Cognos Analytics Reporting

[MFGF]

Welcome to the new Cognos Analytics boards on Cognoise. The Cognos Analytics release introduces a number big changes and new innovations, and we have created a set of boards to fit around the new UI changes and capabilities.

Cognos Analytics no longer includes Report Studio or Cognos Workspace Advanced. In Cognos 10 these were two different skins for the same underlying studio. In Cognos Analytics, these two skins have been replaced by a new skin (Cognos Analytics Reporting) that sits over a new enhanced version of the same underlying studio. You get a simple intuitive experience for UI interactions that is designed for use by both business and technical authors. When a report is run, the Cognos Viewer is now interactive, and delivers simple context-sensitive toolbars allowing users to interact with the report, for example changing grouping, sorting, filtering items, changing display types. Pressing the Edit (pencil) button on the toolbar switches on full authoring capabilities, which are presented via context-sensitive toolbars and properties, along with the ability to view/edit/create pages, queries, variables etc. The toolbox groups tools logically and also supports searching for desired components. Almost all of the features in Report Studio are available in this initial GA release. I'd encourage you to experiment with the new UI and get used to where things are, as it's a very different experience from the previous studios. The good news is that it's designed to be simple and intuitive.

Cheers!

MF.

[DarthVadar]

What I have found is that one important feature that seems to be missing and that is the ability to view a Query and build data items manually.

Has anyone found a means to create a data time within the new "Cognos Analytics Reporting" tool?

Regards.

[MFGF]

What I have found is that one important feature that seems to be missing and that is the ability to view a Query and build data items manually.

Has anyone found a means to create a data time within the new "Cognos Analytics Reporting" tool?

Regards.

Yep - this is available. You need to be in Edit mode within a report. Click on the Navigate button in the left pane, then select the Queries button (alongside Pages / Variables etc). Click on your query to put it in focus, then press the Toolbox link on the left. You can now drag items/calculations etc into your query.

Cheers!

MF.

[DarthVadar]

Thanks MF.

[james.m.mueller]

I haven't found how I copy a report to/from the clipboard.  Where is this now living?

[MFGF]

I haven't found how I copy a report to/from the clipboard.  Where is this now living?

Hi,

Click on the Navigate button in the left pane. You will see an object labelled "Report". Right-click on this and you will find the options you're looking for :)



Cheers!

MF.

[james.m.mueller]

Thanks! I wouldn't have thought about right-clicking there. Finding that the new tool is a pain after being so well versed in the previous.  Ahh the joys of updates.

[m83s]

Hi,

I'm looking for a solutions which could help me to switch from ,,Workspace" (BI 10.2) to ,,Reporting" (CA11) - we've a lot dashboards in workspace in my organization, mostly what I need is tabs and global parameters functionality. I notice that in "Reporting" I've "5 tabs" report template – it's sounds quite good, but I don't know how to switch between those tabs in HTML mode ?

Anybody ?

emes

[MFGF]

Hi,

I'm looking for a solutions which could help me to switch from ,,Workspace" (BI 10.2) to ,,Reporting" (CA11) - we've a lot dashboards in workspace in my organization, mostly what I need is tabs and global parameters functionality. I notice that in "Reporting" I've "5 tabs" report template – it's sounds quite good, but I don't know how to switch between those tabs in HTML mode ?

Anybody ?

emes

Hi,

Not quite the same thing really - the "Reporting" piece in Cognos Analytics is a re-skin of Report Studio. It's the equivalent of you asking how you'd re-create a workspace using a Report Studio report. You could do it, but you'd have to either re-author the content, or use the Report Booklets feature. Workspace still exists in Cognos Analytics, and you can continue to use it (albeit without the "Do More" and new report widget options).  I'm assuming that eventually its capabilities will be included in the Dashboards piece of Cognos Analytics.

Cheers!

MF.