 3 days ago

1.Check that API_KEY belongs to an account which has access to the Data modules. 2. Try calling REST API endpoint from swagger ( you should see similar curl statement). I assume, you are not following the REST API conversation rules curl -X 'GET' ...

Preparing for the Migration to Satellite Connector - Cognos Analytics on Cloud

By: Bimpe Adefowora 17 days ago

Due to the complex integrated nature of the bundled experience with Cognos Analytics and Satellite Connector, our teams are taking extra care to ensure the implementation and migration approach from Secure Gateway to Satellite Connector are as seamless ...
Important Update: Service removal for Cognos Dashboard Embedded on IBM Cloud Catalog

By: GREG MCDONALD 26 days ago

We want to inform you that the Cognos Dashboard Embedded service on IBM Cloud Catalog is being phased out. All of your existing dashboards will continue to operate smoothly until support officially ends on September 30, 2024. To ensure a seamless ...
Another frabjous day! You can now edit Unions, intersects, and excepts

By: IAN HENDERSON one month ago

Another frabjous day! You can now edit Unions, intersects, and excepts With the release of Cognos Analytics (CA) 12.0.2, you can edit set operations (Unions, intersects, and excepts). This is an extension of the ability to edit views, which was introduced ...

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Secure Gateway Connection Clean-up

By: Bimpe Adefowora one month ago

As we transition both Cognos and Planning Analytics to Satellite from Secure Gateway we are looking to minimize the number of inactive connections where possible. This will help us ensure a smoother migration of the connections our customers are utilizing. ...
Slash BI Complexity & Empower Your Business with Watsonx BI Assistant!

By: Austin Rexroat 2 months ago

The business intelligence (BI) software market is projected to surge to USD 27.9 billion by 2027, yet only 30% of employees use traditional BI tools, creating a huge gap between investment and impact. This is often due to their complexity. The ...

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More Efficient Report Microcharts

By: Marc Reed 2 months ago

In this blog I hope to show you how to make a typical microchart report more efficient and easier to write. Microcharts are a great way to visualise data and add visual flair to a report. Here is a very simple list, that shows the sales for each Product ...

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