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  • 1.  11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Wed December 21, 2022 09:26 AM
    Does anyone know which extension, setting, theme I could use or modify to make the default tab in the 11.2 interface Team Content vs My Content, or change the order entirely?  I see a blog post about 11.2.4 also allowing a setting to default to list view, so wonder if this may also be a mystery setting hidden somewhere?

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    Chris Stadler
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    #CognosAnalyticswithWatson


  • 2.  RE: 11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Wed December 21, 2022 12:05 PM
    Hi Chris,

    It was working fine with Cognos BI v10.2.x. This option is still available from Cognos Adminstration:

    You can modify the sequence for all the new users.

    It should work with Cognos Analytics v11.2.x.

    Best regards,


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    Patrick Neveu
    Positive Thinking Company
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  • 3.  RE: 11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Wed June 14, 2023 01:42 AM

    Hi Chris,

    have you found a solution to your problem?
    My users end up in their mostly empty "My content" folder when they first call it, 
    where they are then prompted to "Start by adding data" even though they are only consuming reports.



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    Thomas Meier
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  • 4.  RE: 11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Thu June 15, 2023 05:33 AM

    Hi, I would also like to know if this is possible and how.

    But maybe some alternative ideas:

    1. Somehow add to the  link to Cognos the perspective (http://<server>:<port>/bi/?perspective=content) to directly jump to the team content

    2. Guide the user to set "Home" to Team content (in personal settings - "Set home as")
    3. Here a sample to add a tile for Team Content to quick link section, so a user just need "one click" to get the Team Content

    File spec.json

    {
         "name": "CUST_QLaddTeamInhalt",
         "schemaVersion": "1.0",
         "extensions": [
              {
                    "perspective": "home",
                    "features":[{
                         "id": "com.ibm.bi.caHome.qlTeaminhalt",
                       "collectionItems": [{
                         "containerId": "com.ibm.bi.caHome.quickLaunch",
                                  "id": "com.ibm.bi.caHome.quickLaunch.teamInhalt",
                              "name": "CUST Teaminhalt",
                         "weight": 600,
                         "actionController": "v1/ext/CUST_QLaddTeamInhalt/js/QLteaminhaltActionController.js",
                         "properties": {
                              "icon": "common-collaborate-group",
                              "title": "Teaminhalt",
                              "description": "Anzeige Teaminhalt"
                              }
                         }]
                         }]
              }
         ]
    }

    File js/QLteaminhaltActionController.js

    define([], () => {
         class CustomQuickLaunchActionController {
              doAction() {
                    window.open('/bi/?perspective=content&tab=teamContent', '_self');
              }
         }
         return CustomQuickLaunchActionController;
    });



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    Michael Haaß
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  • 5.  RE: 11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Thu June 15, 2023 07:00 AM

    Hi Michael,

    we have two groups of users
    - pure consumers
    - report writers

    Consumers open Cognos with a customized homepage containing the following tabs:
    - my content
    - "reports" (a custom folder)
    - recent
    For this I use the tabExtension.zip and like in your spec.json I can adjust the order myself.
    This was necessary, because otherwise the users first landed in "My content" instead of "Reports"
    and there it says "Start by adding data", which leads to further questions.
    The "Team content" is hidden by the role. That's why I had to hide the "Content" as well, because no shortcuts will work here in 11.2.4.

    The report writers have the same homepage, but can additionally navigate to the "Team content" and the "Content" to create objects. 
    But the order of the tabs is different than on the homepage.



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    Thomas Meier
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  • 6.  RE: 11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Tue December 10, 2024 12:25 PM

    I have a similar request, is there a way to default the Add Shortcut location to use My Content vs Team Content?  Not sure if this would be an extension or would require changing source code.

    Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions.



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    Todd Schuman
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  • 7.  RE: 11.2+ Make default(first tab) team content not My Content

    Posted Thu June 15, 2023 08:56 AM

    My solution ended up being the same as someone else mentioned. I ended up using the tab extension customization. I disabled the welcome and other areas on the home screen, only showing the tab. Then I used the spec json examples to add tabs in the order I want them, so for me we have a security message screen, dashboard of kpis, and then team content and my content and will be teaching users how to navigate this vs using the actual content selection from the menu.

    The other solution of changing preferences at user level seem to only work for new users, and even if I could change it and work the large # of users I have would make this an impossible ask.



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    Chris Stadler
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