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Ideally there's should be a way. Like editing the XML file where that particular message resides.
You might want to look for that file first. I am thinking something like system.xml.

If the url in which this message shows is a generic url (does not ch...

Hi There

Did you end up using LCM for your QA testing?
or did you end up using another product?

We are in the same position at present and are looking for a stable testing tool with good reporting.

I am new to the forum. I have a similar question. I am able to get the report to open the different pages depending on the prompt value. However, I need the pages in different formats. For example, the 1st and 2nd pages will be in PDF and the 3rd pa...

IIRC you need to restart the server for the jdbc drivers to be picked up. Make sure you have only one driver from a particular vendor in the drivers directory as you can get conflicts.

Check the log files -- cognosserver.log if you have a recent versi...

Yes, I have restarted Cognos services once I add in the JDBC driver to the driver directory and I only have one driver.

I am able to connect through FM and see the schemas, tables, columns. I have created a package using FM with the same schema that I ...

Quote from: HelloCognos on Today at 10:25:21 am

Good question. Yes, I was thinking if I used something like '-1' in the case statement, then I can filter it out in the Query of the Chart when it hits certain condition.

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Quote from: HelloCognos on Today at 10:33:41 am

Just a # of sales per each year so the data item will result to the # of sales for 2017 and another data item will show the # of sales for 2018.
I guess it would be the to...

Well, it is my ignorance regarding to the Dashboards and Charting since this client asks for so much of Visualization stuff.

Thanks so much Lynn! yes, this is what I was looking for.

Hello,

We are struggling with developing a plan to create a report booklet that contains 30 or so reports previously developed for standalone use. Specifically we are having problems with prompting. We'd like to completely automate the booklet, but a...

What is a "report booklet"?
Are you trying to consolidate all 30 reports into one report?
Have you considered keeping the reports separate and using a job so they can be maintained separately but all run at once?

Quote from: dougp on Today at 12:24:29 pm

What is a "report booklet"?
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Report references to create report booklets were introduced in 10.2.2 I believe. It can create a single output with content from all the ...

Any quick way of grouping the 2015 and 2016 cases together in one dataitem or show them together in a BAR?

first of,

what's this item "parallelPeriod([Sales].[Time].[Time_H].[Year],1,currentMember([Sales].[Time].[Time_H])))" output?
I am guessing it only results to year and month. Thus why you are getting the total of that month instead of the pro rated da...

I have a DMR built, that contains a Count measure and an Attribute 2 that is part of the Dimension (role = no role, at the lowest unique level of dimension).
I need to display a pie chart with the Count measure and this attribute.

Count measure = Count...

trying to change solve order to 2 works okwith me most of the time I'm working with totals for crosstabs and charts.

sdf - thanks for your reply.
I am creating the pie chart in cognos dashboard (R11). There is no way to change the solve order in a dashboard.

I appreciate the input sdf...

I am getting this error when modifying the expression

The argument at position 2 of 'tuple' from the data item 'Prior Year Actuals for Months' is a 'value' expression, which cannot be coerced into a 'member' expression

are you on DQM?

yes we are on DQM.

Do you have the database that you need to connect to specified in the data source connection's jdbc string?

I think by 'dba permission' you're speaking about the data base's permissions. I wasn't referring to that but the permissions on the data so...

Re: restrict access to members of the built-in namespace - custom error message?

Re: Has anyone actually had success with this version of LCM

Re: How to display only pages that users select on the prompt page?

Re: Error message: MSR-GEN-0071 internal error getting catalogs and schemas

Re: Error message: MSR-GEN-0071 internal error getting catalogs and schemas

Re: Not Showing Certain Rows for a Listing or Chart

Re: Count of Different # of Cars Sold Per Year Per Stacked on Stacked Chart

Re: Count of Different # of Cars Sold Per Year Per Stacked on Stacked Chart

Report Reference Prompts

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Re: Report Reference Prompts

Re: Count of Different # of Cars Sold Per Year Per Stacked on Stacked Chart

Re: Actual vs. Plan vs. Prior Year

Count Aggregation in DMR for Data Item ID

Re: Count Aggregation in DMR for Data Item ID

Re: Count Aggregation in DMR for Data Item ID

Re: Actual vs. Plan vs. Prior Year

Re: Actual vs. Plan vs. Prior Year

Re: Actual vs. Plan vs. Prior Year

Re: Error message: MSR-GEN-0071 internal error getting catalogs and schemas