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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. vii

Chapter 1. Analytics that everyone can use to answer key business questions . . . .. 1Enhancements to Cognos Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

Report widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2Filters that are based on visualizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2Specification of the orientation of filter widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2Extensible visualizations in Cognos Workspace Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2Embedding and customizing workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2Cutting, copying, and pasting widgets and duplicating tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3Support for IBM Cognos Theme Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3Filtering on multiple related data items in select value filter and slider filter widgets . . . . . . . . .. 3Automatically refresh filter values in slider and select value controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3Automatic chart recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Tabbed workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Global area in tabbed workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Chart interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Freeze column and row headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Viewing column and row heading details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Printing a workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4

Enhancements to Cognos Workspace Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Extensible visualizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Expanded text-based filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Simplified custom grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Sharing sets between reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Showing values as percentages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Improved searching using "ends with" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6Enhanced crosstab headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6Automatic group and summary behavior for lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6Copy data with number formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6

Enhancements to Report Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6IBM Cognos Active Report output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6IBM Cognos Active Report preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6IBM Cognos Active Report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Reusable report styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Slider orientation in IBM Cognos Active Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Tabbed reports in HTML output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Dynamically named worksheet tabs in Excel 2007 output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Enhancements to extensible visualizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Improvements to the current default chart technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8Support for IBM Cognos Theme Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8Report booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8Extensible visualizations in standard reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9Extensible visualizations in active reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9Microsoft Excel export formatting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9Improved IBM Cognos Active Report integration with IBM Cognos Workspace. . . . . . . . . . .. 10Interactive repeater tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10Inherited table styles in lists and crosstabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10Writing query macros in the expression editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10Prompt API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10Global classes for accessible reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10

Enhancements to Lifecycle Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10Improved logging for commands that are run in a command prompt window . . . . . . . . . . .. 11My Folders support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11Ability to delete Lifecycle Manager projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11

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Enhancements to IBM Cognos Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11User interface enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11Automatic configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11Faster mobile reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11High-fidelity reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12Zooming on active reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12Apple push notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12Burst reports to Cognos Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12

Accessibility in Cognos Administration and Cognos Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13Improved search with field-level search capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13

Chapter 2. Collaborative business intelligence and workflow . . . . . . . . . . .. 15Controlled access to Cognos Workspace functions and features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15Controlled access to Cognos Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16

Chapter 3. Platform enhancements to simplify and cost-effectively scale enterpriseanalytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17

Import of Framework Manager packages into Cognos Cube Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18Parameter maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18Automatic optimization of in-memory aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18Memory utilization improvements for dynamic cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18Hardware sizing calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19DCAdmin command-line tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19Named sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19Near real-time updates of dynamic cubes data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19No need to restart cubes when enabling or disabling workload logging . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20Packages for more than one cube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20New options to manage dynamic cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20New dynamic cube properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21Server memory monitoring in the dynamic query mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21User-defined in-memory aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21Updates to relative time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21Processing of queries for dynamic query-based packages and reports in Cognos Transformer . . . . . .. 22In-database aggregates derived from other in-database aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22Logging in to the Cognos Business Intelligence Server from Cognos Dynamic Query Analyzer . . . . .. 22New Aggregate Advisor general option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22Dynamic Cubes API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23Secure dimensions and attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23Support for customer-defined database security tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23Support for First, Last, and Current Period aggregation rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23Usability enhancements for Cube Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23Enhanced administration capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23

Multiple tenant environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24Delegated tenant administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24Content sharing among tenants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24Full tenant impersonation capability for system administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24Multitenancy Administration tab in IBM Cognos Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25Optional archive of public content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25Tenant removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25Default account profiles for tenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25Tenant lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25User session cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25Content store usage reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25Tenant on-boarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26

Using personal data sets in Cognos Business Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26Create and customize user interface profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26Patterns in Cognos Business Intelligence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27Restrictions on report output formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28Cognos Mobile Server included in install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29

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Quick Setup option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29Ability to enable parameter caching for the report service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29Merging Aggregate Advisor in-memory recommendations from different runs . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29Creation of a bridge table to link star schemas or subject areas in a model . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30Optimization of joins by applying filters in Cognos Framework Manager and Cognos Report Studio . . . .. 30Tab names in Excel 2007 reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30SSL connections to IBM Cognos BI databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30WebSphere Liberty Profile is the default application server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31Granular deployment of My Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31Ability to set content archiving for My Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31Store reports in an external object store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3164-bit IBM Cognos gateway as default in 64-bit installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3264-bit IBM Cognos gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32Archive content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32Enhanced language and currency support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32Support for Extended Japanese and Chinese characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33Server setting to specify rounding rule for data formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33Improved support for data items with more than 15 digits of precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33Save as Microsoft Excel 2007 data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33Access to ERP data sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34DQM server logging on a report basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34Predefined LDAP configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34Enhancements to supported environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34

Chapter 4. Deprecated and changed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35Deprecated and changed features for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35

Deprecated features in IBM Cognos Mashup Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35Deprecated support for Cognos Mobile native client on Blackberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35Changed data source for the Sample Report Usage report in IBM Cognos BI . . . . . . . . . . .. 35Added, deprecated, and removed support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35

Deprecated and changed features for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Version 10.2.1 . . . . . . . . .. 42Changed default installation location for IBM Cognos BI for z/OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42IBM Cognos Statistics is removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42Deprecated support for SAP Enterprise Portal Versions 6.0, 6.4, 7.0, and 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43

Deprecated and changed features for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43Cognos Business Insight and Cognos Business Insight Advanced are renamed . . . . . . . . . . .. 43Saving and opening Cognos Report Studio reports on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43Details view in Cognos Connection is changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43Support for inline prompts in reports viewed on mobile devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 43Discontinued support for some data sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44Changing the language of the product user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44In Framework Manager durable models are supported for DMR data sources . . . . . . . . . . .. 44The Migration Assistant command line tools are no longer included . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44Open with Report Studio and Open with Analysis Studio actions are removed . . . . . . . . . . .. 44

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Introduction

IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence enables companies to outperform by givingbusiness users the freedom they need to make smarter decisions.

This release also offers platform enhancements that help IT deliver enterprise-scaleanalytics.

This document provides an organized view of the new features of IBM CognosBusiness Intelligence. For more information about new and changed features, seethe specific product documents such as installation guides and user guides.

Audience

This guide is for information technology administrators, data modelers, reportauthors, and users of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. To use this guideeffectively, you should be familiar with one or more of the following items,depending on your role in your organization:v IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and its componentsv The existing server environment and security infrastructure in your organizationv The business requirements of your companyv The business intelligence environment of your companyv Database and data warehouse conceptsv Security concepts

Finding information

To find product documentation on the web, including all translateddocumentation, access IBM Knowledge Center (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter).

Accessibility Features

Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as restrictedmobility or limited vision, to use information technology products. This producthas accessibility features.

Forward-looking statements

This documentation describes the current functionality of the product. Referencesto items that are not currently available may be included. No implication of anyfuture availability should be inferred. Any such references are not a commitment,promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. Thedevelopment, release, and timing of features or functionality remain at the solediscretion of IBM.

Samples disclaimer

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Chapter 1. Analytics that everyone can use to answer keybusiness questions

Organizations need to make the most of a workforce that is increasingly driven tomulti-task, network, and collaborate. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence deliversanalytics that everyone can use to answer key business questions.

Easily view, assemble, and personalize information

Business users often do not know how to access the information that they need,and the available tools might not provide the freedom to combine and exploreinformation in the way they want. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence providesfeatures that allow business users to easily view, assemble, and personalizeinformation to follow a train of thought and generate a unique perspective. Usinga single place to quickly see a view of their business, users can quickly personalizecontent, build on the insights of others, and incorporate data from various sources.These capabilities ensure that more people are engaged in providing uniqueinsights and delivering faster business decisions. Giving business users greaterself-service control reduces demands on IT and business intelligence systems.

Explore all types of information

If a separate tool is required, it is difficult to incorporate statistical results with corebusiness reporting. IBM Cognos BI allows business users to consume fact-basedstatistical evidence to support key decisions directly in the IBM Cognos BIenvironment. The ability to explore all types of information from all angles toassess the current business situation provides a deeper understanding of thepatterns that exist in data. This allows business users to quickly deliver reportsthat include statistical insight and validation, and distribute these reports to thelarger business community.

Analyze facts and anticipate strategic implications

Business users need tools that let them accurately evaluate and identify the impactthat different scenarios will have on the business and on the bottom line. IBMCognos BI allows the business user to analyze facts and anticipate strategicimplications by simply shifting from viewing data to performing more advancedpredictive or what-if analysis. Understanding the scenarios that affect businessenables the business user to make informed recommendations to the business andprovides an increased competitive advantage.

Enhancements to Cognos WorkspaceIBM Cognos Workspace (formerly named IBM Cognos Business Insight) hasseveral enhancements to improve the user experience.

For more information about Cognos Workspace, see the IBM Cognos Workspace UserGuide.

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Report widgets

You can create a report widget that is based on a report that you author fromwithin IBM Cognos Workspace.

Users with the Assemble capability can author a report and then insert it in thecurrent tab or the global area of a workspace, or in a new workspace. This abilitysaves time and adds more options for the author of the workspace.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Workspace User Guide.

Filters that are based on visualizations

You can use master filters in widgets that contain Cognos Active Reports and otherreports in your workspace to filter table and chart data in other widgets.

You can use a visualization that is contained in a widget in your workspace to setthe context in the other dashboard widgets.


Specification of the orientation of filter widgets

You can specify the orientation of certain widgets to optimize the usage of space inyour workspace.

Slider filter widgets can be displayed horizontally or vertically. Select value filterand button filter widgets can be displayed horizontally, vertically, or in a text flow.


Extensible visualizations in Cognos Workspace Advanced

You can use new and innovative visualizations in IBM Cognos WorkspaceAdvanced. You can also consume the new visualizations in IBM CognosWorkspace. This feature makes use of Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine(RAVE) to introduce new visualizations such as treemaps, heatmaps, and networkdiagrams.

New visualization types might become available over time on IBM AnalyticsZone(http://www.analyticszone.com). You can download and use new visualizationtypes in your environment. You can also engage IBM to produce customvisualizations that are specific to your business needs.

Embedding and customizing workspaces

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In applications or portals that are able to display referenced web content, you canembed workspaces. Embedded workspaces can include or omit parts of the IBMCognos user interface.

In applications or portals that contain a prompted workspace, users can appendprompt parameter values to the URL to pass new prompt parameter values to theworkspace or to avoid being prompted.

Cutting, copying, and pasting widgets and duplicating tabs

You can cut, copy, and paste widgets from one tab to another, from one workspaceto another, or to or from the global area. You can also duplicate tabs. Duplicatingtabs is a convenient way to use one tab as a template for another. Duplicating tabssaves time and helps to give workspaces a consistent look and feel.

Support for IBM Cognos Theme Designer

IBM Cognos Theme Designer provides a graphical user interface that makes it easyto tailor IBM Cognos BI applications to your brand requirements. You can replaceimages, change colors, or edit html to get the look you want. You can producemultiple themes for users to choose from, or different themes for each tenant orapplication in multiple tenant environments.

In addition to existing support for Cognos Theme Designer by IBM CognosConnection and IBM Cognos Viewer, this version adds support by IBM CognosWorkspace.

To download Cognos Theme Designer and its documentation, go to IBM CognosTheme Designer Tool for IBM Cognos 10.2.1 and 10.2.1.1 (www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg24035533).

Filtering on multiple related data items in select value filterand slider filter widgets

In select value filter and slider filter widgets, you can filter on multiple relateddata items from different reports. For example, you have a report on yourworkspace that has a Years data item and another report that has a Years_1 dataitem, but both refer to the same data. You can filter on both data items together.

Automatically refresh filter values in slider and select valuecontrols

In previous versions, values in slider filter and select value filter widgets were notrefreshed when data was refreshed in their corresponding source report widgets.

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Now you can automatically refresh values in slider filter and select value filterwidgets whenever data is refreshed in their corresponding source report widgets.This is especially convenient for source report widgets that are updated frequently.

Automatic chart recommendation

In the widget toolbar, you can click Change Display Type

to automatically getthe best display type for the data. IBM Cognos Workspace analyses the data andproduces the most suitable display type.

The Change Display Type drop-down list in the widget toolbar lists up to five ofthe most highly recommended display types. The Change Display window liststhe recommended display types in order and explains why each one isrecommended.

To see the original interface, which lists all available display types whether theyare recommended or not, click the All tab in the Change Display window.

Tabbed workspacesWith tabbed workspaces, you can organize content on multiple tabs in a singleworkspace. Typically, each tab contains information about a particular area.

For example, you create a workspace with separate tabs for Marketing, Sales, andRevenue.

Global area in tabbed workspacesA tabbed workspace includes an area that is common to all tabs in the workspace.Here you can keep any object in view as you click though the tabs in theworkspace.

For example, you created a workspace with separate tabs for Marketing, Sales, andRevenue. You add a Region filter to the global area so that you can filter onregions as you click through the tabs.

Chart interactionYou can select a chart or one or more parts of a chart and apply actions. Forexample, you can filter the chart contents.

Freeze column and row headingsYou can freeze column and row headings in lists and crosstabs. Freezing theheadings keeps them in view as you scroll through the data.

Viewing column and row heading detailsIn a crosstab, you can expand a column or row heading to view the details thatmake up the data.

For example, you expand a region heading to display the cities in that region.

Printing a workspaceThe print preview feature in a web browser enables you to adjust settings such asscaling and orientation to make your workspace fit on a printed page.

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Enhancements to Cognos Workspace AdvancedIBM Cognos Workspace Advanced (formerly named IBM Cognos Business InsightAdvanced) has several enhancements to improve the user experience.

For more information about Cognos Workspace Advanced, see the IBM CognosWorkspace Advanced User Guide.

Extensible visualizations

You can use new and innovative visualizations in Report Studio and IBM CognosWorkspace Advanced. You can also consume the new visualizations in IBM CognosWorkspace. This feature makes use of Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine(RAVE) to introduce new visualizations such as treemaps, heatmaps, and networkdiagrams.


Expanded text-based filtering

You can define dynamic filters based on text patterns appearing in the values to befiltered. In addition to selecting specific values, you can enter filter options whichinclude “Starts with”, “Ends with”, “Contains”, and “Matches SQL Pattern”.

Simplified custom grouping

In addition to using the Custom Grouping dialog box to create custom groups,now you can create, edit, combine, and remove custom groups by using theright-click context menu.

Sharing sets between reports

When you work with dimensional data, you can designate a set as shared. Sharedsets appear in the model tree for inclusion in other reports that are created by youor by other IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced users. Shared sets can be designatedwith Run Time or Design Time inclusion. If Run Time is selected, the report usesthe shared set as it was defined. If Design Time is selected, the report caches thecontents of the shared set as it was defined and uses this definition until it isrefreshed by the report author.

Showing values as percentages



When you work with dimensional data in a crosstab, you can display values as apercentage of the total. You can specify whether to show the values as a percentageof the total for rows, columns, or both.

Improved searching using "ends with"

You can search on items that end with a particular string. This search criterion canbe used when creating filter conditions, defining custom groups, searching themetadata tree, locating items in the expression editor, creating intersections, orcreating Top/Bottom or Set Filter conditions.

Enhanced crosstab headersIn crosstabs, you can display headers that indicate the parent categories of the dataitems in the columns and rows. The headers help users to understand where thedata is located in the hierarchy.

Automatic group and summary behavior for listsYou can enable or disable the automatic generation of summaries for lists. Whenenabled, grouped columns appear first in the list.

Copy data with number formattingIn IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced, you can copy data from a list or crosstaband paste it into a Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet, while maintaining numberformatting. This is a convenient way to quickly export your analysis.

Enhancements to Report StudioReport Studio and Active Report have several enhancements to improve the userexperience.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Report Studio User Guide.

IBM Cognos Active Report output

You can produce an IBM Cognos Active Report in HTML format.

Consequently, you can now view active reports in browsers that do not haveMIME HTML (MHT) capabilities.

IBM Cognos Active Report preview

IBM Cognos Active Report has a preview view that you can use to format anactive report and immediately see the layout changes. You no longer have to runthe report whenever you make a formatting change.

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IBM Cognos Active Report templates

You can convert an active report to a template so that formatting and styles can bereused.

Reusable report styles

In IBM Cognos Report Studio, you can apply styles that come from one report inanother report.

Slider orientation in IBM Cognos Active Report

In IBM Cognos Active Report, you can show sliders horizontally or vertically.

The orientation of a slider is set by clicking the Orientation property.

Tabbed reports in HTML output

When an IBM Cognos Report Studio report is run in HTML format, you can showeach report page in its own tab. Report page names are used to name each tab.

This option is set in the Report Properties window (File > Report Properties).

In Excel output, each tab becomes a single sheet within the same workbook.

Dynamically named worksheet tabs in Excel 2007 output

When you produce reports in Excel 2007 format, you can configure IBM CognosBusiness Intelligence to dynamically name the Excel worksheet tabs, based on thedata items that are used to break pages.

For example, you specify page breaks by Product line. In Excel 2007 output, thefive worksheet tabs that are generated are named Camping Equipment,Mountaineering Equipment, Personal Accessories, Outdoor Protection, and GolfEquipment.

Enhancements to extensible visualizations

Enhancements were made to extensible visualizations that simplify the authoringexperience.

The following list describes the enhancements that were made to extensiblevisualizations.v Optional category fields


When you add an extensible visualization to a report, it is no longer necessaryto insert data items in all category drop zones. For example, you can create avisualization that has only a measure and categories, and no data series.In previous IBM Cognos BI releases, you cannot run a visualization until allrequired data drop zones contain data items.

v Conversion of visualizations from one type to anotherYou can convert an existing visualization to another visualization type. With thisenhancement, you do not have to re-author the data items in the originalvisualization.

v Support for more propertiesVisualizations support more properties, giving report authors greater controlover the appearance and behavior of visualizations in reports.

Improvements to the current default chart technology

Improvements were made to the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence current defaultchart technology. For example, new chart properties are available that control howlabels are rendered.

With these improvements, you might see minor pixel differences in chart output orminor layout changes in data and axis label placement when you upgrade a reportto IBM Cognos BI 10.2.2.

Support for IBM Cognos Theme Designer

IBM Cognos Theme Designer provides a graphical user interface that makes it easyto tailor IBM Cognos BI applications to your brand requirements. You can replaceimages, change colors, or edit html to get the look you want. You can producemultiple themes for users to choose from or different themes for each tenant orapplication in multiple tenant environments.

In addition to existing support for Cognos Theme Designer by IBM CognosConnection, IBM Cognos Viewer, and IBM Cognos Workspace, this version addssupport by IBM Cognos Report Studio and IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced.

To download Cognos Theme Designer and its documentation, go to IBM CognosTheme Designer Tool (www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg24035533).

Report booklets

By using report booklets, you can reference and merge content from multiple IBMCognos BI reports. Report booklets are especially convenient if you have a largeamount of IBM Cognos BI content that you want to reuse and present in newways.

For example, you are a financial advisor. You use report booklets to collect contentfrom various IBM Cognos BI reports into personalized, professional-lookingfinancial reports for each client.

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Report booklets can provide a single table of contents, sequential page numbering,and rationalized prompting to prevent redundant data collection. Report bookletscan be scheduled, saved, and run in IBM Cognos Connection like other IBMCognos BI reports.

Extensible visualizations in standard reports

IBM Cognos BI version 10.2.1 introduced extensible visualizations in active reports.Now, extensible visualizations are available in standard reports also. You can usenew and innovative visualizations in Report Studio and IBM Cognos WorkspaceAdvanced. You can also consume the new visualizations in IBM CognosWorkspace. This feature makes use of Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine(RAVE) to introduce new visualizations such as treemaps, heatmaps, and networkdiagrams.


Extensible visualizations in active reports

With extensible visualizations, you can use new and innovative visualizations inactive reports. This feature makes use of IBM Rapidly Adaptive VisualizationEngine (RAVE) to introduce new visualizations such as treemaps, heatmaps, andnetwork diagrams.

Extensible visualization provides new charts and more-interactive versions ofexisting charts. It also introduces improved animation with charting. Reportauthors benefit from an improved authoring experience when they incorporateRAVE visualizations.

You can copy sample visualizations to a gallery that is available from the ActiveReport authoring environment.


Microsoft Excel export formatting options

When exporting to Microsoft Excel from IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced orReport Studio, you can choose whether repeating crosstab cells or grouped listcolumns will be grouped upon export, or whether the values will be repeated foreach row or column.




Improved IBM Cognos Active Report integration with IBMCognos Workspace

You can use check boxes and sliders in workspaces in IBM Cognos Workspace tocontrol IBM Cognos Active Report.

You can define public variables and range variables in Cognos Active Report thatallow Cognos Workspace check boxes and sliders to control active reports in aworkspace.

Interactive repeater tablesYou can add interactive behavior to repeater tables in IBM Cognos Active Report.

Adding interactive behavior to repeater tables is useful for creating button barsand grids of custom content. For example, you can insert a data item in a repeatertable that shows a different chart for each data value. You can customize therepeater table so that the data values appear as buttons in a two-column grid.

Inherited table styles in lists and crosstabsWhen an item is inserted in a list or crosstab, the item inherits the table style ofone of the items in the data container.

By default, items inherit the style of an item of the same type. For example, if youinsert a measure in a list, the measure inherits the style of a measure that is in thelist, if one exists. Inheritance rules control which style is inherited.

Writing query macros in the expression editorYou can use the expression editor to write macros in query expressions. The macrosyntax is the same as in previous releases and IBM Cognos Framework Manager.

Prompt APIWith the prompt API, report authors can write JavaScript applications to customizethe standard prompt functionality available in IBM Cognos Report Studio. Theprompt API can query and set user selections, validate typed-in values usingpatterns, set default values using expressions or query data, and more. Samplereports exist to demonstrate various usage scenarios of the prompt API.

Global classes for accessible reportsNew global classes that you can apply to text objects were added to IBM CognosReport Studio. The new classes make text easier to read for visually impairedusers.

The new global classes are as follows:v Heading 1 to heading 6v Emphasize textv Strong text

Enhancements to Lifecycle ManagerLifecycle Manager has several enhancements to improve the user experience.

For more information about Lifecycle Manager, see the IBM Cognos LifecycleManager User Guide.

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Improved logging for commands that are run in a commandprompt window

Improvements were made to the log file that is produced when you run IBMCognos Lifecycle Manager commands in a command prompt window.

The following improvements were made:v The log file is produced in CSV format so that you can analyze it in other

applications.v The log file name that is generated includes more information.v The log file contains more information about the command that was run.

My Folders supportIn addition to accessing Public Folders content, Lifecycle Manager enables you toselect some or all of your personal My Folders content for validation orbenchmarking projects. In open projects, you can access My Folders content thatbelongs to the authenticated user.

Ability to delete Lifecycle Manager projectsYou can use the New Project window or the Open Project window to deleteprojects. This enables you to remove unneeded projects conveniently, withoutrequiring access permission to the Lifecycle Manager installation location.

Enhancements to IBM Cognos MobileIBM Cognos Mobile has several enhancements to improve the user experience.

For more information about IBM Cognos Mobile, see the IBM Cognos MobileInstallation and Administration Guide.

User interface enhancements

With the new IBM Cognos Mobile interface, you can navigate BI content in a morevisual way. In addition to other features, you can sort your local content and pauseand restart report downloads.

Automatic configuration

iPad users can tap on a web location (URL) to automatically configure the IBMCognos Mobile application to connect to the BI server. This greatly simplifiesconfiguration by eliminating the need to type long URLs and choose configurationsettings.

Faster mobile reports


Multi-page reports that are manually executed are retrieved and presented onepage at a time, rather than all at once.

This reduces peak server loads and also enables IBM Cognos Mobile users to openand interact with large reports quickly, without waiting for the entire report todownload. Users can swipe the screen or tap a button to retrieve the remainingpages in the report, up to the maximum number of pages, as defined by themobile administrator.

The behavior of scheduled reports remains unchanged.

High-fidelity reports

IBM Cognos Mobile has enhanced its support for HTML reports on mobile devices.

The enhancements include:v Rendering of additional fontsv Page layoutv Prompt controlsv Drill-through actionsv Saved html output

The capabilities for IBM Cognos Workspace on mobile devices and thedrill-through actions between active reports and regular reports remain unchangedfrom the previous release.

Zooming on active reports

When viewing 10.2.1 versions of active reports on Apple iOS devices, users canzoom in and out using the standard pinch gesture.

Apple push notificationsYou can now use Apple push notifications to notify the users of the IBM CognosMobile native iPad application about the availability of new IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence reports.

The supported notifications include badges and text alerts. Sounds are notsupported.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Mobile Installation and AdministrationGuide.

Burst reports to Cognos MobileReports can now be distributed to IBM Cognos Mobile users by bursting.

Users receive burst reports in the language specified in their preferences in IBMCognos Connection. If the report is not burst in the language specified by theuser's preference in Cognos Connection, the user receives the report in the serverdefault language.

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Users can also receive multiple versions of burst reports, with the burst keyappended to the report name. For example, a sales manager who is responsible formultiple regions receives the burst report for each region.

For more information about burst reports, see the IBM Cognos Report Studio UserGuide and the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Administration and Security Guide.

Accessibility in Cognos Administration and Cognos Mobile

IBM Cognos Administration has accessibility features that help users who have aphysical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use informationtechnology products.

The availability of accessibility features can vary, if other pages and componentsthat do not support accessibility are added to the Cognos Administration userinterface.

The Cognos Mobile application is fully accessible on iOS 7 and greater devices. Onthese devices, when the VoiceOver feature is enabled, it acts as a screen reader.Users can then navigate with a Bluetooth keyboard or with screen gestures byusing standard Apple keyboard shortcut commands. The Cognos Mobileapplication includes extra keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate in differentviews.

Improved search with field-level search capabilityIBM Cognos Connection search delivers more relevant results, faster. It also offersgreater control, enabling you to search by a specific field. For example, entering"+name:product" searches for the term "product" in the "name" field.


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Chapter 2. Collaborative business intelligence and workflow

Organizations need agile and responsive decision making processes to effectivelyrespond to market opportunities and challenges. IBM Cognos Business Intelligenceprovides tools that support collaborative business intelligence and workflowallowing businesses to share insights and gain alignment.

Establish decision networks

Teams that do not share insights or solicit input from colleagues limit their abilityto make informed decisions. By connecting people to information and otherpeople, IBM Cognos BI helps teams to establish dynamic decision networks andexpand their collective intelligence. Efficient decision networks reduce the time,expense, and resources required to gather information.

Provide transparency and accountability

Business users must understand and trust the data that they use to make businessdecisions. Business users need to understand what has happened to data fromsource to report. IBM Cognos BI features ensure that all user communities have thesame understanding of data, providing transparency and accountability to drivealignment and consensus. When users understand and are confident about theinformation they use, IT spends less time dealing with questions about data.

Communicate and coordinate tasks

Actionable insights are often lost because it is not easy to capture the insight as atask. IBM Cognos BI provides the tools that teams need to communicate andcoordinate tasks to engage the right people at the right time. Any member of ateam can initiate a task and assign activities to the appropriate team member. Theteam can track activities from creation to closure to ensure better businessoutcomes.

Controlled access to Cognos Workspace functions and featuresAs an administrator, you can control the access of users to IBM Cognos Workspacefunctions and features at a granular level.

Based on the capabilities that you grant for them, users can have the followingtypes of workspace permissions:v View and print workspaces, drill up and down on the workspace data, add

comments, and use slider filters and select value filters if they are available inthe workspace.

v Interact with the widget data through the widget toolbar that provides optionssuch as sorting, deleting, swapping rows and columns, and changing the reportdisplay type.

v Access all functions and features in Cognos Workspace and perform any task,including changing the workspace layout and style, and adding and deletingworkspaces.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Workspace User Guide and the IBMCognos Business Intelligence Administration and Security Guide.


Controlled access to Cognos MobileAs an administrator, you can control the access of users to IBM Cognos Mobile,using the Mobile secured function.

Only users who are granted access to this secured function can access the IBMCognos content through IBM Cognos Mobile. A new role named Mobile Users wasadded to the predefined roles in the Cognos namespace in IBM CognosAdministration to help with setting up access permissions for the Mobile securedfunction.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Administration andSecurity Guide.

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Chapter 3. Platform enhancements to simplify andcost-effectively scale enterprise analytics

Organizations need agile and responsive decision making processes to effectivelyrespond to market opportunities and challenges. IBM Cognos Business Intelligencedelivers advances for IT to simplify and cost-effectively deliver enterprise-scaleanalytics.

Accelerated model design with guided workflow driven modeling

Many organizations find that it takes too much time and too many iterations for ITto build the right models. IBM Cognos BI provides guided workflow drivenmodeling that is based on established best practices. A workflow driven modelingprocess reduces the amount of time required to deliver the right model.

Optimized performance with in-memory processing

It is sometimes difficult to meet performance expectations because of complexprocessing requirements and related overhead on systems. In IBM Cognos BI,in-memory processing on 64-bit systems delivers optimized query generation withpattern intelligence, security-aware caching for query plan and query, andon-demand data and metadata caching for executed reports. These features help todeliver faster results and increased business satisfaction.

Streamlined life cycle management with the ability to seamlesslyupgrade

The increasing scale of upgrade projects creates a challenge for IT. IBM Cognos BIreduces the complexity and risks of an upgrade by providing greater control overthe upgrade process. IT can now use a staged upgrade approach to quickly deliveron new business requirements and manage costs. Other features make it easier forIT to track the application life cycle and validate content in a variety ofenvironments before an upgrade.

IBM Cognos Dynamic CubesIBM Cognos Business Intelligence includes Dynamic Cubes, which is a querytechnology that lets you perform ad-hoc analysis over large volumes of data(greater than 1TB) with fast performance and low latency. This relational onlineanalytical processing (ROLAP) technology takes advantage of in-memory anddatabase aggregates to reduce data movement and computation, and improveresponsiveness.

The Dynamic Cubes server includes self-analysis capabilities to further improveperformance by recommending changes or additions to available aggregates, basedon observed queries.

To take advantage of Dynamic Cubes, IBM Cognos BI includes the Dynamic Cubesserver, a modelling interface called IBM Cognos Cube Designer where you candesign your cubes, as well as an Aggregate Advisor that suggests improvements toavailable aggregates.


For more information about IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes, see the IBM CognosDynamic Cubes User Guide.

Import of Framework Manager packages into Cognos CubeDesigner

You can import the Framework Manager packages that contain your dimensionallymodeled relational (DMR) and relational models into Cognos Cube Designer anduse the metadata in the packages to create dynamic cubes. Regardless of what theFramework Manager model contains, the metadata from the model that is used tocreate a dynamic cube must represent a star or snowflake schema.

You can import only packages that are published to the IBM Cognos BI contentstore. Packages that are saved on a disk cannot be imported.

This functionality allows you to leverage your existing IBM Cognos BI modelinginvestment when you implement dynamic cubes. Additional modeling is requiredafter the Framework Manager package is imported into Cognos Cube Designer.The reports that are based on a DMR model are not migrated to the dynamic cubemodel that is based on the DMR model.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes User Guide.

Parameter maps

Use parameter maps to substitute settings when a report is run. You can createparameter maps manually, import them from a file, or use an existing query itemin the model as the key-value pair for the parameter map.

In dynamic cubes, the parameterization is resolved at cube start-up time.


Automatic optimization of in-memory aggregates

The in-memory aggregates are automatically improved in response to the reportqueries.

The functionality minimizes the number of manual Aggregate Advisor runs,reduces the need to generate comprehensive workload logs, and improves reportperformance by adjusting the set of in-memory aggregates over time to bettermatch the query activity.


Memory utilization improvements for dynamic cubes

Dynamic cubes now use memory more efficiently.

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The following memory utilization improvements were implemented:v Dimension members can now be optionally shared between dynamic cubes and

virtual cubes that reside on the same server to reduce the overall memoryfootprint.

v The size of the member cache has been reduced and requires approximately 550bytes per member.

v The query service now recognizes when the JVM heap is nearly full andattempts to release resources from in-memory caches to avoid out of memoryexceptions.


Hardware sizing calculator

This calculator facilitates quick, initial estimation of hardware resources that areneeded to support a dynamic cube. The estimates are based on the two largestdimensions in the cube and the number of concurrent queries per report. Thecalculated output gives the required memory size, number of processor cores, andthe amount of hard disk space that is needed to support the cube.


DCAdmin command-line tool

A new command-line tool is now available with IBM Cognos Business Intelligenceserver. You can use this tool to run various administrative commands on dynamiccubes.


Named sets

A named set is an expression that defines a set of members. You can define namedsets in Cognos Cube Designer in the context of a dynamic cube or a virtual cube.

Named set expressions can be any valid member set expressions. They can alsoinclude macro expressions. Named sets are accessible in the authoring interfaces ofIBM Cognos BI, including Report Studio and Cognos Workspace Advanced.


Near real-time updates of dynamic cubes data

With near real-time updates, data can be inserted into fact and aggregate tables inthe data warehouse without stopping dynamic cubes. Dynamic cubes can consumethe inserted new records immediately and IBM Cognos BI queries return consistentdata. The data caches are updated and not rebuilt.

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In previous versions of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, to maintain consistentdata values between the fact tables, aggregate tables, and data caches in a runningdynamic cube, it was necessary to stop the cube before you could apply anychanges to the data warehouse. This step was required to change the data valuesin the data warehouse tables during the execution of end user business intelligence(BI) queries. When the update was complete, it was necessary to restart the cube inorder to rebuild the data caches to reflect the new table values.


No need to restart cubes when enabling or disabling workloadlogging

The dynamic cube property Enable workload logging enables or disablesworkload logging.

When this property is enabled, the workload log file captures the information thatrepresents user workload usage, such as running reports. This log file allowsAggregate Advisor to suggest aggregates, in-database or in-memory, thatcorrespond directly to the reports contained in the log file. You do not need torestart the dynamic cube for this property change to take effect.


Packages for more than one cube

You can now publish a package containing more than one cube. A package cancontain dynamic cubes, virtual cubes, namespaces, and folders


New options to manage dynamic cubes

You can now pause a dynamic cube and incrementally update the cube data. Thenew options are available in IBM Cognos Administration from the dynamic cuberight-click menu.

The new options are:v Pause

You can pause a dynamic cube to maintain aggregate tables for near real timeupdates, or to make database configuration changes, such as recycling adatabase or increasing buffer pools, while a dynamic cube is active.

v Incrementally update data

You can use this option to update the aggregate cache and data cache to reflectthe newly-added fact rows.

You can also use the DCAdmin command-line tool to pause a dynamic cube andperform incremental updates of the cube data.

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New dynamic cube properties

New properties have been added to dynamic cubes.

The following advanced settings that were available in previous versions of theproduct are now replaced by dynamic cube properties:v qsMaxCubeLoadThreads - replaced by Maximum hierarchies to load in parallel

propertyv qsMaxAggregateLoadThreads - replaced by Maximum in-memory aggregates to

load in parallel propertyv qsMeasuresThreshold - replaced by Measures threshold property.

There is also a new dynamic cube property named Post in-memory trigger name.


Server memory monitoring in the dynamic query mode

The query service now monitors memory to prevent the dynamic query serverfrom failing if there is not enough memory available. If the query service detectslow memory, it takes action to cancel queries.


User-defined in-memory aggregates

User-defined in-memory aggregates provide dynamic cube modelers with theability to suggest specific in-memory aggregates to be included in the AggregateAdvisor recommendations. This new type of in-memory aggregates is created inIBM Cognos Cube Designer without recommendations from Aggregate Advisor.However, Aggregate Advisor must be used to generate recommendations with theuser-defined aggregates and apply the aggregates to the dynamic cube for usage.


Updates to relative time

New relative time members are available for dynamic cubes

You can now add relative time members for these periods:v Future time periodsv Single period custom members, for example, Same Month, Prior Yearv Period-to-date custom members, for example, Quarter to Date, Prior Yearv N-period running total members, for example, 6 month rolling window


You can also control which relative time members to add to a time hierarchy.


Processing of queries for dynamic query-based packages andreports in Cognos Transformer

A new general preference in Cognos Transformer specifies how to process queriesfor the dynamic query-based packages and reports.

The preference is named AllowDQ. It can be set up in the installation_location/configuration/cogtr.xml file.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Dynamic Query Analyzer User Guide.

In-database aggregates derived from other in-databaseaggregates

In-database aggregate recommendations can now be derived from otherin-database aggregates. Where this happens, the sample SQL refers to columnsfrom the sample SQL of the second in-database aggregate. If a derived in-databaseaggregate can be derived from multiple in-database aggregates, the sample SQL isgenerated from the in-database aggregate that provides the optimal solution.


Logging in to the Cognos Business Intelligence Server fromCognos Dynamic Query Analyzer

You can now log in to or out of the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server fromwithin IBM Cognos Dynamic Query Analyzer without having to close and restartCognos Dynamic Query Analyzer.

Your login name is displayed next to the Log Out button at the bottom of theCognos Dynamic Query Analyzer user interface.


New Aggregate Advisor general option

A new query workload information option named User Defined Only is availablewhen you run Aggregate Advisor. This option allows to include recommendationsfor user-defined in-memory aggregates.


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Dynamic Cubes API

You can use the Dynamic Cubes application programming interface to generateand deploy Dynamic Cubes programmatically.

For more information and code samples, go to IBM developerWorks®

(http://www.ibm.com/developerworks).

Secure dimensions and attributes

With IBM Cognos Cube Designer, you can apply security at a more granular level.In addition to securing hierarchies or levels, you can secure individual dimensionsor attributes. For example, for confidentiality purposes, you secure the Salaryattribute in an Employee dimension.

If the rest of the model was not significantly changed, you can reload accesspermissions and clear cached security information while the cube is still running.

Support for customer-defined database security tables

By taking advantage of existing security tables in your reporting database, IBMCognos Cube Designer can greatly simplify the process of defining security filtersand views for Dynamic Cubes.

Support for First, Last, and Current Period aggregation rules

IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes supports First, Last, and Current® Period aggregationrules. These rules are widely used in the retail, warehousing, financial services, andbanking industries. The addition of these rules aligns IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubeswith other IBM Cognos products, including PowerPlay® Transformer.

Usability enhancements for Cube Designer

The auto-design feature of IBM Cognos Cube Designer has improved hierarchydetection for results that are more reflective of the data.

In addition, the model validation capability includes performance indicators tohelp identify potential performance problems in the Dynamic Cube model.

Enhanced administration capabilities

With the Dynamic Cubes administration console, you can deploy, configure, andmanage Dynamic Cubes across multiple report servers from a single user interface.


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This is especially convenient, for example, when Dynamic Cubes are mirroredacross multiple report servers for load balancing purposes or to achieve a highlevel of availability.

Multiple tenant environmentsMultiple tenant environments support multiple customers or organizations(tenants) by using a single deployment of an application, while ensuring that eachtenant can access only the data that it is authorized to use.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides built-in multitenancy capabilities.Before you can use IBM Cognos multitenancy, you must modify configuration filesin your IBM Cognos Business Intelligence installation.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation andConfiguration Guide and IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Administration and SecurityGuide.

Delegated tenant administration

System Aministrators can now delegate tenant administration tasks to members ofthe Tenant Administrators role.

The Tenant Administrators role bypasses tenant filtering, but is dependent on theIBM Cognos BI security policies. This role is one of the built-in entries in theCognos namespace.


Content sharing among tenants

The new tenant bounding set property allows a user to belong to multiple tenants.As a result, it is possible to set up content sharing among tenants.

You can configure content sharing using virtual tenants.


Full tenant impersonation capability for system administrators

System administrators can impersonate a single tenant to view and interact withthe content from the tenant perspective.

System administrators can impersonate tenants from IBM Cognos Connection andIBM Cognos Administration, or by using the software development kit.


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Multitenancy Administration tab in IBM Cognos Administration

In IBM Cognos Administration, administrators can use the MultitenancyAdministration tab to manage all aspects of multiple tenant environments.

Optional archive of public content

Administrators of multiple tenant environments can select all objects that belong toa tenant and export them to a Cognos BI deployment archive. Administrators nowhave the option to include public content (that does not belong exclusively to thetenant) in the same deployment archive. This enables administrators to more easilymove an entire application from one Cognos BI environment to another.

Tenant removal

System Administrators can remove a tenant and all associated BI objects from aCognos BI environment.

Default account profiles for tenants

Account profiles are used to customize the user experience within Cognos BI.System Administrators can define default account profiles that are unique to eachtenant's requirements.

Tenant lockout

When maintaining multiple tenant environments, it is sometimes necessary toprevent tenant users from accessing and modifying BI content. SystemAdministrators can disable access to a Cognos BI application for a tenant. No userthat belongs to the disabled tenant ID can access the BI application.

User session cancellation

System administrators can cancel all active user sessions of a tenant from a CognosBI application, without impacting application availability for other users on thesystem.

Content store usage reports

Service providers for multiple tenant applications need to understand howindividual tenants use Cognos BI. System administrators can easily export Cognos


BI content store usage data to understand the number of BI objects that areassociated with a tenant and the size of the objects that are stored in the Cognos BIcontent store.

Tenant on-boarding

System administrators can easily manage the creation configuration of tenants whocan access the Cognos BI application. This enables service providers and owners ofmultiple tenant environments to control access without complex securityconfigurations.

Using personal data sets in Cognos Business Intelligence

Individual business users can use the My Data Sets feature to create IBM Cognosreports that are based on their personal data without engaging a professionalreport author. The users can import data from a CSV, XLS or XLSX file, create astand-alone package for the data in IBM Cognos Connection, and generate reportsfrom that data.

Users can import large spreadsheets, with hundreds of thousands of rows, andpublish the package to any location in IBM Cognos Connection for which theyhave write permissions.

Users can see only their personal data sets and can delete any packages or datasets that they created using this functionality. They can grant other users access totheir personal data by sharing the corresponding packages.

Administrators control access to this functionality through the My Data Setscapability. They need to configure only one repository for the data sets of allindividual users.


Create and customize user interface profiles

To meet the specific needs of your organization, you can now create and customizenew user interface (UI) profiles for Cognos Workspace Advanced users. You use UIprofiles to control the features and functionality that are available in the userinterface (UI). Users with different profiles see different interfaces and experiencedifferent default behavior.

In previous versions of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, you could manage twodefault user interface profiles on the Security tab in IBM Cognos Administration.Starting with this release, if you enable the feature, you can create and customizenew profiles. To enable the feature, you migrate the default profiles to the Librarytab in IBM Cognos Administration where you can then work with them.

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When you create profiles, you select or exclude the features and functionality fromthe current software release that you want to show in the UI. You also choosewhether to automatically show next generation functionality in the UI when thesoftware is upgraded.


Patterns in Cognos Business Intelligence

In addition to the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence physical installation kit, IBMCognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 includes IBM Business Intelligence Pattern 2.2.0and IBM Business Intelligence Pattern with BLU Acceleration 1.2.0.

The patterns contain reusable and customizable components that can reduce thetime and effort that is required to deploy and manage IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence environments. They provide the following advantages:

Faster time to valueHave your Cognos Business Intelligence environment up and runningwithin minutes. Reduce configuration errors through centralizedconfiguration of your entire Cognos Business Intelligence environment. Youcan bring up and bring down multiple environments whenever required.

Management and monitoring There is a single point of management from one screen and easy access tologs and system metrics for the entire environment.

Lower cost of ownershipVirtualized hardware is deployed as necessary, and there is a single entrypoint for applying updates to the entire Cognos Business Intelligenceenvironment.

The features that differentiate Cognos Business Intelligence, Business IntelligencePattern, and Business Intelligence Pattern with BLU Acceleration are described inthe following sections.

Cognos Business Intelligence

You can install IBM Cognos Business Intelligence on any of the supportedoperating systems, using the architecture of your choice. Cognos BusinessIntelligence provides access to the full range of configuration and tuning optionsand can connect to supported data sources in both compatible mode and dynamicquery mode.

Business Intelligence Pattern

You can deploy IBM Business Intelligence Pattern on IBM PureApplication®

System, IBM PureApplication Service Platform, and other cloud providers by usingIBM Cloud Orchestrator.

Business Intelligence Pattern is designed for use with dynamic query mode so thatit can use its advanced query capabilities for query planning, execution, andresults. Limited support is available for compatible query mode data sources.


Business Intelligence Pattern contains built-in automatic application scaling basedon CPU and report server usage load to meet unpredictable demand. Failover isavailable by default on the Content Manager and reporting layers.

Business Intelligence Pattern with BLU Acceleration

You can deploy IBM Business Intelligence Pattern with BLU Acceleration on IBMPureApplication System and IBM PureApplication Service Platform.

Business Intelligence Pattern with BLU Acceleration is integrated with IBM DB2®

BLU Acceleration to use columnar processing and dynamic cubes. DB2 BLUAcceleration provides in-memory capabilities and automatic tools that are based onDynamic Query Analyzer to optimize and publish in-database aggregates.

Business Intelligence Pattern with BLU Acceleration provides performancemonitoring and analysis dashboards and reports that help the BI administrator toquickly pinpoint performance problems and discover areas for potentialimprovement. The reports and dashboards help the modeler and report author tobuild better models, dashboards, reports, and queries through guided analysis andbest practice recommendations.

Restrictions on report output formats

Administrators can now restrict the ability of users to run reports in the CVS, PDF,Microsoft Excel, and XML output formats. Separate secured functions (capabilities)control the report formats that users can see and run in the user interface.

Administrators have the following capabilities to restrict the report output formatsfor users:v Generate CSV Output

v Generate PDF Output

v Generate XLS Output

v Generate XML Output

Users can still view reports in restricted formats or specify restricted formats whenthey set report properties. However, the users must have execute and traversepermissions for the appropriate capability to perform the following actions:v Run reports in a restricted format.v Set schedules or jobs for reports that run in a restricted format.v Drill to targets that run in a restricted format.v Print PDF reports in Cognos Metric Studio.v Print a PDF report in a Cognos Workspace widget.

SDK commands to run reports directly against Report Server are not validatedagainst these capabilities.


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Cognos Mobile Server included in installCognos Mobile is now available as an installable component.

IBM Cognos Mobile extends IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and performancemanagement to mobile devices. With its rich client, Cognos Mobile enables users toview on their devices Cognos BI reports, workspaces, and analyses produced bytools such as Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, and CognosWorkspace. Cognos Mobile delivers timely, informative, and interactiveinformation to support mobile users in their decision-making processes, regardlessof where the users are located.

Quick Setup option

The Quick Setup option installs all components (application tier, gateway, ContentManager), installs and configures a servlet gateway, installs and configures IBMDB2 Advanced Workgroup Server Edition as the content store database, populatesContent Manager configuration information within Cognos Configuration,configures a personal data set, and starts all services.

This option is only available for 64-bit Microsoft Windows, and is only available ifDB2 is not already installed.

Ability to enable parameter caching for the report service

If parameter caching is enabled for the report service, prompt pages might runmore quickly and the overall server performance can improve.

By default, parameter caching is disabled in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence atthe IBM Cognos service level. You can use the RSVP.PARAMSCACHEDISABLEDadvanced setting to enable parameter caching for all reports.


Merging Aggregate Advisor in-memory recommendations fromdifferent runs

It is now possible to merge multiple in-memory recommendations into a singlerecommendation from the Aggregate Advisor that is published to the content store.



Creation of a bridge table to link star schemas or subject areas in amodel

You can now create a bridge table to link star schemas or subject areas if yourdatabase schema cannot be formed into distinct star schemas that are related.

In the dynamic query mode, use bridge tables to provide a many-to-manyrelationship between two distinct data sets.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Dynamic QueryGuide.

Optimization of joins by applying filters in Cognos FrameworkManager and Cognos Report Studio

If you use the dynamic query mode, you can now improve the performance of ajoin by filtering one side of the join with the values that are retrieved by the otherside.

You can apply a filter to a join in IBM Cognos Report Studio or in IBM CognosFramework Manager by setting the Filter Type property of a join.


Tab names in Excel 2007 reports

When the advanced property RSVP.EXCEL.PAGEGROUP_WSNAME_ITEMVALUEis set to true, the tabs in Excel 2007 output are dynamically named according to thepage breaks that are specified.

For example, if page breaks are specified by product line, then the worksheet tabshave corresponding names.

Note: This property does not apply to Analysis Studio.


SSL connections to IBM Cognos BI databases

You can now use the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol for communication todatabases used by IBM Cognos BI, including the content store, notification, andlogging databases

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WebSphere Liberty Profile is the default application serverIBM Cognos Business Intelligence now installs a WebSphere® Liberty Profile as thedefault application server. Apache Tomcat is no longer installed as the defaultapplication server with IBM Cognos BI.

WebSphere Liberty Profile uses the same default port numbers as were used forthe Apache Tomcat server. For example, the default port number 9300 is also usedfor the WebSphere Liberty Profile.

Granular deployment of My Folders

You can back up and deploy individual users' My Folder content without the needfor a full content store deployment.

The ability to back up and deploy individual users' My Folder content is especiallyconvenient in the following scenarios:v Staged moves or upgrades, in which specific users or applications are moved or

upgraded to a new environment.v Restoration of an individual user's account.


Ability to set content archiving for My Folders

You can set content archiving for users' My Folders by adding repositoryconnections to namespaces and namespace folders.

Archiving the content of your users' My Folders in your external repository helpsyou to adhere to regulatory compliance requirements, and can enhance thescalability and performance of IBM Cognos products by reducing the size ofcontent in the content store.

To archive existing My Folders content, you add a repository connection to anamespace or namespace folder and then select My Folders in the content archivaltask.


Store reports in an external object store

You can configure the Content Manager to store report output to a local drive ornetwork share instead of in the content store database by configuring an externalobject store.


An external object store offers improved read and write performance by reducingthe load on the Content Manager.


64-bit IBM Cognos gateway as default in 64-bit installations

In earlier versions, if you installed the 64-bit versions of IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence, the 32-bit version of the gateway components were the defaultversions. If you wanted to use the 64-bit version of the gateway, you had tomanually move the 64-bit gateway files.

The 64-bit version of the gateway is now the default for all 64-bit installations. The32-bit version of the gateway is the default for 32-bit installations.

64-bit IBM Cognos gatewayThe IBM Cognos BI gateway provides 64-bit libraries that you can use.

When you configure the web server to view static IBM Cognos content, additionalconfiguration is required before you can use the 64-bit libraries.

For more information about the 64-bit gateway, see the IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.

Archive contentWith IBM Cognos Content Archival, you can archive report specifications andsaved report outputs to an archival repository or to the file system. This allowsyou to adhere to regulatory compliance requirements and reduces the amount ofcontent in the content store. You can view archived content from IBM CognosConnection and search archived content using indexed search.

Previously, you could archive only to IBM FileNet® Content Manager, using theContent Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. Now, you canarchive to:v IBM Content Manager version 8 (new for version 10.2.1)v the operating system file system


Enhanced language and currency supportIBM Cognos Business Intelligence supports an expanded list of content languages,more currencies, plus additional product languages such as Catalan, Croatian,Kazakh, Slovenian, and Thai (new for version 10.2.1).

There is also enhanced support for bidirectional languages such as Arabic, Hebrew,Urdu, and Farsi. Report authors can control the display of native digits and thedirection of text, crosstabs, and charts.

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For more information, see the IBM Cognos Administration and Security Guide, theIBM Cognos Connection User Guide, the IBM Cognos Workspace User Guide, the IBMCognos Workspace Advanced User Guide, and the IBM Cognos Report Studio UserGuide.

Support for Extended Japanese and Chinese charactersIBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides improved support for Japanese andChinese ideographs in Unicode Supplementary Plane 2.

Server setting to specify rounding rule for data formattingIn previous versions, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence used the round half toeven rule when rounding numbers. The round half to even rule is widely used inbookkeeping. However, precision regulations in some regions require differentrounding rules (for example, the round half up rule). With IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence, you can now choose a rounding rule to comply with the precisionregulations that apply to you.

The following table describes the rounding rules that are available in IBM CognosBusiness Intelligence.

Table 1. IBM Cognos BI rounding rules and descriptions

Rule Description

halfEven Round to nearest neighbor, where anequidistant value is rounded to the nearesteven neighbor. This is the default rule.

halfDown Round to nearest neighbor, where anequidistant value is rounded down.

halfUp Round to nearest neighbor, where anequidistant value is rounded up.

ceiling Round to a more positive number.

floor Round to a more negative number.

down Round towards zero.

up Round away from zero.


Improved support for data items with more than 15 digits of precisionPrevious versions of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence were unable to supportdata items with more than 15 digits of precision. Up to 32 digits of precision arenow supported in the dynamic query mode.

Save as Microsoft Excel 2007 dataThe Excel 2007 Data report output format enables you to generate native MicrosoftExcel 2007 spreadsheets containing list report data for further manipulation.

This format is similar to a comma separated values file (.csv). It has no formattingsuch as headers, footers, styling, or data formatting.


For more information, see the IBM Cognos Report Studio User Guide.

Access to ERP data sourcesYou can now directly access data sources from various ERP vendors using thedynamic query mode.

Support has been added for the following data sources:v Salesforce.comv SAP ECCv Siebel


DQM server logging on a report basisYou can enable server logging for the dynamic query mode in IBM CognosDynamic Query Analyzer. Server logs are generated only for reports that are run inDynamic Query Analyzer. Previously, trace logging had to be enabled for allreports run on the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence server.


Predefined LDAP configurationsIn IBM Cognos Configuration, you can configure your environment by selectingfrom a number of predefined LDAP authentication namespace configurations.

The following is a list of predefined LDAP configurations:v LDAP - Active Directoryv LDAP - IBM Tivoli®

v LDAP - OracleSunOne

Enhancements to supported environmentsIBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides enhanced support for environments.

To review an up-to-date list of environments that are supported by IBM CognosBusiness Intelligence products, including information on operating systems,patches, browsers, web servers, directory servers, database servers, and applicationservers, see the IBM Software Compatibility reports (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27037784).

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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27037784

Chapter 4. Deprecated and changed features

This is the list of deprecated and changed features by version in IBM CognosBusiness Intelligence.

Deprecated and changed features for IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence 10.2.2

Several features are deprecated or changed in IBM Cognos Business IntelligenceVersion 10.2.2

Deprecated features in IBM Cognos Mashup ServiceSome of the features in IBM Cognos Mashup Service have been deprecated andwill be removed in a future release of this product.

The following features have been deprecated:v Support for Layout Data (LDX) schema version 1

You should upgrade to the latest Layout Data (LDX) schema version.v Support for the Simple output format

You should migrate to another output format, such as the Layout Data (LDX)format or one of the Dataset formats, DataSet, DataSetAtom, or DataSetJSON.

v Support for IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay reportsYou should migrate to a current version of Cognos PowerPlay reports.

Deprecated support for Cognos Mobile native client onBlackberry

Beginning with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2, the IBM Cognos Mobilenative client on BlackBerry is no longer supported.

Changed data source for the Sample Report Usage report inIBM Cognos BI

The data source for the Sample Report usage report has changed. The url_xml datasource is no longer supported.

In previous releases, this report was run against the url_xml data source. This datasource is no longer supported.

The Report Usage report runs against the relational Audit data source, the samedata source as all other audit reports. For more information, see the IBM CognosAdministration and Security Guide.

Added, deprecated, and removed supportIn IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2, support is added for some softwareand removed or deprecated for other software. This topic lists the changes toenvironments that are supported.

To review an up-to-date list of environments that are supported by IBM CognosBusiness Intelligence products, including information on operating systems,


patches, browsers, web servers, directory servers, database servers, and applicationservers, see the IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports page(www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27042164).

Operating systems

Table 2. Changes to support for operating systems

Change Operating system

AddedRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7 System z®

Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL PowerLinux™ BigEndian

Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL x86 Big Endian

z/OS® 2.1

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version)

Microsoft Windows Vista

Windows 32bit Server installation kits

No longer supportedHP-UX

Microsoft Windows XP

Content stores

Table 3. Changes to support for content stores

Change Content store

AddedDB2 for z/OS 11

Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) DB2 9.1

DB2 9.5

DB2 9.7

DB2 for z/OS 9.1

Informix® 11.5

Informix 11.70


No longer supportedDerby

Oracle 10g Release 2


Sybase Adaptive Server 15.0.3

Sybase Adaptive Server 15.0.2

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Data sources

Table 4. Changes to support for data sources

Change Data source

AddedCognos TM1® 10.2.2

DB2 for i5/OS™ 7.2

InfoSphere® BigInsights® 2.1

InfoSphere BigInsights 3

Apache Hive 0.11

Apache Hive 0.12


Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2014

MySQL 5.7

Netezza® Data Warehouse 7

Siebel CRM 8.2

Teradata 15

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Table 4. Changes to support for data sources (continued)

Change Data source

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) DB2 9.1

DB2 9.5

DB2 9.7

DB2 for z/OS 8.1

DB2 for z/OS 9.1

DB2 pureScale® Feature for Enterprise Server Edition9.8

Cognos TM1 9.5

Cognos TM1 10.1

Cognos TM1 10.1.1

Hyperion Essbase 9.3

InfoSphere Federation Server 9.7

InfoSphere BigInsights 1.4

Informix 11.70

Informix 11.5

IBM Informix XPS 8.5


MySQL 5.1

MySQL 5.5

PostgreSQL 8.4

PostgreSQL 9.1

Progress OpenEdge 10.1C

Progress OpenEdge 10.2A

SAP EHP1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

SAP NetWeaver v7.0

Sybase IQ 15.4

Teradata 13

Teradata 13.1

WebSphere Federation Server 9.5

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Table 4. Changes to support for data sources (continued)

Change Data source

No longer supportedIBM Cognos 7.4 PowerCubes

IBM Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor 8.3 Cubes

IBM Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor 8.4.1 Cubes

IBM Cognos 8.x PowerCubes

IBM Cognos Finance 7.4 Cubes

IBM Cognos Virtual View Manager 8.4.x

IBM DB2 for i V5R4

IBM DB2 for i V6R1

IBM Informix 10.1

IBM Informix 11.1

IBM Netezza 4.6

IBM Netezza 5.0



Postgres 8.3

SAP BW 3.5

SAP BW 3.5 (Unicode and Non-Unicode)

SAP ECC5

SAP R/3 4.6

SAP R/3 4.7

Siebel 7.8

Siebel 8.0

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0.2

Teradata 12

Portal servers

Table 5. Changes to support for portal servers

Change Portal server

AddedWebSphere Portal 8.5

SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.4

Liferay 6.2


Table 5. Changes to support for portal servers (continued)

Change Portal server

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) WebSphere Portal 6.1

WebSphere Portal Express® 6.1

WebSphere Portal 7

SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.1

No longer supportedOracle WebCenter Interaction Portal

Web servers

Table 6. Changes to support for web servers

Change Web server

AddedMicrosoft Internet Information Services 8.5

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) IBM HTTP Server 6

IBM HTTP Server 6.1

IBM HTTP Server 7

Apache HTTP Server 2.0.x

Runtime environment

Table 7. Changes to support for runtime environment

Change Runtime environment

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) HP Java™ SDK/JRE/JDK 6

Application servers

Table 8. Changes to support for application servers

Change Application server

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) JBoss Application Server 5.1

Oracle Database 10g Standard/Enterprise Editions

Oracle/BEA WebLogic Server 10.3

SAP NetWeaver Application Server 7.1

WebSphere Application Server 7

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Identity management

Table 9. Changes to support for identity management

Change Identity management

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) CA SiteMinder 6

CA SiteMinder 6.5

Microsoft Active Directory 2003

Microsoft Active Directory 2003 R2

SAP BW 2004s

Web browsers

Table 10. Changes to support for web browsers

Change Web browser

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) Apple Safari Browser 5 on Windows

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 9

No longer supportedInternet Explorer 7

Content viewers

Table 11. Changes to support for content viewers

Change Content viewer


Adobe Reader 9.0

Adobe Reader 9.1

Adobe Reader 9.3

Freedom Scientific JAWS screen reader 11

Freedom Scientific JAWS screen reader 12

Microsoft Office (includes Excel) XP

Microsoft Office (includes Excel) 2002

Microsoft Office (includes Excel) 2003

Collaboration tools

Table 12. Changes to support for collaboration tools

Change Collaboration tool


Lotus® Connections 2.5

Lotus Connections 3.0

IBM Connections 3.0.1


LDAP

Table 13. Changes to support for LDAP.

Change LDAP

Deprecated (Will not be supportedin the next version) IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3

Other features that are no longer supported

The following features are no longer supported:v SAP NetWeaver in Cognos Configuration UIv Style Management Command Line Utilityv Original behaviour of the Cognos Connection copy functionalityv Content Manager Advanced Setting to Save to File Systemv Importing non-Cognos Portletsv Series 7 Upfront portal integration with Cognos Connectionv Publishing Series 7 PowerPlay reports to Cognos Connection

Other features that are being deprecated

Support for the following features and products will not be continued after thecurrent release:v Cognos Query Studiov Cognos Analysis Studiov OLAP data sources with CQM (with the exception of Power Cubes)v All 32-bit platformsv Andale fonts

Deprecated and changed features for IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence Version 10.2.1

Several features were deprecated or changed in IBM Cognos Business IntelligenceVersion 10.2.1

Changed default installation location for IBM Cognos BI forz/OS

Changes to the installation location for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence mightaffect upgrade strategies.

For server components installed on UNIX System Services, the default location towhich the product will be installed after running the installation program is/pathprefix/usr/lpp/cognos/HCGCA21/IBM.

IBM Cognos Statistics is removedIBM Cognos Statistics is removed from IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. You canuse IBM SPSS® Statistics to perform statistical reporting and analysis.

To ensure that reports that were created in previous releases, and that containstatistical objects, will run in this and future releases, statistical objects are removed

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when the reports are upgraded. Each removed statistical object is replaced. Awarning also appears in the Upgrade Information window for each statisticalobject that is replaced with the image. Queries and their data items that areassociated to statistical objects are not removed from upgraded reports.

Deprecated support for SAP Enterprise Portal Versions 6.0,6.4, 7.0, and 7.1

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Version 10.2.1 no longer supports SAP EnterprisePortal Versions 6.0, 6.4, 7.0, and 7.1.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence does support SAP Enterprise Portal Version 7.3.

Deprecated and changed features for IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence 10.2.0

Several features are deprecated or changed in IBM Cognos Business IntelligenceVersion 10.2.0

Cognos Business Insight and Cognos Business InsightAdvanced are renamed

Two product components are renamed in this release to avoid confusion with thenames of other components.

IBM Cognos Business Insight is now IBM Cognos Workspace. IBM CognosBusiness Insight Advanced is now IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced.

Saving and opening Cognos Report Studio reports on yourcomputer

The ability to save and open reports locally on your computer by enabling theAllow local file access option is removed in this release.

To save and open reports on your computer, use the Copy Report to Clipboardand Open Report from Clipboard commands in the Tools menu instead. For moreinformation, see the IBM Cognos Report Studio User Guide

Details view in Cognos Connection is changedThe details view in IBM Cognos Connection is changed.

The new details view shows entries in a list form, and includes the entrydescription, modification date, and applicable actions. You can alternate betweenthe list view and the new details view by clicking the List View or Details Viewicon from the Cognos Connection toolbar. You can specify your preferred viewfrom My Preferences.

Support for inline prompts in reports viewed on mobiledevices

IBM Cognos Mobile now supports several inline prompt types. Previously, allinline prompts in reports viewed on a mobile device appeared in a prompt page.

Cognos Mobile supports the following prompt types as inline prompts:v Text Box,


v Value,v Date,v Time,v Date & Time,v Interval.

Discontinued support for some data sourcesThe following data sources are no longer supported in IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence:v Microsoft SQL Server 2000,v Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Server 2000,v IBM DB2® OLAP (Essbase) 8.1 and 8.2,

Changing the language of the product user interfaceIn Framework Manager, you can specify the language of the product user interface.

By default, the Framework Manager product locale is set to the system locale. Youcan override this by manually adding a preference entry to the bmt.ini file. Forexample:>Section name = BMTUI>Preference Name="ForceProductLocale">en-ca

Replace the "en-ca" string with any valid product locale code. The product localespecifies which language, regional settings, or both are used for parts of theproduct interface, such as menu commands.

In Framework Manager durable models are supported for DMRdata sources

Durable model processes are now supported for dimensional modeling ofrelational data sources (DMR).

The Migration Assistant command line tools are no longerincluded

The IBM Cognos Migration Assistant command line tools are not included in IBMCognos Business Intelligence.

To migrate IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu® or IBM Cognos Series 7 Architectcontent to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.0, use the IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence 10.1.1 version of the migration tools to migrate to 10.1.1. After youmigrate, upgrade the 10.1.1 content to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.0.You can continue to migrate IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay content to IBMCognos PowerPlay by using the Migration Assistant that is included with IBMCognos BI PowerPlay. For more information, see the IBM Cognos PowerPlayMigration and Administration Guide.

Open with Report Studio and Open with Analysis Studioactions are removed

The options to open a PowerPlay report in IBM Cognos Report Studio or IBMCognos Analysis Studio are no longer available in IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence.

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Index

Numerics64-bit Cognos gateway 32

Aaccessibility

global classes for text objects 10keyboard shortcuts 13

account profilesdefault for each tenant 25

active report output 6active report preview 7active report slider orientation 7active report templates 7active reports

in Cognos Workspace 10Added support 35administering

multiple tenant environments 25Aggregate Advisor 17aggregation rules

Current Period 23First 23Last 23

Apache Tomcatno longer default application server 31

Apple push notifications 12application programming interfact

for Dynamic Cubes 23Arabic language

enhanced support 32archiving

My Folders 31public content with tenant objects 25report specifications and outputs 32

attributessecuring in dynamic cubes 23

automatic chart recommendation 4automatic optimization of in-memory aggregates 18

Bbenchmarking

My Folders content 11bidirectional language support 32Blackberry

deprecated features 35bridge table creation 30burst reports

Cognos Mobile 12

Ccancelling

the users sessions of a tenant 25Catalan language

enhanced support 32ceiling rounding rule 33changed default install location 42

changed details view in Cognos Connection 43changed features 35changed features for Sample Report Usage report 35charts

interacting 4interactive 2, 5, 9recommended 4

Chinese languageenhanced support 33

Cognos Connectionenhanced search 15

Cognos Mashup Servicedeprecated features 35

Cognos Mobileautomatic configuration 11burst reports 12enhanced user interface 11faster reports 12high-fidelity reports 12

Cognos Mobile enhancements 11Cognos Mobile Server included in installation 29Cognos Report Studio

support for Cognos Theme Designer 8Cognos Theme Designer

supported by Cognos Report Studio and CognosWorkspace Advanced 8

supported by Cognos Workspace 3Cognos Workspace

controlling access to functions and features 15embedding 3global area 4printing a workspace 5support for Cognos Theme Designer 3tabbed workspaces 4

Cognos Workspace Advancedcopying data 6support for Cognos Theme Designer 8

column headingsexpanding to show details 4freezing 4

common area in tabbed workspaces 4configuring

Cognos Mobile 11creating

custom groups 5Croatian language

enhanced support 32crosstab charts

displaying values as percentage of total 6crosstabs

enhanced headers 6freezing headings 4inherited table styles 10viewing column and row heading details 4

Cube Designer 17enhancements 23in-memory aggregates 21migrating Framework Manager models 18

currenciesenhanced support 32


custom groupscreating 5

custom user interface profiles 26

Ddashboards

cutting, copying, and pasting widgets 3data sets

sharing between reports 5data source support

added to the dynamic query mode 34data sources

discontinued 44database security tables

securing dynamic cubes with 23DCAdmin tool 19default chart technology improvements 8default values

setting with prompt API 10delegated tenant administration 24deleting

Lifecycle Manager projects 11deprecated and changed for 10.2.0 43deprecated and changed for 10.2.1 42deprecated and changed for 10.2.2 35deprecated command line tools 44deprecated feature for Blackberry support 35deprecated features 35deprecated features in Cognos Mashup Service 35deprecated SAP Enterprise Portal 43Deprecated support 35dimensions

securing in dynamic cubes 23display types

recommended 4DMR data sources 44down rounding rule 33drilling

in Cognos Mobile reports 12durable models support Framework Manager 44dynamic cube properties 21dynamic cubes 17

aggregation rules 23application programming interface 23Cube Designer enhancements 23enhanced administration capabilities 24memory utilization improvements 19near real-time updates 20packages 20relative time 21secure dimension and attributes 23using existing database security tables 23workload logging 20

dynamic cubes management 20Dynamic Query Analyzer

Aggregate Advisor general option 22in-database aggregates derived from others 22logging in to Cognos BI Server 22merging in-memory recommendations 29server logging 34

dynamic query modeaccessing Salesforce.com 34accessing SAP ECC 34accessing Siebel 34server logging 34server memory monitoring 21

dynamic security refresh 23

Eembedding

Cognos Workspace 3environments

supported 34Excel

exporting 10Excel 2007 Data format 33Excel 2007 worksheet tabs 7Excel reports

tab names 30exporting

to Microsoft Excel 10expression editor

writing query macros 10extensible visualizations

converting 7in active reports 9in Cognos Workspace Advanced 2in standard reports 5, 9optional category fields 7properties 7

external object storereport outputs 32

FFarsi language

enhanced support 32file system

archiving report specifications and outputs 32filter values

refresh automatically 4filtering

based on text patterns 5like items 3

floor rounding rule 33Framework Manager models

migration to Cognos Cube Designer 18freezing

column and row headings 4

Gglobal area in tabbed workspaces 4global classes for accessible reports 10granular deployment of My Folders 31

Hhardware sizing calculator 19headers

in crosstabs 6Hebrew language

enhanced support 32

Iin-memory aggregates

Cognos Cube Designer 21inline prompts

mobile devices 43

50 New Features

install locationchanged 42

interactive charts 2, 5, 9iPad

pushing notifications to 12

JJapanese language

enhanced support 33JavaScript

customizing prompt functionality 10joins

optimization 30

KKazakh language

enhanced support 32keyboard shortcuts 13

Llanguage change 44language support

enhancements 32, 33LDAP templates 34Lifecycle Manager 10

deleting projects 11My Folders support 11

listsautomatic summaries 6freezing headings 4inherited table styles 10viewing column and row heading details 4

locking outtenants 25

Mmacros in query expressions

writing with expression editor 10manage dynamic cubes 20memory utilization improvements

dynamic cubes 19merging

content from multiple reports 8Microsoft Excel

exporting 10Migration Assistant 44mobile devices

inline prompts 43Mobile secured function 16multiple tenant environments 24

administering 25archiving public content 25cancelling tenant user sessions 25content sharing among tenants 24default account profiles 25delegated tenant administration 24full tenant impersonation capability 24locking out a tenant 25removing tenants 25reporting on tenant usage 26tenant on-boarding 26

My Data Sets 26My Folders

archiving 31granular deployment 31supported in Lifecycle Manager 11

Nnamed sets in Cube Designer 19numbers

rounding rules 33numeric precision

improved 33

Oopen Report Studio Reports 43optimization of joins 30

Ppackages

dynamic cubes 20parameter maps 18parameters caching 29patterns in IBM Cognos BI 27percentage of total

in crosstab charts 6personal data to create reports 26precision

rounding rules 33printing

workspaces 5projects

deleting in Lifecycle Manager 11prompt API 10prompt parameter values

passing to Cognos Workspace 3prompts

Cognos Mobile reports 12public variables

defining in active reports 10

Qquery macros

writing with expression editor 10quick setup option 29

Rrange variables

defining in active reports 10rebranding

Cognos Report Studio 8Cognos Workspace 3Cognos Workspace Advanced 8

relative time 21removed Cognos Statistics 42removed open with

Analysis Studio 45Report Studio 45

Removed support 35removing

tenants from multiple tenant environments 25

Index 51

renamed Business Insight 43renamed Business Insight Advanced 43repeater tables

adding interactive behavior 10report booklets 8report output format restrictions 28report outputs

archiving 32external object store 32

report specificationsarchiving 32

Report Studiocustomizing prompt functionality 10

report styles 7reporting

extending 15reports

from personal data 26merging content 8

reusable report styles 7ROLAP 17round half down rule 33round half to even rule 33round half up rule 33rounding rules

ceiling 33down 33floor 33round half down 33round half to even 33round half up 33up 33

row headingsexpanding to show details 4freezing 4

SSample Report Usage report

changed features 35SAP Enterprise Portal

deprecated 43save Report Studio reports 43search

enhanced 15searching

improved 6security

multitenancy 24select value filter widgets

refresh values automatically 4server logging

enabling for the dynamic query mode 34server memory monitoring 21sharing

data sets 5slider filter widgets

refresh values automatically 4slider orientation in active report 7Slovenian language

enhanced support 32Thai language

enhanced support 32SSL connections to Cognos BI databases 31statistical reporting 42summaries

in lists 6

supported environments 34

Ttab names

Excel 2007 30tabbed reports in HTML output 7tabbed workspaces 4

global area 4table styles

inherited 10tabs

cutting, copying, and pasting widgets 3duplicating 3

tenantcancelling user sessions 25

tenantsaccessing a single BI deployment 24locking out 25on-boarding 26reporting on usage 26

text objectsglobal classes for accessibility 10

text patternsfiltering based on 5

typed-in valuesvalidating with prompt API 10

Uup rounding rule 33Urdu language

enhanced support 32user selections

setting with prompt API 10users

controlling access to Cognos Workspace functions andfeatures 15

multiple tenant environments 24

Vvalidating

My Folders content 11typed-in values 10

variablesdefining in active reports 10

viewingcolumn or row heading details 4

WWebSphere Liberty Profile

application server 31widgets

cutting, copying, and pasting 3workload logging

dynamic cubes 20worksheet tabs in Excel 2007 output 7Workspace Advanced 43workspaces

global area 4printing 5tabbed 4

52 New Features

Zzooming

on iOS devices 12

Index 53

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