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#1
General Discussion & Gossip / Re: AI
Last post by DaBaker - Today at 01:01:06 PM
Great question. Python is definitely a good starting point, but being an "AI professional" is really about understanding a few core areas:

• Data fundamentals — how data is structured, cleaned, and prepared
• Machine learning basics — models, training, evaluation
• Prompting and LLM understanding — huge skill today
• Real-world problem framing — knowing when and why to use AI

In the real world I have found most people don't really know AI or how to apply it.  But I would suggest to start simple with what you know and what you are good at / interested in then build your skills from there...
#2
Reporting / Re: In over my head, help a ne...
Last post by DaBaker - Today at 12:20:44 PM
Totally get where you're at, we see it all the time now... a lot of teams are in this exact spot where legacy Cognos content is still running the business, but nobody remembers how it was built.

A few quick tips:

• Open the existing reports in edit mode if you can. Even without full access, you can often see where the data comes from.
• Check whether the reports use Framework Manager packages or Data Modules — that tells you what you're working with.
• IBM SkillsBuild and the Cognos YouTube tutorials are great starter resources.

If you ever get stuck, feel free to ask here.
And if your org decides to clean up or migrate the environment, my team works in Cognos upgrades and BI modernization — happy to help point you in the right direction.
#3
Report Studio / Insert a chart into a Report h...
Last post by Sans - Today at 12:01:20 AM
Hi

I've a report in C10 that has bursting option and I would insert a new chart.
Apparently it's impossible but I remember that times ago I read about some tips in order to solve this problem.
Thans a lot
#4
Administration and Security / Re: Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 Er...
Last post by Ashutosh - Yesterday at 09:03:27 AM
Issue is resolved after I exchanged the Certificate of servers with each other. Thank You.
#5
Administration and Security / Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 Error ...
Last post by Ashutosh - Yesterday at 06:04:33 AM
Hi Team,

I have installed Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 all components on two separate machines/servers. I have a single DB2 machine as content database.
1. cognosprod01 - primary
2. cognosprod02 - secondary

I have updated the two content manager URIs in the environment configuration.
1. https://cognosprod01:9300/p2pd/servlet
2. https://cognosprod02:9300/p2pd/servlet

I have updated the dispatcher URIs for gateways also as below.
1. https://cognosprod01:9300/bi/v1/disp
2. https://cognosprod02:9300/bi/v1/disp

When I'm starting the cognos services on both servers. Only prod01 is getting started properly. prod02 server get stuck at CM-REQ-2378 A request was received to start the negotiation process to determine which content manager instance should become active.

as of now each server has its own entry in Gateway URI field.

Content DB server is reachable from both server.

Cognos services start successfully on the server where I start them first, the second one goes into this error.

Do I need to configure HTTP server before I start the services on both cognos server and update the Gateway URI. So that cognos services comes up properly on each server?

OR

Do I need to exchange keys between these servers, so that they can communicate with each other. I'm using TLS1.2, HTTPS and Third Party Certificate Authority.

Or this error is because of something else?

Kindly guide me, if I need to so some other configuration.

Will follow this link to configure HTTP server (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.0.x?topic=server-configuring-http-v9)
#6
Administration and Security / Re: COGIPF_PARAMETERS.COGIPF_P...
Last post by dougp - 25 Nov 2025 11:25:19 AM
By "which parameters", do you mean what you see listed as a parameter in Reporting?  The COGIPF_PARAMETER table in the audit database contains what Cognos defines as a parameter.  There are many types.  You're looking for

COGIPF_PARAMETER_NAME = 'parameterValues'

Then you'll need to parse the XML.
#7
Report Studio / Re: How can I config the list ...
Last post by Starjer - 25 Nov 2025 07:58:08 AM
 
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#8
I'm using Cognos 12. And yeah, I didn't find how to run a report in documentations.. that was suggested by chatgpt; but it didn't work.
#9
Administration and Security / Re: Need help running a report...
Last post by dougp - 21 Nov 2025 10:06:09 AM
What version of Cognos Analytics?  Looking at the docs for 12.0.4, I don't see /api/v1/{report id}/run being an option.
#10
Hi all,

Here's what I've tried so far which doesn't seem to work..

- As per the documentation, I've sent a PUT request to /api/v1/session and got the session cookies.
- I've used this to authenticate and I was successfully able to get output for GET /api/v1/content
- In this output I have info about team folders and my personal folder, but when i try to see contents inside these folders using /api/v1/content/team_folders/items I get a 403 forbidden error.

To run the report (which is my goal) I've tried stuff like /api/v1/{report id}/run or /execute but it keeps throwing an error saying forbidden or unauthorized. Which is strange because I have the access to read n write anything in all the folders.

Could anyone please suggest something that i can try?

P.S : giving search path instead of report id doesnt work either.