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#1
Reporting / Deltek Costpoint
Last post by cognostechie - Today at 02:50:56 PM
If anybody is using Cognos packages for Deltek Costpoint then you know how difficult it is to make reports using those packages and how much performance issues are caused by it.

I recently made self-service BI packages for it which allows you to make more than 80% of reports simply by drag and drop things in one single query no matter how many tables are involved. I made it for GL, AP, AR, Sales, Purchasing, Project Reporting, Time & Expense.

Please feel free to contact me if anyone needs any help. I also remade reports which were taking days to run and now the new reports run in seconds!
#2
Reporting / Re: Is there technique to cont...
Last post by dougp - Yesterday at 06:31:26 PM
I'm using 12.0.4 and just tried this with the stacked column chart from 11.0 and 11.1.  Works fine.  Did you drag your labels column to the "colors" box on the viz?

Or is the problem the "specific colors"?  I don't see the ability to create a custom palette for the 11.0 visualizations.

And why 11.2.3?  I think 11.2.4 is the LTS release.
#3
Reporting / Re: Is there technique to cont...
Last post by FerdH4 - Yesterday at 11:03:09 AM
Thanks dougp - I think you were trying to get me to include more of the specifics.  It's literally like my example of  Like when the related data field has a value of "Low" color the related segments (and legend) as yellow. 

But it's "Low-Low", "Low", "Low-High", "Medium-Low", "Medium", "Medium-High", "High-Low", "High", and "High-High" with graduated colors of Yellow (Light Yellow, Medium Yellow, and Dark Yellow), Orange, and Red. 
#4
Reporting / Re: Is there technique to cont...
Last post by dougp - 22 Apr 2026 11:19:02 AM
Quote10 known text values

That sounds like legend entries, for which I'm pretty sure you can set the palette.  Maybe example input data and desired outputs.
#5
Reporting / Is there technique to control ...
Last post by FerdH4 - 22 Apr 2026 09:26:52 AM
I have a stakeholder who has a really strong interest in controlling colors in a Stacked Column visualization - I'm using Cognos v11.2.3 and using the canned Stacked Column graph found in the "11.0 visualization" gallery.

This can't be solved just by changing the Palette as this stakeholder wants me to set specific colors for each of the 10 known text values which represent the Segments in the columns.  Like when the related data field has a value of "Low" color the related segments (and legend) as yellow. 

If this isn't an option available with the 11.0 visualizations, can this be done using graphs from other galleries like maybe the really old-school canned graphs from v10?
#6
Hi

I had similar experience when it was upgraded two years ago. Couldn't figure out what to do so I deleted that chart, saved the report, closed the report, open the report again and make the chart again.
#7
Administration and Security / FobertAbeld
Last post by OLaneORASE - 19 Apr 2026 06:05:52 AM
 
I used to be able to find good advice from your blog posts.
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#8
Cognos for MS Office / Issue with Cognos Analytics Ap...
Last post by rwrembel - 15 Apr 2026 09:18:51 AM
Dear forum user,

we are experiencing an issue with the Cognos Analytics App within Microsoft Teams when attempting to publish content to a chat.

Problem Description

The Cognos Analytics App in MS Teams (App and Webclient) is unable to provide the URL input field for publishing content specifically within a personal or group chat. Instead, a loading screen appears and eventually times out. Publishing content to a Teams Channel, however, works without problems.

Environment Details

  • MS Teams Version: Not explicitly stated, but the issue occurs within the MS Teams client.
  • Cognos Analytics Version: 12.0.4 Interim Fix 3
  • Application State: The application-side configuration has remained unchanged for a long period.
  • Firewall: Verified and confirmed to be fully functional.
  • Troubleshooting Steps Taken: A fresh deployment using a current App Manifest was performed, but it did not resolve the issue.

Observed Behavior

No changes were made to our environment, and suddenly, the following behavior began occurring:

Positive Observation / Working

Using the Cognos Analytics App, we can successfully access Cognos and publish content to a Microsoft Teams Channel. This functionality works as expected.

Negative Observation / Error

When attempting to publish content in a Microsoft Teams personal Chat, the Cognos URL input field for publication is missing.
Instead of the expected input field, a loading screen is displayed (as shown in `2_input_url_is_missing.png`).
This loading screen eventually times out, resulting in an error message stating: "There was a problem reaching this app." (as shown in `3_Timeout.png`).

Screenshots

To illustrate the issue, we have attached the following screenshots:

`1_personal_chat_select_cognos_app.png`: Shows the initial step where the Cognos Analytics app is selected within a personal chat.
`2_input_url_is_missing.png`: Displays the loading screen that appears instead of the Cognos URL input field.
`3_Timeout.png`: Shows the error message displayed after the loading screen times out.


Best regards,
Roberto
#9
Administration and Security / my content personal templates ...
Last post by Swetha - 13 Apr 2026 11:41:52 AM
Hello All,

One of the user has reported, his my content personal templates are missing.

When we checked in the AD group, his profile is in place and folders in team content are there.

Note: Till early December, he was able to see the templates and later he has switched to cloud pc which is reprovisioned.  His user is same and there is no change in that.

Please advise, how to find and restore the templates.

#10
General Discussion & Gossip / stingy girls
Last post by PhillipVox - 30 Mar 2026 10:17:34 AM
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