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  • 1.  Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Fri August 23, 2024 04:48 AM

    Hello everyone,

    We are working with CA 11.2.4 and the home page column Last Accessed is confusing because the information is not consistent.

    Could anyone explain me what is the date showed and how this date could be changed ?

    Thank you for any help.

    Best regards.

    German



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  • 2.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Mon August 26, 2024 06:09 AM

    Hi German, 

    Your're right, the name is confusing, it's actually the last time saved. I think I remember it was also updated when executed by a schedule in the past, but please check yourself, I'm not working with schedules any more. 

    Best regards

    Philipp



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    Philipp Hornung
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    Techniker Krankenkasse
    Hamburg Germany
    #IBMChampion
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  • 3.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Mon August 26, 2024 10:39 AM

    Hello Philipp,

    Thank you for your answer. You are right for scheduled reports it is the last execution, do you know a way to change this date or hide it from the home page ?

    Thanks !

    German



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  • 4.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Mon August 26, 2024 12:34 PM

    I'm afraid this is the way it is. An option could be to hide the folders completely from the consumers and only give them access to the reports by some kind of drillthrough-report as home page. But this would surely mean a hard change. 

    Best

    Philipp



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    Philipp Hornung
    Business Intelligence Manager
    Techniker Krankenkasse
    Hamburg Germany
    #IBMChampion
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  • 5.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Tue August 27, 2024 06:52 AM

    Hi German,

    I would agree that the date is changed when anything is changed in the underlying content store object. I found out that it changes when one of the following actions is performed:

    • report is saved
    • any report property is changed, e.g. the name
    • the version history information is changed, e.g. a schedule is run or the parameter cache is updated/created just by running the report
    • report is replaced/overwritten by copy or move

    Best regards

    N.



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  • 6.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed August 28, 2024 01:47 AM

    Hi N D,

    Thank you for the detailed answer.

    I will try to do this on an extension. 

    Best regards,

    German



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  • 7.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed January 22, 2025 04:58 AM

    Hi German

    Did you find a solution because I got the same question from a customer ? 

    is it possible to hide it via an extension including CSS for e.g.

    Thanks !

    Regards,

    Jean-Pierre Clef



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  • 8.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed January 22, 2025 05:22 AM

    Bonjour Jean-Pierre ;),

    I tried with Extensions and reached to change the label of the column but it is not a very consistent solution.  I wanted to hide the entire column (for all people) but I couldn't.

    Best regards,

    German



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  • 9.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed January 22, 2025 05:56 AM

    Bonjour German,

    Thanks for your reply ! 

    At least I would like to change the titel (which is not correct)

    but yes, removing the entire column is also what I'm looking for 

    Is there nobody else in the group with a solution ?

    Thanks!

    Jean-Pierre



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  • 10.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed January 22, 2025 09:01 AM
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    The attached zip does what you need. At least in 12.0, at the moment I don't have access to an 11.2.4 instance. 

    {
      "name": "overrideNavigator",
      "extensions": [
        {
          "perspective": "common",
          	"features": [{
              "id": "com.ibm.bi.content",
              "collectionItems": [
                {
                  "containerId": "com.ibm.bi.content.navigator",
                  "id": "com.ibm.bi.content.navigator.teamContent",
                  "legacyId": "com.ibm.bi.contentApps.teamFoldersSlideout",
                  "name": "teamContent",
                  "label": "%teamContent",
                  "stateId": "TeamFoldersView",
                  "weight": 300,
                  "properties": {
                    "path": ".public_folders",
                    "toolbar": [
                      "filter",
                      "sort",
                      "addFolder",
                      "addLink",
                      "details",
                      "refresh",
                      "settings"
                    ],
                    "listOptions": true,
                    "headers": [
                      {
                        "header": "name",
                        "key": "label"
                      },
    
                      {
                        "header": "type",
                        "key": "displayType"
                      }
                    ]
                  }
                }
              ]
            }]
        }
      ]
    }

    In this case I just took out the lastAccessed header. 



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    Paul Mendelson Product Manager
    Product Manager
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    Attachment(s)

    zip
    override navigator.zip   719 B 1 version


  • 11.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed January 22, 2025 09:48 AM

    Hi Paul 

    Thanks !

    Working fine 

    I tried it on my V12 and it worked instantly on the list 

    Do you know how to have the same on the tile view ?

    Thanks!

    Regards,

    Jean-Pierre



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  • 12.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Wed January 22, 2025 11:33 AM
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    That is more difficult. The tiles are defined by JavaScript instead of the glass specs. For this we can just cheat and use CSS. I've updated the spec to include a css file, and the css is:

    .bx--col:has(.ba-tile__folder__date) span {
        display:none !important;
    }


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    Paul Mendelson Product Manager
    Product Manager
    PMsquare
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    Attachment(s)

    zip
    override navigator.zip   989 B 1 version


  • 13.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Thu January 23, 2025 03:41 AM
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    Thank you Paul !

    working fine on Tile folder 

    I added an extra line to hide the Last Modified Text in the other object (date is still there, but Text is hidden)

    new version attached 



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    Attachment(s)

    zip
    override navigator.zip   1001 B 1 version


  • 14.  RE: Cognos Analytis Home Page column Last accessed

    Posted Fri January 24, 2025 08:16 AM

    Paul and Jean-Pierre,

    Thank you both for your help. It works for the 11.2.4 FP2 version I have.

    but if I go back to the Recents Tab the date is still sowing there. I added then the option for this category but is still showing the date. Any idea why ?

    {
    "containerId": "com.ibm.bi.caHome.navigator"
    ,"id": "com.ibm.bi.caHome.navigator.recents"
    ,"name": "recents"
    ,"weight": 10
    ,"properties": {
    "path": ".recents"
    ,"listOptions": true,
    "headers": [
                      {
                        "header": "name",
                        "key": "label"
                      },
                      {
                        "header": "type",
                        "key": "displayType"
                      }
                    ]
    }
     }
    Thank you for your help.
    BR
    German


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