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  • 1.  Show content view as home page for certain users

    Posted Wed January 12, 2022 06:40 AM
    Hello,
    I am trying to set the Cognos 11.2 home page (for certain users only) to look similar to Cognos 10.
    My idea is to customise the SampleWelcome extension to show the content view (as in perspective=content with the list view selected and the settings set to compact). I can then set this as the home page for the required user group. 
    Does anyone know how I should modify the spec.json file to achieve this? Or is there an easier way? 
    Thanks in advance, Carl

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    Carl Anderson
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  • 2.  RE: Show content view as home page for certain users

    Posted Thu January 13, 2022 11:49 AM

    Hi Carl,

    You can set several options in Manage > People > Accounts > Cognos > (select role) Properties > Customization > Features > Home > Collections  > .com.ibm.bi.commonHome.sections AND Navigator.
    Perhaps these can provide what you're looking for.



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    David Hill
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  • 3.  RE: Show content view as home page for certain users

    Posted Mon January 17, 2022 05:52 AM
    Hi David
    Thank you for taking the time to reply.
    I have tried these options but cannot see where I can set it to the 'content' view as per below screenshot (so home page is set to team content, list view, and row size set to compact).
    Any ideas on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Carl




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    Carl Anderson
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  • 4.  RE: Show content view as home page for certain users

    Posted Mon January 17, 2022 11:38 AM
    Edited by System Admin Fri January 20, 2023 04:36 PM
    Hi Carl,

    It might be a simple workaround, but you could try the following URL:
    http://<cognos_server>:9300/bi/?perspective=content&tab=teamContent&folder=<Team Content ID>

    Replace <cognos_server> with your server name and change <Team Content ID> with the ID for Team Content (listed in Team Content / General / Advanced).

    Best regards,



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    Patrick Neveu
    Positive Thinking Company
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  • 5.  RE: Show content view as home page for certain users

    Posted Tue January 18, 2022 02:59 AM
    Hi Carl,

    You could hide the welcome banner and quick links per role via customizations > features > home and create an extension to show the team content folder in the tabs menu i.e. where you currently see getting started, recent and so on. See the link below, it has example json that you can easily repurpose for what you are trying to do. You can also hide or display extensions in the features menu so that only certain roles will have this view. I think this is what you are trying to achieve, might be a better way of doing this but I have tried this locally and it works.

    https://community.ibm.com/community/user/businessanalytics/blogs/tim-aston1/2021/04/06/customizing-the-cognos-analytics-112-home-page

    Regards,

    Eric

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    Eric Mueller
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  • 6.  RE: Show content view as home page for certain users

    Posted Tue January 18, 2022 05:49 AM
    Hi Eric, thanks for the link, it's very useful and I haven't seen it before.
    Cheers,
    Carl

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    Carl Anderson
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