Known Issues with Cognos 11

[dwsupport1]

Does anyone happen to have a list of known issues with Cognos 11.
I need to conduct a POC whether we should install Cognos 11 or not and was looking for a list of known issues that folks have encountered so far so that we can make a determination.
Would appreciate if anyone can share any information on any known issues that have been reported so far.
I searched the IBM Support portal and technotes but could not see any..

[malcolm.cantor]

Hi

We installed Cognos Analytics early January after a POC on 10.2.2.

Things you need to be aware of:-

1. Dashboard on new interface screen does not support packages, therefore you cannot create a dashboard from a package you have to create it from a data module.
2. Functions that you were familar with in version 10 have moved around in CA, and there is a learning curve to ascertain where things are now.
3. We have an outstanding post on Cognoise to find out how we schedule an Active report, Reports we have worked out, but not for Active Reports.
4. Visulisations need a customizer tool download to enable editing colours and titles etc, the download will not install for us and we have a support call open with IBM.
5. There are very few users of the software as yet, finding out how to fix problems or use functions is more or less confined to the user guide, or this forum, can be frustrating.
6. We struggle to get uploaded files to work as they seem to present an ownership issues after uploading, when we use them in a data module. They only work effortlessly as an addition to a package.
7. Workspace if you think as an alternative to Dashboard supports the opening of previously developed files with multiple tabs, but new files are restricted to 1 tab.

My personal opinion is it is too early to use, we should have waited for at least the first fixpack, the decision was based on the engine still being 10.2.2, however the UI is completely new except for Admin screens so creates a delay in being as efficient as a previous user, new users actually have an advantage.

Hope this helps

Regards

Malcolm

[MFGF]

3. We have an outstanding post on Cognoise to find out how we schedule an Active report, Reports we have worked out, but not for Active Reports.

Hi. Answered here: http://www.cognoise.com/index.php/topic,30321.0.html

4. Visulisations need a customizer tool download to enable editing colours and titles etc, the download will not install for us and we have a support call open with IBM.

This is no different from Cognos 10.2.2 in terms of needing to use the VizCustomiser tool to edit visualizations. There are two versions of the tool you can download - a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. The correct one to use depends on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Java installed.

Cheers!

MF.

[dwsupport1]

Thank you so much for your input