Quote from: Suarez on 19 Jun 2025 03:51:34 AMHi everybody, Cognos Version is 10.2
After a recovery/restore due to hw server fails we have a problem.
In the IBM content administration we see all the packages we had and the reports works
In the framework we don't have all the project we used to work on.
Is it possible to create a new project importing model data from an already published package?

Hi,

Yes, it's possible to do this, but bear in mind that the model you end up with will only contain what was published in the package.

Take a look at the below tech note for details on how to do this:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-recover-parts-corrupted-or-lost-framework-manager-model

Cheers!

MF.

Hi,

I am new to Cognos. I have a bit of experience with Power BI and Tableau. Where would be a good place to independently study what Cognos can do for someone who will make reports? I am an EDI business analyst, and my goal is to move to various departments within the organization to do reporting from our ERP, connected to the tool.

Quote from: Cogency on 20 May 2025 11:53:42 PMI've found a 3-step solution

1.    Reverse = reverse([String_Column])
2.    ParseReverse = substring([Reverse], 1, position(' ', [Reverse])-1)
3.    ReverseParseReverse = reverse([ParseReverse])

It's a bit long-winded but it works.

You can use it in one item:

reverse(substring(reverse([String_Column]), 1, position(' ', reverse([String_Column]))))

I am using Cognos 12.0.3 and having issues with sending reports via email.  Currently I have it set up and it tests successfully.  However, when I schedule a report to run and email, it shows as "Waiting" in Activities.

I haven't really been able to find much helpful documentation on this.  But, I have found some info that says I should have an option to configure it under Manage > Configuration, but see nothing there.  The only options I have are System, Logging, Drill Through Defs, and Routing rules. Am I missing something?

I wish to effectively create a "prompt" on a dashboard based on a date column to enable me to select Current Period vs. Prior Period.
Current Period would represent X months of data within the Data Set/Data Module and Prior Period would be the X months immediately prior to Current Period chosen.
Ideally, the selection of X months (or the driving criteria) would be entirely dynamic in the dashboard by the particular user and would not be known at DataSet/Data Module creation.

The current and prior period need to be calculated at Dashboard run time, not Data Set creation time.
One user may want to compare 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024 (12 months) as Current Period against 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023 (immediate prior 12 months to current period of 12 months) as Prior Period.
The next user may want to compare 1/1/2025 - 3/31/2025 (3 months) as Current Period against 10/1/2024 - 12/31/2024 (immediate prior 3 months to current period of 3 month) as Prior Period.

If I was in a Report as opposed to a Dashboard, I would create a calculation based on a prompt for the current period that would determine all the current period rows and all the prior period rows.
I could then setup calculations for variances, etc.

However, I don't know how/if this dynamic calculation is evenpossible in a Dashboard?
Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Adam

Are you using Azure AD as your authentication provider?

And you don't have your models in source control (git, svn, etc.)?  I use git.  Before pushing to my remote repo, I use https://www.html-tidy.org/ (with appropriate command line arguments) to tidy the XML so that diffs are readable.  It's probably good (if you're not using them) to exclude your models' .log files from git.

There is a way to get this from the Content Store database, but querying the Content Store directly is not supported.

There may be a way to get this through the Cognos Analytics SDK.

I vaguely remember someone explaining how to export a package from Cognos.  I think you get only the elements related to that package -- so, probably not the entire model.  I probably saw that on this site, so keep searching.

I'm sure companies like Motio or BSP make products that can help with this.

Hi everybody, Cognos Version is 10.2
After a recovery/restore due to hw server fails we have a problem.
In the IBM content administration we see all the packages we had and the reports works
In the framework we don't have all the project we used to work on.
Is it possible to create a new project importing model data from an already published package?

How do I burst a report with 2 pages. The 2nd page is a detail in master detail relationship. When I try to burst it fails and says you cannot burst a bested query.

What's the name of that mathematician (French?) who wrote something along the lines of 'I've found the solution to   (some problem which if I had paid more attention I might have better remembered this)'?