Administration

Manage the security, access, and functionality of Cognos® Analytics components.

Customized alerts
System administrators can create customized messages in the new alerts banner. Users can then stay informed of company-specific details, in addition to maintenance announcements and information on new and changed features.
New capabilities and a renamed license role
Three new capabilities are available in 11.1.4: Manage Visualizations, Develop Visualizations, and Dashboard > Create/Edit. In addition, the Information Distribution license role is renamed to Analytics Viewer.
Global parameters available to Cloud and multitenant users
IBM Cognos Analytics administrators can now set global parameters without having to customize them for roles. A new Applied to all roles checkbox is available to administrators when they set any global parameter. When this checkbox is selected, the global parameter is available to all system and tenant roles.
Presto driver name change
The Presto driver class name for version 300+ has changed from com.facebook.presto.jdbc.PrestoDriver to io.prestosql.jdbc.PrestoDriver.
Salesforce connection URL change
The Salesforce data server connection now uses the "https://login.salesforce.com" URL.
Computer Associates IDMS deprecation
Data server connection support for Computer Associates IDMS will be deprecated in a future release of Cognos Analytics.
The Weather Company data server connection
You can now use The Weather Company service as a data server.

Parent topic: Release 11.1.4 - October 2019