Release 11.1.3 - June 2019

This section describes new features in IBM® Cognos® Analytics 11.1.3.

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Changes to default map style
The default map style in reports, dashboards, and explorations has changed visually in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.3.
Key drivers available for categorical targets
Key drivers for both continuous and categorical targets are available in the driver analysis and the spiral visualization in dashboards and explorations as of Cognos Analytics 11.1.3 .
Target for bar and column visualizations
As of IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.3, you can use the Target data slot in bar and column visualizations in reports, dashboards, and explorations to show measures that need to be compared against a target value.
Enhanced Assistant capabilities
The Cognos Analytics Assistant offers type-ahead support to improve usability, understands modifiers like aggregations and filters, and can generate a complete dashboard based on your data.
Explore only the primary relationships in your data by default
When you start a new exploration and select a data source, the default view is the relationship diagram that displays only primary relationships. You can turn on the secondary relationships view by clicking a check box.
Filter on relationship strength with the new slider
From an exploration, select nodes on the new slider to filter on relationship strength. For example, if you might want to see relationship strengths that are more than 30% and less than 80%. Move the first node on the slider to 30% and the second node of the slider to 80%.
Improved experience for comparing two visualizations
A new Compare toolbar button in an exploration makes it easier to duplicate a visualization and then automatically compare the data between the two. A summary of key information and differences between the two visualizations is generated.
Turn your exploration visualizations into a story
Use the new Save as a story feature to make a copy of your exploration and convert it into a story. Each explore card is then converted to a scene in your new story.
Drill-through in a report on visualizations version 11.1
Drill-through is the process of navigating from a source report, to a target report.
Changes to custom filter dialog in reporting
The filtering dialog on a visualization (Create custom filter) has been improved. There is a new search functionality and you can manually input items.
Updated report overview
In reporting, the report overview pane contains information about the report such as the sources and parameters it uses, and the number of each type of object it contains.
Share your content by email
You can now share Cognos Analytics content in an email. When you are viewing your content, click the Share button . As an alternative to sharing your content in Slack, you can select Email as your delivery vehicle.
Changes to data servers
The changes affect Pivotal Greenplum, and SAP BW data server connections.
Modeling enhancements
The modeling new features include enhancements in numeric data groups, using Excel data formats as default formats in data modules, zoom controls in the relationships diagram, and data module validation improvements.
Changed location for type 2 JDBC driver libraries
When using type 2 JDBC drivers, you need to copy the accompanying non-JAVA libraries to the Cognos Analytics install_location\drivers directory.

Parent topic: New and changed features