Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand

Cognos Analytics on Demand is a version of Cognos Analytics on Cloud that is available to you digitally, via self-service. The product is updated to the latest version upon availability. This offering has two tiers: Standard and Premium.

Who should use Cognos Analytics On Cloud On-Demand?

You may want to register for Cognos Analytics On Cloud On-Demand if you meet these criteria:

  • Check box icon You are willing to connect to data sources only when connected through a Secure Gateway or to one of the supported on Cloud databases.
  • Check box icon Your organization uses only one namespace.
  • Check box icon You are willing to authenticate using IBMid or with an identity provider that is federated to IBMid.
  • Check box icon You are not an existing on Demand customer.
  • Check box icon You are willing to migrate all of your content in one move. You cannot perform partial imports.

Functionality

For a full list of functions and whether they are supported by Cognos Analytics On Cloud On-Demand, see Cognos Analytics offerings.

Limitations

You should be aware that the Cognos Analytics On Cloud On-Demand offering has the following limitations:

  • If you are migrating from Cognos Analytics on Cloud Hosted:
    • Your capability settings are not transferred.
    • Default Cognos groups and roles are migrated. However, they lose all capabilities that were assigned to them.
    • If your default Cognos groups and roles were used to secure content, that security is maintained.
  • You cannot secure certificates.
  • Cognos Analytics On Cloud On-Demand does not support the following:
    • Jobs
    • IBM Cognos Administration console
    • Default Cognos groups and roles. You can create new custom roles. However, you can use them only to secure content; you cannot change the capabilities of a user, group, or role.
    • Images and fonts
    • Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
    • Framework Manager
    • Data sources that require SSL certification
    • Power cubes and Transformer
    • Compatible query mode (CQM)