Listed below are new features since the last release.
Links to directly-related topics are included.
Accessible Report Output
In this release, you can create accessible report
output. Accessible reports contain features, such as alternate text,
that allow users with disabilities to access report content using
assistive technologies, such as screen readers.
IBM Cognos Business Insight
IBM® Cognos® Business Insight is a
new report consumption environment that provides an integrated Business
Intelligence experience for business users. This Web-based tool allows
you to use IBM Cognos content and external data sources to
build sophisticated, interactive dashboards. For a more detailed description
of IBM Cognos Business Insight, see the IBM Cognos Business
Intelligence New Features.
My Inbox
In this release, there is a new task inbox that contains
the following human tasks: secure approval requests, ad-hoc tasks,
and notification requests.
IBM Cognos Active Reports
IBM Cognos Report Studio now has
an active report output type that provides a highly interactive and
easy-to-use managed report.
Report Name Used for the Exported Output File Name
When you run a report in an export format such
as PDF, delimited text (CSV), Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet software (XLS), the IBM Cognos report name is now used
as the exported file name. This allows you to save the report output
using the same name as the original report.
Manage Your Own Data Source Credentials
In this release, you can manage your own data source
credentials. You can also choose to have your data source credentials
remembered so you don’t have to enter them every time.
Packages
In this release, you can create packages in IBM Cognos Connection.
You can also view the data sources that are used by a package.