Blogs

Introduction The purpose here is to leverage the integration of OKTA integrated with AD on-premise allowing both AD and OKTA users to successfully authenticate from Cognos Analytics using a SINGLE namespace. ...

There are situations when there is a need to switch from a native OpenID Namespace to its equivalent using the Generic Namespace. This could be when there is a need to leverage custom claims created by ...

Customizing IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud With the recent upgrade to version 11.1.4, it is now possible to customize an IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud account. As shown in the screen capture above, ...

The latest release of Cognos Analytics 11.1.4 provides new and enhanced capabilities that enable business users to get more answers to their business questions. There are a wide range of new capabilities ...

Jupyter Notebook integration with reporting Jupyter Notebook allows data scientists working directly in Cognos Analytics environment, accessing Cognos Analytics data with the Notebook interface they ...

Cognos Analytics Modelling expression editor The Cognos Analytics Modelling expression editor has been revised in 11.1.x. You can use the expression editor in Modelling, Dashboards, and Exploration. ...

The latest version of Cognos Analytics updates the Information Distribution license to allow users to run and interact with dashboards. The existing Information Distribution licence will be renamed ...

Recent improvements to the Exploration experience in Cognos Analytics make it easier for you to get an overall picture of your data and to get started exploring. Rather than dropping you immediately into ...

Nobody likes waiting for a good thing. Not when you were a kid waiting on your holiday presents, and not now when you want Cognos Analytics or Planning Analytics but you’ve run out of Q4 budget. Waiting, ...

We are excited to release a new extensible visualization capability with Cognos 11.1.4! Users will now be allowed to expand the current OotB(Out-of-the-box) visualization library with beautiful custom ...

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.4 contains the following new and updated Base Samples : Team content > Samples > Dashboards Country comparison: This sample dashboard has been updated to include the ...

What’s new and exciting in Cognos Analytics 11.4 for Dashboards The latest release of CA contains a lot of dashboard features that we’re hoping will resonate with our customers. We have a number of new ...

Have you ever used a splash stick on your Starbucks lid? You know that clever little green stick that prevents unwelcome spills in your car or on your commute and makes team coffee runs possible? ...

What is a Data Set A Data Set is a tabular result set that is stored in the Content Store. These can be created from a Framework Manager Package or a Data Module. These are saved as parquet files in ...

Did you know that report output versions will never be deleted from the content store unless an administrator performs a content maintenance task? A huge content store is an indicator that there may very ...

With billions of passengers per year, Deutsche Bahn is one of the largest railway operators around — not just in its native Germany, but across Europe and beyond. With major businesses in logistics and ...

Do you display the data so the insight is consumable? The goal is to provide clear understanding of the information and what it is trying to achieve. Over the years I have seen many people create BI reports ...

If you are legacy Cognos user, you should become familiar with the new capabilities that have been introduced with Cognos Analytics. Modernization is not a new term but let’s review it in terms of how ...

There are a lot of use cases where it can be challenging to configure SSO to Cognos Analytics and then Pass-Through Authentication to SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) Cube Datasource without being prompted, ...

Thousands of startups are initiated and abandoned each year. Only the ones that know how to play tactfully and hold fast to their foundations in the face of raging commercial storms survive. Having transitioned ...