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  • 1.  CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Wed December 08, 2021 12:01 PM
    On CA 11.1.7 FP3. I would like to know if there are options to change the following:

    1. On selecting "Send Report by Email", the default is "No Recipients" - Is it possible to automatically set the default to be the user attempting to run the report. Otherwise, it requires an additional step of accessing the "Details" which now automatically defaults the user.

    2. Can you set the default email option to be "Attach File" rather than "Include a Link

    Any help oh this matter would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks in advance,
    Adam.

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    Adam McIlravey
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  • 2.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Thu December 09, 2021 05:04 AM

    Hi Adam,

    that's a good question. I have no idea but have the same requirements in my environments... Maybe one of the IBM experts can chime in?



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    Robert Dostal
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    Ingelfingen
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  • 3.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Thu December 09, 2021 06:52 AM
    Hi Adam,

    This (#1) is fixed as you describe in fix pack 4 - it was logged as a defect.  

    Kizzy

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  • 4.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Thu December 09, 2021 11:20 AM
    Thank you Kizzy...

    We are going to see if we can go to FP4 at this time.

    Thanks again,
    Adam.

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  • 5.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Mon January 17, 2022 08:21 PM
    What about #2 ? Is there a setting to default to send attachment instead of sending link ?​​

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  • 6.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Tue January 18, 2022 05:20 AM
    Hi,

    About question #2, you can select a role from Account, for instance Authors, then Customization / Features.
    In the search window, search for "link" (without quotes) and clear "Include link" (for email only) as shown below:
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    Loggout, then log (with any user belonging to Authors) , try to send an report by email, you should have:
    Attach report output is the default.

    Best regards,

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    Patrick Neveu
    Positive Thinking Company
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  • 7.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted Thu April 03, 2025 10:11 AM

    Hi,

    sorry for pulling up that old topic.

    We recently upgraded to 12.0.4. Does anybody know if the change @Patrick Neveu described works under Cognos 12 as well?

    It does change the behavior when using the share button. But it doesn't change the default for the report "Run as" Menu. The default always stays on "Include a Link" rather than "Attach report output" 



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  • 8.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted 10 days ago

    we've upgraded to 12.0.4 IF3 and are seeing the same. i've raised a support ticket with IBM. the customize option is interesting if it works. i wonder if you'd have to apply to every group the user is a member otherwise one of them may grant access and trump the others? will post here how i get on



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  • 9.  RE: CA 11.1.7 - Options on Emailing Report run in background

    Posted 9 days ago

    Hi everyone,

    Customizing roles (Features customization) that Patrick described above is not intended to change defaults.  Rather it is for hiding certain elements from the UI (for users who belong to the customized role).  Here is a documentation link:

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.0.x?topic=roles-examples-hiding-menu-options-feature

    Off the top I don't know how to change the default of the Email options for running a report in the backround but I will investigate further.

    Thanks



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    Steve Caputo
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