In the new Cognos 11.2.4 update, you will not be able to access reports from the home page tiles. To access team reports along with your own reports, you will need to access the Content folder by clicking on the top left hamburger menu.
You can also change your default home screen to Team Content for easier access. Learn how to do this by visitng Setting Your Cognos 11.2.4 Home Screen.
NOTE: Do not try to access reports or queries by clicking on the 'Prepare data' tile. This is only for creating Data Modules. You will notice that reports are greyed out and you will only be able to connect to data sources.
On the left side of the UI is the Hamburger Menu. This has replaced the old Navigation Panel from Cognos 11.1. You can create and manage new activities such as creating new content, uploading personal data files, and managing the environment (dependent on User permissions).
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Description
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Home
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The Home button appears at the top-left corner of the navigation panel. You can return to this homepage at any time by clicking this button.
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New
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Click on the New button to create a new Report, Dashboard, Story, Data Module, Exploration etc.
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Upload Data
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Click on Upload Data to upload a data file.
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Content
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Access the My Content or Team Content folder by clicking on Content in the hamburger menu. The Team Content folder contains all the published enterprise and shared content that you have permissions to view. The My Content folder provides you with direct access to the content you've saved. This is content owned by you and may only be viewed by you.
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Recent
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The Recent button shows you the most recently used list of content, up to 2 objects (reports, dashboards, data modules, etc.). Objects appear in order based on most recently used. Once an object is viewed, it will move to the top of the list. Click Recent to see what, if any, are the most recently used objects in your environment. Hover your mouse over the icon to the left of each object to identify the type of object. Click outside the Recent panel to close it.
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Manage
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The Manage button will only appear if you are a Cognos Admin. This allows admins to manage accounts, licenses, activity, connections, etc.
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Accessing My Content and Team Content
1. Access the My Content or Team Content folder by clicking on Content in the hamburger menu.
2. From 'Content', I select the 'Team Content' tab if it isn't already selected. The Team Content folder contains all the published enterprise and shared content that you have permissions to view. The My Content folder provides you with direct access to the content you've saved. This is content owned by you and may only be viewed by you.
3. You can select either List view or Tile view
4. Filter Cognos objects including reports by clicking on the Filter icon
Note: Do not try to access reports or queries by clicking on the 'Prepare data' tile. This is only for creating Data Modules. You will notice that reports are greyed out and you will only be able to connect to data sources.
Copying Objects from Team Content to My Content
1. Under Team Content tab, click on the 3-dot elipsis and choose 'Copy or move to'.
2. Choose My Content and select 'Copy' to copy the report over. Select 'Move' if you want to cut and paste the report.
'Upload data': Adding Data Sources
There are 3 ways to upload data or spreadsheets to Cognos as shown below:
1. The first method is to click on 'Upload data' and select the data file you want to upload such as CSV or Excel file.
2. The second method is to select 'Upload data' from hamburger menu on top left and upload data file.
3. The third mehtod is to drag and drop data source file to inside home menu.
4. You will now be able to see the data source file in your My Content folder
Creating Schedules
Visit Creating Report Schedules in Cognos Analytics for detailed walk through
Creating Subscriptions
Visit Subscribing to reports in Cognos Analytics for detailed walk through
'Prepare data': Creating Data Modules
1. Click on 'Prepare data' tile to select a data source to create a data module from
2. Click on the data source that you want to create a data module from. Note: You will only be able to open data sources and not reports or queries.
3. You can now edit the data module and then save it to your My Content folder or Team Content
