As you’ve likely heard by now, there has recently been an extremely critical vulnerability identified in Apache Log4j. As you may also be aware, Cognos Analytics and Planning Analytics both make use of Log4j (as do a myriad of other enterprise software products). Take action to mitigate problems and stay updated.
Read MoreWith the inevitable, ever-tighter AI integration and infusion with IBM’s products, analytics practitioners need to understand the AI pillars and explainability principles that IBM espouses. These principles should be understood by CA and PA developers, administrators, and product owners, as they will inform the future direction of the AI components of each core product. Most importantly, it will be necessary for doers in our space to use the explainability toolkit in order to explain why models (and integrated, downstream components) predict/project/suggest/decide what they do to our business partners.
Read MoreThe Progress DataDirect Autonomous REST connector included with Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 cannot yet autonomously handle the unconventional JSON that the US Census Bureau sends it. We were hoping that Progress would be able to include the enhancement with Cognos Analytics Fix Pack 2 (released just a few weeks ago), but that’s not the case. In the meantime, here are some manual workaround options to enable use of US Census Bureau data in your Cognos Analytics environments.
Read MoreThe 2020 US elections. Emergency responses to the ever-expanding hurricane and wildfire seasons. The COVID-19 pandemic. What do these newsworthy and oft-visualized subject areas all have in common? Integrated US Census Bureau data. The demographic, economic, housing, and social data collected from Census Bureau surveys and programs are often intertwined with other data to provide context. Knowing how to integrate this public data with your own is a skill worth honing.
Read MoreCognos 11.1.5 (& newer) allows developers to incorporate custom schematics via scaled vector graphics, which are based on xml. This means that you can modify the xml of the graphic to create reference objects that you can use in order to align your data with parts of the graphic. Let’s step through some of the work that has to be done to make custom schematics work.
Read MoreAt the recent 2019 IBM Data & AI Forum in Miami, IBM Offering Managers did a great job walking through recent product enhancements and future focus. There are so many appealing, new tidbits!
Read MoreThe Data and AI Forum was packed full of keynotes, hands-on labs, product roadmaps, and much more. Some of our consultants attended the conference have collaborated with each other to share the topics that caught their attention with you. Enjoy.
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