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Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

  • 1.  Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 19 days ago

    Hi Team,

    Could you please help me how to hide below filter icon in the Viewer

    Thanks,

    Srini



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  • 2.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 19 days ago

    Hi,
    the first thing that comes to my mind is to deactivate the full intractivity. Go to Report-> Report and then to the properties pane:
    Keep in mind that this renders the report in a different view mode. Interactive visualizations (version 11.1)  are not supported anymore.



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    Robert Dostal
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    GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Ingelfingen
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  • 3.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 19 days ago

    Hi,

    Thanks for the suggestion, We need the full interactivity Yes and Filter icon need to disabled in Cognos Viewer

    Note; Currently we are using Cognos 12.0.4 Version

    Thanks,

    Srini



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  • 4.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 18 days ago

    What do you mean by full interactivity? If the user can't filter then they don't have full interactivity. If you mean that you want the interactive look/feel but without any of the toolbar options then see my response regarding the toolbar toggle.



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    Marc Reed
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  • 5.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 18 days ago

    Not an answer to the original question, but in case future readers find this useful...

    A similar way to remove interactivity, but keep the CA11/12 look and feel is to use the interactive toolbar toggle switch that is also found in the report properties.



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  • 6.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 18 days ago

    Hi Marc Reed,

    Thanks for the response  , Enable on-demand Toolbar option disabled  in the Properties and still i am getting Filter icon in the viewer, Could you please let me know how to disable the Filter icon

    Thanks,

    Srini



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  • 7.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 18 days ago

    Hi Srini,

    then there is no way to hide the filters area in the report I'm aware of. The On-Demand Toolbar can be hidden in properties of roles, but that does not hide the filters pane as well:

    The only hint I have is to follow these instructions here and look if you can find the UI element and its ID.

    Determine the id of a user interface object

    You need to determine the id of an existing user interface element when you create extensions that exclude features or items, or that add menu items to an existing menu.

    Procedure

    1. If you are running Cognos Analytics 11.0.7 or later, follow these steps:

    a) Open the Windows Services window and stop the IBM Cognos service.

    b) Open the file installation_location\wlp\usr\servers\cognosserver\bootstrap.properties.

    c) Add the following line:

    disableXSRFCheck=true

    d) Save the file.

    e) Restart the IBM Cognos service.

    2. Sign in to your IBM Cognos Analytics server.

    3. Type the following URL in a web browser: http://<server_name>:<port>/bi/v1/perspectives/<view> where <view> is the view (home, authoring, dashboard, or modeller) that contains the user interface object.

    A JSON file is returned that contains a description of all the user interface elements in the view.

    4. Search for the hover text for the user interface element.

    The id and featureId of the user interface items are displayed following the hover text.



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    Robert Dostal
    Team Leader BI
    GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Ingelfingen
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  • 8.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 15 days ago

    Hi Srini, Robert,

    In fact it is possible to hide the Show filters button using the Feature customization for a role.  For Interactive-viewer reports, menu options that can be hidden are found in the Reporting section.  In particular for this case, uncheck the Show filters option found under Reporting > Collections > Toolbar.

    Here is a link to the documentation about role-based Feature customization (to hide/show elements in the UI):  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.0.x?topic=roles-examples-hiding-menu-options-feature

    (For users that belong to multiple roles, the profile with highest priority is applied.  You can increase the priority for the role on the Customization tab under Advanced).

    After the changes are applied, log out / log in as the user who is a member of the affected role.  Now the Show filters button will no longer appear in the Reporting toolbar.


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  • 9.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 13 days ago

    Hi Steve,

    thank you for the update. I was blind and only looking for the options for the on-demand toolbar. :)



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    Robert Dostal
    Team Leader BI
    GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Ingelfingen
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  • 10.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 12 days ago

    Hi Srini, Robert,

    In fact there is a way to remove the "Show filters" button from the toolbar for Interactive-viewer reports using the Feature customization for a role.

    Here is a link to the documentation:  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.0.x?topic=roles-examples-hiding-menu-options-feature

    In the Features customization, you want to disable "Show filters" found under Reporting > Collections > Toolbar.

    After applying the change, users who belong to the role will no longer see the Filters button in the toolbar.

    (Note, for users who belong to multiple roles, the profile with the highest priority is applied.  You can increase the priority under the Advanced section of the role's Customization tab).



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  • 11.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 16 days ago

    I had never even noticed this functionality. To be honest I have't paid the interactive viewer enough attention. And now that I have there are quite a few inconsistencies within the user interface.Such as why is there an 'edit sort' menu item, but not edit filter. Why is there a remove all filters but not remove all sort, and so on.

    I have logged these as an enhancement request, anyone who wants to see it tidied up a bit should vote on it. Enhancement request is here : Tidy up the interactive viewer.



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    Reporting Lead
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  • 12.  RE: Extra Filter Icon in Cognos 12.0.4

    Posted 17 days ago

    This isn't a great solution, but you can try this.

    Place an HTML item on the page with this:

    <style>
    #AppToolbarRightPane_btnFilters{display:none}
    </style>

    The problem I have with it is that the filters button does appear for a moment while the report is rendering. 



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