Troubleshooting
Problem
If the underlying database is Oracle, an expression in Cognos which concatenates two strings (such as "dataitem1 + dataitem2") will result in null if either dataitem1 or dataitem2 is null.
[{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Report Studio","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.2.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]
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Document Information
More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence
Software version:
10.2.2
Operating system(s):
Windows
Document number:
280713
Modified date:
07 May 2025
UID
swg21984308
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