Pie Chart containing data of two levels
Does anybody know if a Pie chart can have inner and outer pie to reflect the higher and the lower levels of the dimension, like the one attached. The inner one shows the Country and the outer ones show...
View Article11.0.4 data sets
Anyone else finding the new datasets chewing up a ton of memory when created against big database tables. We pulled in a table (a query subject from FM package to be more precise) with a million rows...
View ArticleRe: Select those in group where field was always empty
That's what I was hoping to avoid. Thanks.Quote from: hespora on 27 Sep 2016 03:13:03 amThats three queries:First query, only return ID, put a detail filter on [MiddleName] in nullSecond query, only...
View ArticleRe: Help with optional SQL prompt - ignore if left blank
You are right, this doesn't work - I had some version of this (perhaps using sq() ) that did, but that's beside the fact I suppose. I was really hoping to avoid the 'default' value all together, and...
View ArticleRe: Select those in group where field was always empty
Ah. this seems promising - thanks!Quote from: HalfBloodPrince on 27 Sep 2016 08:18:51 amTry thiscreate Query calculation as data Item asif([MiddleName]='') then(0)else(1)then add detail filter on it...
View ArticleCreating range os minutes in the bar chart
Creating a range of minutes beginning 20:00 and from 15 to 15 minutes?Metric: number of sales per day for the 15-minute break20:00 - 20:15 to 20:30 .....How to do this in the bar chart?Thank you very much
View ArticleIf/Then based on prompt character length
Hi, I am trying to let the character length of a prompt dictate the path of an if/then statement:Code: [Select]If ( character_length(?prompt('MyPar', 'string')?) > 1)THEN( Do this )ELSE( Do that...
View ArticleReport's modified date change Alert
Hello Cognoise,In the Prod environment, we have a folder called as 'Highly Secured Reports' and has 40 reports. The requirement is 1) whenever any report's modified date is changed then the BI team...
View ArticleRe: error TR2763 - all dimentions have no measures assosiated with them
If I follow you correctly, you have not included any measures from the source fact table. I think you may need at least one column from the fact table, rather than calculated in Transformer.
View ArticleRe: Best Practices on business logic placement in semantic layer, cognos fm...
I do not have source documents other than some of it is likely in the FM guide.The last place you want business logic is in individual reports. The biggest reason is simple - if business rules change...
View ArticleRe: Creating range os minutes in the bar chart
You've told us almost nothing about your data - relational versus dimensional, structure of your data, etc. Makes answering the question a little problematic.http://www.cognoise.com/index.php/t...
View ArticleRe: Do query calculations take on the context of queries they are joined to?
Yes you can do the equivalent of a left join by setting the cardinality of the join properly.It's like your (b) question - the queries will each bring back their results, and those are joined much like...
View Articlehow to get rolling periods from a date column in INT data typre
Hello All,I have the date column in the YYYYMM format but it is in the INT data type. I am trying to get the date range for 3, 6, and 12 months based on a date selection.So I have 2 prompts - the first...
View ArticleRe: Pie Chart containing data of two levels
Sounds more of a hatred than a technical suggestion ! I never ate an apple pie that tasted salty so I don't hate pies !One is not a replacement for the other as both of you are suggesting. Bar chart...
View ArticleRe: Cognos connect to MySQL database with JDBC
Suport for MySQL via DQM/JDBC was introduced in 10.2.1 - refer to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047186 to see which versions of MySQL are supported.MySQL JDBC drivers can be...
View ArticleRe: FM against Netezza Synonyms
Netezza's implementation of synonyms has various limitations with respect to standard ODBC/JDBC API calls to get metadata.In order to work around those limitations, queries directly against Netezza...
View ArticleRe: (DQM) Master-detail optimization Govenor
Master detail optimizations are applied for both OLAP and relational systems.
View ArticleRe: Cognos HTML output when Report Service is running in 64 bit mode
Ok, so it appears the issue is only happening Prod, and specifically it's only happening on the batch Report Service. The interactive report service is working fine. Could you create a new simple...
View ArticlePermissions - Oracle on Linux with Active Directory
Hi, Cenario : - Cognos 10.2.1 ( no SP ) installed on Windows Server - Oracle installed on Linux server - Active Directory With AD disable ( using Anonymous ) the...
View ArticleString code using like operator not working
CASE WHEN (refi=1 and (substring([Processing Center],1,2)= 'CD')THEN 1ELSE 0ENDCASE WHEN ([Refi]=1 and [Processing Center] like 'CD%')THEN 1ELSE 0ENDI am trying to pull/query records in the Processing...
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