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Visual of the Week: Ranking Slope Chart – See Ranking Changes at a Glance
Who’s moving up, who’s falling behind, and how have rankings changed over time? Our Ranking Slope Chart Apparo Vis for IBM …
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Microsoft Fabric Planning vs. IBM Cognos & Planning Analytics – Is “Everything on One Platform” Really the Decisive Advantage?
Over the past few years, Cognos Analytics has faced considerable competition from Power BI. Now, Planning Analytics appears to be facing …
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20 Years of cognoise.de – A New Design, New Features, and Much More to Come!
Exactly 20 years ago today, the very first article was published on cognoise.de. And what else could it have been called? …
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Cognos Analytics 12.1.3 Fix Pack 3 refreshed: download the updated packages
An email-sending issue was discovered in Cognos Analytics 12.1.3 Fix Pack 3 and corrected at short notice. Until Fix Pack 4 …
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Make a date filter optional in Cognos Analytics Reporting
A date prompt can look optional while still filtering the report. If a date is already selected, the query receives a …
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Cognos Analytics and Planning Analytics: links and resources
Finding the right Cognos reference should take minutes, not an afternoon. This collection brings together documentation, downloads and community resources for …
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Create QR codes in Cognos reports and dashboards with a free Apparo visualisation
A QR code can connect a printed report with a website, carry payment information or identify a product. QR Code Apparo …
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Add Bookmarks to Cognos PDF Reports
Large PDF reports are much easier to navigate when readers can jump directly to chapters and sections.
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Show Row Labels on Both Sides of a Wide Crosstab
Wide financial or operational crosstabs are difficult to read when the row context disappears on the far right.
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Why Query Governors Matter in Cognos Data Modules
Self-service modeling should not mean unlimited queries against production databases.
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Understand Join Paths in Multi-Fact Cognos Models
Combining several fact tables can create unexpected duplication or missing totals when join paths are ambiguous.
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Create Gantt-Style Views in Cognos Analytics
Timelines help users understand activity start dates, durations and overlaps more quickly than a standard list.