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  • 1.  Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    Posted Mon September 26, 2022 03:24 AM
    Hello All, 

    Is there a way I can initiate an email to a team member notifying of any question on the data of the report. 
    Share button will not work with my requirement as the email from: is automatically configured to my ID rather than a generic ID. The receiver should not be able to start a communication. It will be just to notify.

    Thank you,
    Udaya.

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    Udaya Rani Palli
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    #CognosAnalyticswithWatson


  • 2.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon September 26, 2022 09:25 AM
    Hi Udaya,

    You might create an HTML item in your report with the following report expression:
    '<a href="mailto:'+[Query1].[Email]+'?subject=' + ReportName () + '">Send Email</a>'

    It will look like:

    In this example, [Query1].[Email] value is:
    'JohnDoe@youremail.com' but it could be 'SalesTeam@youremail.com'
    and ReportName () will display your reportname.

    Best regards,

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    Patrick Neveu
    Positive Thinking Company
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  • 3.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    Posted Mon September 26, 2022 09:33 AM
    Hello Patrik, 

    Thank you for your response, in this case the from email will be still our individual correct.

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    Udaya Rani Palli
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  • 4.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon September 26, 2022 10:45 AM
    Hi Udaya,

    Well, yes unless you have access to a shared mailbox! For instance, if you have access to a shared mailbox called 'SalesTeam@youremail.com', you will be able to send message from this email address.

    Note: this is not related to Cognos Analytics in this case.

    Best regards,



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    Patrick Neveu
    Positive Thinking Company
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  • 5.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    Posted Mon September 26, 2022 11:25 AM
    Hello Patrick, 

    Yes, I have access to a shared email, can you please elaborate on your idea so that I can give it a shot. 

    Thank you.

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    Udaya Rani Palli
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  • 6.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    IBM Champion
    Posted Tue September 27, 2022 04:08 AM
    Hi Udaya,

    You can test this idea. You need to create an html file with the following code, save this as "test-email.html":

    <html>
    <a href="mailto:JohnDoe@youremail.com?subject=Important_report" >Send Email</a>
    </html>

    Open "test-email.html" from the location where you saved this file. It will be opened in your default browser. Just click on the "Send Email" link and see what is happening.

    Best regards,

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    Patrick Neveu
    Positive Thinking Company
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  • 7.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    Posted Tue September 27, 2022 09:27 AM
    Hello Patrick, 

    Same thing. It prompts to select a mail server.

    Thank you.

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    Udaya Rani Palli
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  • 8.  RE: Push a notification to team member by sending email from Cognos ReportStudio report

    IBM Champion
    Posted Wed September 28, 2022 05:00 AM
    Hi, You can change the sender of Schedules to a default name. I'm not sure if it also applies to the Share function though. 
    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/setting-default-email-sender-cognos-analytics

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    Philipp Hornung
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