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Welcome to the Cognos Analytics Community!

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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News, announcements, and enhancement details
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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 12.0.3!

By: Austin Rexroat , 10 days ago

Latest Discussions

Can you change the default setting not Allow Horizontal ...

By: Kathrina James , an hour ago

Cognos 11.1.7 Can you change the list object default setting in Report Writing to not break to the next page when run as PDF. By default, the "Allow horizontal pagination" is checked. I normally have to unchecked it so that columns don't break to ...
RE: Ask-Me-Anything: IBM Cognos Analytics - June Edition ...

By: Hashim Raza , 3 hours ago

Hi - One Query Cognos mobile app taking long time (about 20 minutes) to log out. any guideline highly appreciated. Thanks. ------------------------------ Hashim Raza ------------------------------
Ask-Me-Anything: IBM Cognos Analytics - June Edition ...

By: RACHEL SU , 3 hours ago

Summary IBM Cognos Analytics is a powerful AI-infused self-service analytics and operational reporting tool with a wide range of use cases-so much so that we're constantly getting questions about its capabilities. If you're wondering, 'Can Cognos ...
RE: Cognos Trial Activation

By: Tatiana Filatova , 3 hours ago

Me too. has been more than 72 hours and still in "Activation in progress" ------------------------------ Tatiana Filatova ------------------------------
Activation in Progress

By: Tatiana Filatova , 4 hours ago

I am currently taking the IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate and on the portion of working with Cognos Analytics on Cloud. It has been more than 72h and I still do not have access as it still states "Activation in progress" Thank you in advance ...
RE: Cognos Trial Activation

By: Wini Jiang , 4 hours ago

I met the same question. Have you ever solved it? ------------------------------ Wini Jiang ------------------------------

Exciting visualization enhancements in the April 2024 (12.0.3) Cognos release

By: Agathe Chapelle 7 days ago

Risk Matrix The Risk Matrix is a powerful tool, available as a Custom Visualization for visualizing and understanding potential risks in the business. Presented in a 4x4 grid, it assesses the likelihood and impact consequences of incidents on a ...

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The April 2024 Cognos Analytics release is here! (12.0.3)

By: Tim Aston 10 days ago

Today I'm happy to announce that our latest release of Cognos Analytics, the April 2024 release, is now available! (Version 12.0.3) Its available for all our on-premise and cloud customers right now! We highly recommend upgrading to this latest release ...
Introducing reusable Native Custom Controls in IBM Cognos Analytics April 2024 (12.0.3) release

By: Shaveta Srivastava 10 days ago

"Seamless User Experience" is the theme for this blog - we are committed to delivering what our customers ask for!! We are thrilled to announce an extremely intuitive method for integrating custom controls into reports. With this latest release, native ...
Having Cognos generate a dashboard for you just got way easier in the April 2024 Cognos release (12.0.3)

By: Tim Aston 10 days ago

Did you know that Cognos Analytics can generate an interactive dashboard from your data automatically? Often the hardest part of building a dashboard is the blank page syndrome , where you don't know how to get going. By starting with a generated ...
Introducing PAaaS data source connection in IBM Cognos Analytics April 2024 (12.0.3) release

By: Shaveta Srivastava 10 days ago

Planning Analytics as a Service is available as a new data source connection within both the on-premise and cloud versions of IBM Cognos Analytics. This integration enables IBM Cognos Analytics users to seamlessly connect to PAaaS cubes, whether they ...

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

By: Tim Aston 21 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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