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RE: Email and license requirement with Cognos Analytics

Posted By jonathan chesterton Thu May 11, 2023 01:17 PM
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We sought confirmation from our IBM contact on the prior to 11.2.4 situation and were informed that all earlier versions are now adhering to the same licencing rule that they now detail for 11.2.4 when it concerns bursting and the need for a licence. Therefore, I think you just need to follow what ...

RE: Email and license requirement with Cognos Analytics

Posted By jonathan chesterton Mon March 06, 2023 05:05 AM
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Hi, I'll be honest I thought the latest Licence details around bursting had almost cleared this up for me after years of confusion. The image below is from the last webinar and follows our understanding that in an authorised user environment, there is no requirement for the recipient of a burst ...

RE: Report throwing error while running from Report view/Shortcut

Posted By jonathan chesterton Wed November 02, 2022 07:24 AM
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Not sure which version you are running but there are a couple of APAR's on the support site that detail this issue with master detail relationships. Both point to upgrades as the potential fix. PH05532: XSQL PARAMETER DOESN'T EXIST. Ibm remove preview PH05532: XSQL ...

RE: Report throwing error while running from Report view/Shortcut

Posted By jonathan chesterton Fri October 28, 2022 04:50 AM
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Not a direct answer to your question, but I would also recommend allowing more users access to see detailed error messages. It can help a lot if you have users logging issues as they can then be asked to provide the full error they receive, it also helps to avoid trawling the logs for the majority ...

RE: SQL connection remains open after cancelling the report.

Posted By jonathan chesterton Wed September 28, 2022 05:03 AM
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What version and fix pack are running of Cognos? I seem to recall this being an issue in 11.1.7 before the introduction of FP3 I think ( though dont quote me). We had a similar issue and after the FP3 was installed the issue did seem to disappear....... However, after FP5 was installed we have seen ...

RE: Emailing reports to recipients and Cognos license

Posted By jonathan chesterton Fri May 06, 2022 12:29 PM
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That's certainly my understanding. ------------------------------ jonathan chesterton NHS Supply Chain ------------------------------

RE: Emailing reports to recipients and Cognos license

Posted By jonathan chesterton Thu May 05, 2022 04:13 PM
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Marvellous and an absolute game changer for us and probably many other Cognos users... I've been waiting for this type of confirmation for years........ ------------------------------ jonathan chesterton NHS Supply Chain ------------------------------

RE: Ask-Me-Anything: Cognos Analytics - April Edition

Posted By jonathan chesterton Mon April 11, 2022 02:26 PM
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Is there any news on moving Cognos Transformer away from its reliance on Internet Explorer. Currently we see that when signing into Cognos Transformer it still requires the use of IE when using the GUI. With IE11 now no longer being supported, there is a need within our business to move away from ...

RE: Cognos licencing question reagrding email distribution

Posted By jonathan chesterton Fri March 18, 2022 04:45 AM
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Thanks for the responses to this question so far, its good to see that my understanding since getting hold of Cognos 8 all those years ago (though a little grey and murky in places) still appears to be correct. Sadly though for me, it also paints a picture of one of the big problems that Cognos has ...

RE: Cognos licencing question reagrding email distribution

Posted By jonathan chesterton Wed March 16, 2022 04:46 AM
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Morning and thanks for the reply, How do IBM recommend that you manage the potential for any user to send content directly to any email address? Its not feasible without trying to lock the environment down. I'm aware its been this way for as long as I can remember with Cognos, but the ever increasing ...

Cognos licencing question reagrding email distribution

Posted By jonathan chesterton Tue March 15, 2022 05:55 PM
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Apologies but this topic never seems to go away and I still don't believe I've actually seen any clarity around it. So, i'm hoping that someone from IBM may be able to answer it, whilst also gauging opinions of others around what they believe to be the official position. The basic question is therefore.. ...

RE: Emailing reports to recipients and Cognos license

Posted By jonathan chesterton Tue February 01, 2022 04:08 AM
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I'd second what Robert has detailed. Its always been a confusing area and one in which I've always thought holds Cognos back when compared to its competitors. Come on IBM let us let loose with the product and send emails off to non Cognos users without the licence overhead ! (watermark the output if ...

RE: 11.2.1 fix pack 3 - DPR-ERR-2002 problems after upgrade

Posted By jonathan chesterton Mon January 24, 2022 12:25 PM
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Thanks Trevor, Just applied that change and it has resolved the issue for us on our development environment. Greatly appreciated Jonathan #CognosAnalyticswithWatson

11.2.1 fix pack 3 - DPR-ERR-2002 problems after upgrade

Posted By jonathan chesterton Sun January 23, 2022 09:33 AM
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Hi , We've just upgraded our dev environment 11.2.1 to fix pack 3. Sadly its introduced an issue for us where we now see the following message when trying to load packages in the studios. "DPR-ERR-2002 Unable to execute the request because there was no process available within the configured time ...

RE: Managing Scheduled Reports and Jobs

Posted By jonathan chesterton Fri October 15, 2021 04:21 AM
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Hi, Whilst it wont give you absolutely everything you are seeking have you tried MotioPI ( free version). It will happily provide you with a list of all schedules within your environment, their current status and the owners. You can see the detail behind each including the email distribution details ...

RE: Content Removal Task - Questions re: Deleting Report Versions

Posted By jonathan chesterton Thu August 19, 2021 06:58 AM
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Hi Penny, By preventing your users from storing report outputs in the content store that will have an impact on how users run reports either as a background task or on a schedule. If the reports are too large to be emailed many users will take the default option which saves to the content store ...

RE: Cognos Analytics 11.1.X - unable to access new namespace

Posted By jonathan chesterton Wed June 09, 2021 11:27 AM
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Glad that solved it for you. And yes, once you are happy that all of your groups and users are in the correct place, including your administrators then just remove the old AD groups. Forgot to mention, have you moved any users content over? They will lose their my content when they sign in from the ...

RE: Cognos Analytics 11.1.X - unable to access new namespace

Posted By jonathan chesterton Wed June 09, 2021 03:27 AM
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You'll need to be signed into both AD's to be to navigate the new AD. It sounds as though you are only signed into the old domain. ------------------------------ jonathan chesterton NHS Supply Chain ------------------------------

RE: New version of the Link custom dashboard widget

Posted By jonathan chesterton Wed March 10, 2021 04:05 AM
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Hi Tim, Just tried it on our dev environment and it works really well, so thanks. May be worth mentioning somewhere in the title that it requires 11.1.7 FP2 and above, as not all will read the comments section first. Thanks again Jonathan ------------------------------ jonathan chesterton ...

RE: Email to recipients without a Cognos license

Posted By jonathan chesterton Mon February 15, 2021 04:19 PM
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This licensing issue/question has for me plagued the product for years. In this day and age it seems unreal that it still applies and causes so much confusion. Come on IBM can we get this sorted! ------------------------------ jonathan chesterton NHS Supply Chain ------------------------- ...