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RE: Parameterized Dashboard URL

Posted By Brennan Fox Fri February 03, 2023 03:26 PM
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Hi Rochelyn, thanks for the question. It is not possible / supported. The toolbar icons are often the primary means for your end-users to access functionality that makes the dashboard experience interactive. The icons will differ slightly depending on if the end-user's role is a consumer or author. ...

RE: Cognos 11.2.4 - Burst reports execution time increased Tremendously

Posted By Brennan Fox Tue January 24, 2023 08:57 AM
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Hi Ramanpreet, We are sorry to hear that you're experiencing this issue. If you are covered under an IBM Support contract, I would recommend opening a support case so our team can review the issue holistically. ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product Quality @ IBM Cognos Analytics ...

RE: Bubble chart and custom colors

Posted By Brennan Fox Fri January 13, 2023 08:55 AM
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> In a dashboard it is posibble to use global custom palettes. For anyone reading this wondering how to add a global palette to use in multiple dashboards, here are the steps: - Open Manage > Customization > Palettes - Select the + icon to create your global palette - Open one of your dashboards ...

RE: How to update filter based on highlighter (dashboard)

Posted By Brennan Fox Fri January 06, 2023 04:03 PM
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Hi Mary, thanks for your question. When you highlight data on a dashboard visualization, the member(s) highlighted are considered a filter that is local to your tab / visualization. You should see the member(s) listed when you open the filter indicator flyout in the top right corner of your visualization. ...

RE: Customized Font to Cognos Analytics Dashboard

Posted By Brennan Fox Mon November 21, 2022 12:44 PM
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Hi Pavithra, Patrick is correct. Feel free to vote on this Idea in Aha and share your use case(s) to let our team know it's something you would like to see in a future release. ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product Quality @ IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ------------------ ...

RE: Does anyone know how to save my dashboard files in Cognos? even if I save it and reenter it deletes it, what do i need to do? or configuration thing?

Posted By Brennan Fox Wed June 15, 2022 11:42 AM
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Hi Pam, I cannot say for certain, but on the face of it, this appears to be a configuration thing. More specifically that your account may have been granted a 'role' with a limited access to features and functionality, which may or may not have been configured to restrict you from saving artifacts ...

RE: Customize dashboard tab icons

Posted By Brennan Fox Wed June 08, 2022 09:38 AM
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Hi Eric, thanks for the question. They are not customizable, no. If that is something you'd like to see in a future release, feel free to create an Idea in Aha and our team will take it under consideration for future enhancements. In the meantime, I thought I would mention that the tab names are ...

RE: Summed up values underneath stacked bars in Marimekko widget without using a KPI or a Summary widget

Posted By Brennan Fox Thu April 28, 2022 10:49 AM
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Hi Rizwan, thanks for the question! The particular solution of displaying summary values along the x-axis is not currently available. You're welcome to add that idea to our Ideas portal. Our product team will review it for future roadmap considerations. For the time being, would toggling the ...

RE: 3D point clouds

Posted By Brennan Fox Wed March 09, 2022 09:55 AM
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To build on Patrick's comment, here is a video tutorial to give you an understanding of the basics of developing a D3.js custom visual for use in Cognos Analytics ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product Quality @ IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson ------------------------------

RE: Accessibility

Posted By Brennan Fox Wed March 02, 2022 10:06 AM
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Hi Mary, it is not. Feel free to share that suggestion for improvement via the Ideas portal in Aha There is one pattern palette that can be used to conditionally format Table and Crosstab visualizations on older versions of Cognos Analytics (11.1.7 and older), but it is not generally available for ...

RE: measures as rows in a Dashboard

Posted By Brennan Fox Tue February 22, 2022 10:09 AM
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Thanks for the question. This is not currently possible to do in a dashboard. We hear your need and we're working on it. This functionality is currently under development to be included in a future release of Cognos Analytics with Watson (no ETA at this time). ------------------------------ Brennan ...

RE: Accessibility

Posted By Brennan Fox Thu February 17, 2022 08:42 AM
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Is there a mechanism to have a drill-thru button, or another method to drill thru without using the provided icon?​ There is not. We do support using browser zoom levels up to and including 200% on the latest version of Firefox ESR. Would that be a suitable alternative? If it is not, we are ...

RE: Accessibility

Posted By Brennan Fox Thu February 17, 2022 08:17 AM
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Hi Mary, thank you for your question. There is no direct equivalent of this functionality in dashboards. If this is important to you and your team, we encourage you to create an Aha Idea for our team to review in product roadmap discussions. ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product ...

RE: Custom font in Cognos Dashboard

Posted By Brennan Fox Thu November 04, 2021 09:13 AM
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Hi Diego, It is currently not possible to use custom fonts in Dashboard. It is under consideration for a future release. Feel free to vote on this Idea in Aha to let our team know it's something you would like to see in a future release. ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product Quality ...

RE: Add calculation on Cognos Dashboard

Posted By Brennan Fox Fri October 22, 2021 09:52 AM
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This appears to have been answered in this thread. ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product Quality @ IBM Cognos Analytics ------------------------------

RE: Report vs Dashboard

Posted By Brennan Fox Tue March 16, 2021 10:28 AM
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Hi Vincent, thank you for the feedback. I agree, it could and be more discoverable. Your feedback has been seen by the Cognos product team and we will take it under consideration for future enhancements. ------------------------------ Brennan Fox Product Quality @ IBM Cognos Analytics --- ...

RE: Dashboard with multiple connections to the same data module

Posted By Brennan Fox Fri February 05, 2021 01:27 PM
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Hi Robert, thank you for the follow up. I agree, our error messages have room to improve. I would recommend opening two separate cases with IBM Support: 1) For the multiple, overlapping data modules situation that came to be because of copying and pasting 2) For the Pinning error message ...

RE: Dashboard with multiple connections to the same data module

Posted By Brennan Fox Wed February 03, 2021 10:26 AM
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Hi Robert, We're sorry to hear your team is encountering this issue. If anyone on your team recalls how you encountered this scenario, we encourage you to open a case with IBM Support. We would be keen look into the matter so we can ensure no other customers encounter it in the future. By the ...

RE: Dashboard - Renaming Data Labels

Posted By Brennan Fox Fri January 29, 2021 08:07 AM
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Hi Chandra, thanks for the question. The column headers on Dashboard Table and Crosstab visualizations are a direct projection of the column header from your data. While you can style the text of the label in the header (change the font family, colour, bold, italicize, etc.), the only way to change ...

RE: Dashboard Warning in 11.1.2 - Unable to Save

Posted By Brennan Fox Tue January 12, 2021 10:09 AM
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Hi Rachel, we're sorry to see you're stuck here after upgrading. If you have not done so already, we encourage you to open a case with IBM Support. We would like to understand the conditions that exist before you encountered this issue and ensure that no other customer will encounter this in the future. ...