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Communicate directly with IBM subject matter experts, learn from the experiences of fellow Cognos users, and have the opportunity to share your own best practices! The Discussions tab great venue to ask questions of your peers and IBM subject matter experts to share best practices, pitfalls to avoid, and to learn from each other. Navigate to the Blogs tab to read about the latest and greatest, how-tos, best practices, and use cases from our experts and experienced product users. We would love for you to blog with us! IBMers can blog without approval. All other users please apply here to become a blogger. Lastly, don't forget to check up all of our upcoming Events as well as past resources located in the Library tab.

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IBM Cognos Analytics Resources:

Check Out IBM Cognos 12.0.3!

By: Austin Rexroat , 17 days ago

Latest Discussions

Cognos failing to load

By: Peter Miller , an hour ago

My cognos explorations experienced a display issue earlier today, and from that point on I have now lost access to my explorations, I cannot successfully upload data to the account, and when occasionally things appear to be working, I receive a new error ...
Dashboard - Hide Filters pane by default

By: Eric Mueller , 2 hours ago

Is there a way of hiding the filter pane in dashboards so it shows a collapsed view when the user opens the dashboard up??? ------------------------------ Eric Mueller ------------------------------
Dashboard - Hide tabs in preview not working as ex ...

By: Eric Mueller , 2 hours ago

I have a dashboard where I use link widget with tab index to navigate through different tabs etc. This works ok and I have customized so it feels more like an app which is great. However, I want to hide the actual tabs. There is an option to do this in ...
Dashboard Tab Icons

By: Eric Mueller , 3 hours ago

So in dashboards we can add tab icons which is cool. However, the choice of available icons isn't very good. I wonder if there is a directory somewhere on the install where you can add your own icons. I want to be able to customize these to suit our needs. ...
RE: Relative Date

By: Adriaan Boot , 3 hours ago

Hi Jean Phillipe, Have a look at this article: https://pmsquare.com/analytics-blog/2020/1/10/creating-custom-calendars-in-cognos-analytics-111 . It will assist you to create new relative time periods and even whole new calendars. ...
RE: Relative Date

By: JEAN PHILIPPE VIOLET , 8 hours ago

I am looking to create a report that compares sales figures based on a selected calendar period. I have developed a sales model using relative dates, but I am facing difficulties in meeting the following requirements. For instance, if the current month ...

Exciting visualization enhancements in the April 2024 (12.0.3) Cognos release

By: Agathe Chapelle 13 days ago

Risk Matrix The Risk Matrix is a powerful tool, available as a Custom Visualization for visualizing and understanding potential risks in the business. Presented in a 4x4 grid, it assesses the likelihood and impact consequences of incidents on a ...

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The April 2024 Cognos Analytics release is here! (12.0.3)

By: Tim Aston 17 days ago

Today I'm happy to announce that our latest release of Cognos Analytics, the April 2024 release, is now available! (Version 12.0.3) Its available for all our on-premise and cloud customers right now! We highly recommend upgrading to this latest release ...
Introducing reusable Native Custom Controls in IBM Cognos Analytics April 2024 (12.0.3) release

By: Shaveta Srivastava 17 days ago

"Seamless User Experience" is the theme for this blog - we are committed to delivering what our customers ask for!! We are thrilled to announce an extremely intuitive method for integrating custom controls into reports. With this latest release, native ...
Having Cognos generate a dashboard for you just got way easier in the April 2024 Cognos release (12.0.3)

By: Tim Aston 17 days ago

Did you know that Cognos Analytics can generate an interactive dashboard from your data automatically? Often the hardest part of building a dashboard is the blank page syndrome , where you don't know how to get going. By starting with a generated ...
Introducing PAaaS data source connection in IBM Cognos Analytics April 2024 (12.0.3) release

By: Shaveta Srivastava 17 days ago

Planning Analytics as a Service is available as a new data source connection within both the on-premise and cloud versions of IBM Cognos Analytics. This integration enables IBM Cognos Analytics users to seamlessly connect to PAaaS cubes, whether they ...

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I'm ready to upgrade Cognos Analytics. Which release should I upgrade to?

By: Tim Aston 28 days ago

For so many of you, Cognos Analytics is a critical part of running your business. You rely on it to deliver analytics you can trust, and you can't afford downtime. So naturally, when it comes time to upgrading Cognos, you prefer to proceed with caution. ...

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