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RE: FM Error: The cryptographic engine is not initialized

Posted By Ori Tue January 11, 2022 12:59 AM
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Hi Vincent, We tried loading the FM Config and saved the existing configuration, and this indeed solved the problem. Many thanks for sharing your solution. ------------------------------ Ori ------------------------------

FM Error: The cryptographic engine is not initialized

Posted By Ori Mon January 10, 2022 10:23 AM
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After upgrading our single server installation from 11.1.7 FP2 to IFP6 we receive an error message only in FM, when trying to update an existing Package. FM cannot connect to the data source, even though the Cognos client connect to that data source with no problem. The connection to the data source ...

RE: Event Studio in version 11.1.7 FP3

Posted By Ori Tue October 19, 2021 10:24 AM
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Thank you Patrick. In IE we could indeed locate the Event Studio. Best regards, ------------------------------ Ori ------------------------------

Event Studio in version 11.1.7 FP3

Posted By Ori Tue October 19, 2021 09:19 AM
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Can anyone point to the documentation for enabling Event Studio in 11.1.7 FP 3? We haven't used it yet in this version but we are considering to. The capability 'Event Studio' is enabled but the Event Studio is not to be found under "+ New" -> "+ Other" (only 'Drill-through definitions' and 'Workspace' ...

Legacy visualizations

Posted By Ori Wed October 13, 2021 04:25 AM
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What is the status of the legacy visualizations in reporting? Is it recommended to continue using them, or should I rather avoid integrating them in new reports? I am specifically looking for a Gantt chart (in order to display time intervals) and I find Gantt charts only in the legacy visualizations. ...

RE: Checkbox disappears in Value Prompt object

Posted By Ori Mon September 13, 2021 09:46 AM
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Jens, thank you for this lead. I moved the browser window between different displays (monitors) and also saw that the problem is connected to the zoom definition - in my case not of the browser window but of the display itself: With a display resolution of 1920x1080 and a scaling of 100% the problem ...

RE: Checkbox disappears in Value Prompt object

Posted By Ori Mon September 13, 2021 02:50 AM
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We are using a CA 11.1.7 FP1 single server installation on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. ------------------------------ Ori ------------------------------

Checkbox disappears in Value Prompt object

Posted By Ori Fri September 10, 2021 02:21 AM
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We noticed the following phenomenon in an HTML Report only in the last 2 weeks (worked fine before that): In a Checkbox value prompt with "Select UI" set to "Check box group" the check boxes next to the items are mostly not displayed when unchecked. When checked the box becomes visible. This behavior ...

Append a timestamp to the name of exported files

Posted By Ori Mon August 09, 2021 02:35 AM
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When distributing a report as a saved file, CA offers four options under "Conflict resolution": Keep existing files Replace existing files Make the filenames unique and append a timestamp Make the filenames unique and append a sequence number I would like to append a timestamp regardless ...

"Drill-through definitions"-Link as Button

Posted By Ori Fri July 23, 2021 04:59 AM
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Hello community, We are trying to create a button that triggers another report. For example: With the "Drill-through definition" functionality this works fine, however, the link is only the text on which the Drill-through definition is defined. However, we want to have not only the text to ...

RE: Crosstab unmerge cells

Posted By Ori Wed July 07, 2021 06:49 AM
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Works perfectly. Many thanks. ------------------------------ Ori ------------------------------

Crosstab unmerge cells

Posted By Ori Wed July 07, 2021 02:40 AM
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Hello community, We have a report in Excel format which holds a crosstab with multiple hierarchies on the left-hand axis. Here is an example, (Year, Month, Day are the hierarchies): Mesure1 Year1 Month1 Day1 data1 Day2 data2 Month2 Day3 data3 Day4 data4 Year2 Month3 Day5 data5 Day6 data6 ...

RE: CSV Delimiter

Posted By Ori Wed May 05, 2021 03:19 AM
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Excellent. Thank you very much for your suggestions. ------------------------------ Ori ------------------------------

CSV Delimiter

Posted By Ori Mon May 03, 2021 06:16 AM
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Hello community, Does anyone know if there is a functionality to generate multiple reports in multiple CSV-formats (different delimiters)? For example: Report A - CSV format with delimiter ";" Report B - CSV format with delimiter " " Thanks for your feedback. ------------------------------ ...

Data Table and Master-Detail relationship

Posted By Ori Wed April 21, 2021 09:52 AM
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Hello community, can anyone suggest how to use data-table filtered by a master-detail relationship? We use CA 11.1.7 and this functionality seem not to be available in data-tables. Can anyone suggest a way to still utilize data-table filtered by a query? Thank you. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Sorting Numbers in Visualisation categories

Posted By Ori Mon April 19, 2021 02:13 AM
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You're very welcome. Glad it worked. The visualizations that allow sorting by a different data-items are in the "Charts" category (underneath "Legacy visualizations"). If you use for example the "Clustered Line" visualization then you can sort your x-axis according to a different data-item of your ...

RE: Force List to show all data members

Posted By Ori Mon April 19, 2021 01:38 AM
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Hello Veljko, you can adjust your data-item definition to this: case when [dataitem] is null then '' else [dataitem] end Best, Ori ------------------------------ Ori ------------------------------

RE: Sorting Numbers in Visualisation categories

Posted By Ori Mon April 19, 2021 01:30 AM
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Hello Mauro, In cases where the automatic sorting is not performing as expected I create a new data-item in the relevant query only for the sorting and use that data-item for sorting in the visualization. I'm not sure which visualization you are using, but in the traditional charts there is the option ...

Dashboard or Active Report?

Posted By Ori Wed March 10, 2021 02:53 AM
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Hello community, About a year ago the CA Dashboards were described as a tool to explore and display data but not the right tool for designing "pixel-perfect" display of data. Since then the CA dashboards functionalities have been enhanced. What would you choose today (CA 11.1.7) for implementing ...

Active Report and Java Heap Size

Posted By Ori Mon February 22, 2021 03:39 AM
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After upgrading from CA 11.0.13 to 11.1.7 R2, executing an active report ends with a java exception: An unexpected exception occurred: java.lang.NullPointerException After further attempts to execute the report, eventually it does run with no errors. Has someone experienced such a behavior? ...