Cognos Analytics 11.0.4 is scheduled for release by end of September 2016

Some of the more relevant enhancements include :

• Dashboarding – many new gestures available such as :
  • Top/Bottom Value highlighting,
  • Conditional Formatting
  • Crosstabs
  • Refresh Timer for widgets

• Reporting
  • Javascript in interactive view
  • Authored drill through in interactive viewer
• Modeling
  • Hide/Show Tables/Columns
  • Undo/redo last gesture (no impact on workflow)
  • Validation (calculations, data modules)
  • Auto-join via intent – type in topic & auto model suggested, suggested joins between objects even if they don’t exist in database
  • Clean Null Values – substitute 0 for no
• Storytelling
  • Allows to create personal visualization collection
  • Pin dashboards to repost
  • Visualizations remain interactive
• Customizing
  • Theming/Extensions – change colors/branding to match apps
  • Simple UI to upload – refresh browser
  • Extension bundle – menus & navigation bar, rename buttons, add custom buttons & icons
• Data Sets
  • Create data set (new term for enhanced Snapshots) from a module or a Framework Manager (FM) package. These can be scheduled to be refreshed.
  • Allows for only a subset of package data to be imported – a feature requested by many customers.  Creates data file stored in content store which you can then create reports & dashboards with

• Datasets also support adding Powercubes into dashboards.
• Direct connection to FM packages will be in a subsequent release.  The Dataset import will remain as an option as well for use cases better served with that approach
• Easy to upgrade
  • Lifecycle Manager – easier to get content across to Cognos 11 with minimal rework to reports
  • All content moves forward, no report is left behind
  • Traditional Studios still available
  • No license role changes
• Other Enhancements
  • Redesigned search – My Content
  • Content Management – sliding panels, same security
  • Users can subscribe to reports
  • Studio simplification – reduced number of interfaces (Report, Dashboard, Data Module)
  • Limited & fully interactive modes available
  • Workspace opens in a new tab – no more ‘do more’
  • Geospatial mapping (MapBox) and RAVE 2 will be integrated in the next release (11.0.5) – read our blog and attend World of Watson for more details