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RE: How to monitor Cognos up and running

Posted By Shawn Lamson Thu February 01, 2024 09:19 AM
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Maybe Ralph can present in the next AMA! Shawn ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: is Cognos Analytics 11.1.x backward compatible?

Posted By Shawn Lamson Wed January 31, 2024 08:42 PM
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I would answer that yes, Cognos Analytics is backward compatible, but the specifics you gave are referring to forward compatibility. For example, CA 11.1 is backward compatible with CA 11.0. If you produce content in 11.0, it can be used in 11.1. Likewise, CA 12 is backward compatible with both CA ...

RE: Licenses

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue November 07, 2023 11:39 AM
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Hello - As an added note, there might be differences in Capabilities based on the version of Cognos you are using. Here is a link to their description of the predefined roles in 11.1 (we use custom roles, and we have found and documented issues in the capabilities based on functionality changes from ...

RE: Routing Rules Precedence

Posted By Shawn Lamson Thu November 02, 2023 02:17 PM
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Love it, thanks for doing the dirty work, Marc! ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: How to create snapshot of a Cognos report?

Posted By Shawn Lamson Mon January 09, 2023 10:23 AM
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Hi @Mack L You can also try changing the value of "Default Portal Action" in the Report > Advanced Properties of the Report (or Report View)​ from "Run the report" to "View most recent report". Shawn ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: Release 11.2.4 of Cognos Analytics Webinar

Posted By Shawn Lamson Fri December 02, 2022 05:35 PM
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Rachel now edited her post to remove the reference to December 15th entirely... thanks for correcting that! Shawn ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: Release 11.2.4 of Cognos Analytics Webinar

Posted By Shawn Lamson Wed November 30, 2022 07:59 AM
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This registration and resulting calendar invite is for Tuesday January 10th 2023 at 11 am. Why does the announcement reference Dec 15th in this case as well as the January date? Very confusing! ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: Release 11.2.4 of Cognos Analytics Webinar

Posted By Shawn Lamson Wed November 30, 2022 07:58 AM
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RE: Error Installing Cognos 11.1.7 Fix Pack 5

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue July 12, 2022 01:38 AM
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Hi Elizabeth - Just to be clear, are you using the Installer exe specific for 11.1.7 FP5? Shawn ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Wed December 22, 2021 10:06 AM
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Yes, I accessed Fix Central and browsed. Shawn DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the person or the entity to whom they are addressed and may contain information which is Confidential and Privileged. Any misuse of the information contained in this email, ...

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue December 21, 2021 03:01 AM
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OK - Maybe I am answering my own questions here, but if I click the link in the Security Bulletin I see the target URL includes this: product=ibm/Information+Management/Cognos+8+Business+Intelligence&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=11.1.7-BA-CA-BNDL-IF007 but it throws an error saying ...

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue December 21, 2021 01:37 AM
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I see now they have notes on the ammended content: Change History 21 Dec 2021: Added Bundled Customer links to Remediation/Fixes section . I still don't know what a "Bundled Customer" is though! Shawn ------------------------------ Shawn Lamson ------------------------------

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue December 21, 2021 01:29 AM
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Can someone explain what the "bundled" IF7 fix for 11.1.3 "Bundled Customers" is in relation to the previous IF6 for 11.1.7? Here is what the table looks likes: Affected Version Fix Version Bundled Customers IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.x Cognos Analytics ...

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Fri December 17, 2021 03:57 PM
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Hi Mig - You need to use the installer for whatever version you are on, for your example use the same installer you used to install 11.2, but when prompted point it to this IF file. I recommend getting a full backup prior to running the installer, I've seen and heard problems where it fails and rolls ...

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Fri December 17, 2021 09:44 AM
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So is there any consensus among users? At this point it seems like Cognos Analytics and TM1 users are waiting for word from IBM that CVE-2021-45046 is addressed before going back to "normal" usage. That assumes they have installed the latest version patch and taken any other recommended "mitigation steps". ...

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Wed December 15, 2021 08:36 AM
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Hi Michael - We are in a similar situation/configuration. Currently I don't think are any guaranteed mitigation steps and you are vulnerable. There has been a new advisory posted and now it is recommended to upgrade to Apache 2.16.0. We are waiting word from IBM on next steps for Cognos 11.1. htt ...

RE: log4j cve + cognos

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue December 14, 2021 03:43 AM
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Hello Ralf and All - If you read this Tech Note from IBM I believe it indicates the "temporary fix" Ralf looked at would only apply to certain versions of Log4j, and not the one installed with 11.1.7.(e.g. In releases >=2.10) https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/an-update-on-the-apache-log4j-cve-2021-44 ...

RE: Cognos Dashboard Query Error

Posted By Shawn Lamson Thu October 28, 2021 11:53 AM
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Hi Kat - Another option for logging is to use "Log my Session" under My Preferences, it will tell you what the name of the log file (and dataset log file) will be. Also, to rule out any interference from the Gateway IIS values as suggested above, you can access Cognos directly from the Dispatcher server ...

RE: Standby ContentManager will not start

Posted By Shawn Lamson Tue January 21, 2020 03:37 PM
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Hi @Richard Mabjish - FYI Based on our experience and the advice of IBM and LPA both, we switched to having a standalone CM this summer and it has been much more stable for us! So, in short here are the services running on the CM: ContentManagerCacheService Content Manager service Event ...

RE: Standby ContentManager will not start

Posted By Shawn Lamson Mon January 20, 2020 02:34 PM
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Hi Kiran and Richard - I disagree that it only happened once in 5 years. We have seen it many times, and often when failing *back* over, ie. Primary fails over to Standby, we run on Standby for a few days or weeks, then Standby Fails and it should fail back over to the Primary (which has been reset in ...