Problems Working in IBM Cognos PowerPlay Studio

This section describes problems users may encounter working in IBM® Cognos® PowerPlay® Studio.

Error After Inserting a Calculation in PowerPlay Studio
After inserting a calculation, you may receive a browser error and the calculation action does not complete successfully. The problem can occur in Mozilla Firefox.
Error When Opening the Link in the Email for a Scheduled Report
When a user schedules a report to run and requests the delivery option to be email, only the most recently sent email will contain a valid link. Any previous email will contain a link to a report that no longer exists and result in either a blank page or a page not found error.
Page Error When Editing a Chart Title in Japanese
When you set the font of a chart title to a Japanese font, you may get an error. This error occurs if the selected Japanese font is not an UTF-8 font.
Long Strings Are Truncated
Word-wrapping works only in languages that use a space to separate words.
Hebrew Text Displayed in Charts
In some chart elements, bi-directional Hebrew text may be displayed in a "logical" order rather than the expected "visual" order. For more information, go to http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/bidi/
After Exporting to PDF the Label for the OTHER Category in a Pie Chart Changes to Actual Category Name
When creating a pie chart in IBM Cognos PowerPlay Studio, the OTHER category is generated and is visible in the legend. After exporting to PDF, the correct category name replaces OTHER in the legend. This is the expected behavior.
Unreadable or Inaccessible Display
If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser 7, you may get an unreadable display with higher zoom settings. For example, some display elements may overlap.
Cognos Application Firewall Error When Saving a PowerPlay Studio Report
If your IBM Cognos Analytics installation uses the Cognos Content Database you will receive the following error when you attempt to save a PowerPlay Studio report.

Parent topic: Troubleshooting