Re: Multiple Data Sources (Design Question)
This is a very common scenario and one of the reasons for failure of a BI implementation in many companies. The managers/directors in these cases are always found to be from another background with no...
View ArticleRe: Cognos Events - feedback request
Though not a survey but from what I have seen, 3 companies I worked with in the past are moving away from Cognos. There are also fewer jobs for Cognos and companies who are buying new BI licenses tend...
View ArticleRe: creating a custom member and using in a prompt .(Dimensional Reporting)
The except function is set function that is creating a list of members. What you want to do is to create a calculated member that will merge the resulting set into a single member.Use the following...
View ArticleThe MDX function CURRENTMEMBER failed because the attribute contains a set.
Hey Cognos,Anyone familiar with how to solve this error? "The MDX function CURRENTMEMBER failed because the coordinate for the 'ItemTypeLevel1IDName' attribute contains a set.RSV-SRV-0042 Trace back:"I...
View ArticleRe: Image won't show in PDF and Excel
I am now trying to make it work as written in the install guide using WebDAV. I have installed WebDAV with the ISS web server. Now I have some problems with the final part. The instructions are vague...
View ArticleRe: The MDX function CURRENTMEMBER failed because the attribute contains a set.
*Solved it*By changing: member(aggregate(currentMeasure within set [Item Type]);'itemType';'itemType';[CBI Sales].[Item].[Item Type])to member(total(currentMeasure within set [Item...
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Re: Content manager activation time
hi! thanks for your reply.But I am not quite sure what process you are pertaining to. Exactly what I'm looking for is a log where it tells me the time cognos switched content manager.
View ArticleRe: creating a custom member and using in a prompt .(Dimensional Reporting)
Best would be to put the member() function in the use value and LATAM North - Mexico as the display.If you have the [test] data item in your query, you could probably get away with having [test] as the...
View ArticleRe: Distinct first name and last name
A unique identifier is a value which identifies a record uniquely and that means no other record will have that value. From what you said, your Query 2 contains the identifier but it is not a unique...
View ArticleRe: Exapand Collapse without using Javascript
The expand/collapse is an out-of-the-box feature in Report Studio so it should still be available in C11. Click on 'Drill options' and there are different settings to choose from. I used this quiet a...
View ArticleRe: Content manager activation time
Hi sdf -The location of log file can be found in Cognos configuration. The process means how exactly is the failover supposed to work. Is it supposed to use another Content Manager to connect to the...
View ArticleRe: Content manager activation time
it is to switch to the standby content manager that is configured with the same content store.
View ArticleRe: Exapand Collapse without using Javascript
The drill options were neutered in C11 interactive mode unfortunately. I've raised the issue and hopefully we'll get the drill options back at some point.
View ArticleRe: Cognos BI- percent in Cross table- Report studio
Did you by chance click on the crosstab node member (the header) and format, rather than on the intersection?Check the attachment - clicking on red and formatting does not work. You need to click on...
View ArticleRe: Cognos BI- percent in Cross table- Report studio
Thank you dear for your reply. Yeah I did that too, no change.But I found the problem: when I opened the lock I found that the format was set as 'Numérique' so it ignores whatever I do (Check the...
View ArticleRe: Distinct first name and last name
Well, I finally got the results I was looking for. As usual, shortly after posting this I had a brain fart and tried a few things that I hadn't thought of before. My new issue is now ensuring that...
View ArticleRe: creating a custom member and using in a prompt .(Dimensional Reporting)
No Luck with it .Getting the below error: Invalid format for prompt 'PrmCountry'. Expected format is unknown.getting this error when that member is selected from prompt .report filters on prompt value...
View ArticleRe: creating a custom member and using in a prompt .(Dimensional Reporting)
Use token instead of mun.
View ArticleRe: Distinct first name and last name
Quote from: Cognos_Jan2017 on 17 Aug 2018 10:56:18 amFor the "extra" repeater columns, try leaving them in your List Design, but select the "List Column" property of any column(s)NOT to be exported...
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