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Communicate directly with IBM subject matter experts, learn from the experiences of fellow Cognos users, and have the opportunity to share your own best practices! The Discussions tab great venue to ask questions of your peers and IBM subject matter experts to share best practices, pitfalls to avoid, and to learn from each other. Navigate to the Blogs tab to read about the latest and greatest, how-tos, best practices, and use cases from our experts and experienced product users. We would love for you to blog with us! IBMers can blog without approval. All other users please apply here to become a blogger. Lastly, don't forget to check up all of our upcoming Events as well as past resources located in the Library tab.

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You’ll also get information regarding our regional and virtual user group meetings, upcoming webinars, how-to blogs, and training. We invite you to participate and ask that you contact support@communitysite.ibm.com with any questions.

IBM Cognos Analytics Resources:

Check-out IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.2!

By: NICK PLOWDEN , 10 months ago

Latest Discussions

RE: Change the background color of the Cognos Welcome ...

By: Robert Dostal , 14 hours ago

Hi John, if you have an on-premise installation the file mentioned is stored here: ..\analytics\webcontent\bi\css\ca-content ------------------------------ Robert Dostal Team Leader BI GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG Ingelfingen - ...
Activation in progress

By: Maja Sandic , 15 hours ago

Hello, I am currently taking the IBM Data Analyst professional certificate and I have tried activating the IBM Cognos but after 2 days it's still showing as Activation in progress. Can you please help me with resolving this. Thank you, Maja ...
RE: Change the background color of the Cognos Welcome ...

By: Peter Mandzak , 15 hours ago

Hi John, you can change in the content.css file the property background-color for .ca-home-welcomeBanner from #161616 to some other value. After the change no restart is needed however clear the cache of the browser to be able see the result of the ...
RE: Must add multi-factor authentication - any solutions ...

By: Robert Hofstetter , 15 hours ago

Brenda, Motio does offer a product, Persona IQ , to ease name space changes for Cognos customers. It's rather clever in that it allows the administrators to map the new identities in the new name space to their old identities from the old one and ...
RE: Multiple Namespace configured with default nam ...

By: Robert Hofstetter , 16 hours ago

You may be able to address this with what is commonly referred to as a Trusted Sign-on Provider (TSP). This is a simpler version of a custom authentication provider that can be used to accomplish a number of simple tasks before redirecting to another ...
RE: Must add multi-factor authentication - any solutions ...

By: brenda grossnickle , 19 hours ago

thanks for the reply. we have someone working on the multi-factor. what i am most concerned about is how to retain or re-apply object ownership for our client's objects in a programmatic or at least step by step proecess. ------------------------------ ...

I'm ready to upgrade Cognos Analytics. Which release should I upgrade to?

By: Tim Aston 7 days ago

For so many of you, Cognos Analytics is a critical part of running your business. You rely on it to deliver analytics you can trust, and you can't afford downtime. So naturally, when it comes time to upgrading Cognos, you prefer to proceed with caution. ...

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Submit your GenAI Related Sessions for IBM TechXchange 2024!

By: Austin Rexroat 21 days ago

IBM TechXchange 2024 is all about learning about the latest technology innovations, growing your expertise and connecting with other users who share your passion for IBM products. We want to hear about your technical product journeys, use cases, ...

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Reusing Conditional Styles in Reports

By: Marc Reed one month ago

I was thinking of titling this blog post Conditional, Conditional, Conditional Styles. But the purpose of the post is to show that I only need one Conditional style... Reusing Conditional Styles Within Reports Conditional styles are a great way ...

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No Further Comment. (or adding developer comments in reports)

By: Marc Reed 2 months ago

Just a short post today! Here are some handy hints on how to put developer comments within reports. I always say to my team “if it looks like you’ve done something unusual, then make sure you comment it”. I was told that code is written once but read ...

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IBM Champion Spotlight: Paul Mendelson

By: Namitha K 2 months ago

Meet Paul Mendelson, a Senior Solutions Architect or Product Manager at PMsquare. He has been an IBM Champion for last 6 years!. With more than 15 years in the industry, Paul is well versed with all phases of the data lifecycle. From planning a warehouse, ...

7 people like this.
Congos Analytics introduces highly scalable datasets and uploaded files to be stored in DB2

By: Shaveta Srivastava 2 months ago

I am very excited to announce that the support for datasets has been extended to include storing data directly to a DB2 database resulting in a better performance of the dashboard. There is a need to manage data differently so the rendering is faster ...

2 people like this.