1. IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.11 (R11) Overview
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2. Cognos Analytics releases
Continuous delivery for on premise and on the Cloud
Contains defect fixes and enhancements
Installs on top, it preserves your settings and configuration
R7 – August 2017
New UI for Portal, Dashboard and Modules
Filter enhancements in dashboards and Reporting
Additional visualizations
New logging framework
R9 – December 2017
Lat/Long support in Dashboards
Support for PA subsets
IHS 9 Support
R11 – May 2018
Portal Page support
Custom Polygons
Dashboard Caching
R6 – March 2017
OLAP support in Dashboards
Dashboard widget connectivity
Mapping enhancements
Storytelling enhancements
Shortcuts and report views
R8 – November 2017
Default Run As
Ambiguous connections for dashboards and modules
Image library in reporting
Lat/Long support in Reports
Kiosk Mode in Storytelling
R10 – March 2018
Drill-through from dashboard to report
Dashboard export to PDF
OIDC Trusted Signon Provider
Jobs option moved
R12, R13 …
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3. Release Highlights – R11 Portal Pages Custom Polygons
Now displayed within the glass
Custom Polygons
Ability to define your own regions for use with Maps in reports and dashboards
Improved Dashboard performance
Option to allow data to be cached at the dashboard level
Allow BI 10.x portal security option
Previously done via system.xml in Cognos Connection in C10.x

4. Replace Portal Tabs with My Portal Pages folder
Each Portal Tab will have a shortcut in My Portal Pages folder
Located on the side panel for easy access

5. Portal Pages in R11
Portal Page will open and render in the Glass in a new perspective
Portal Page should run and behave just like C10.2.x

6. Portal Pages in R11
Disabled by default – advanced setting required – ‘ContentApps.enableMyPortalPages’
No new authoring capability introduced – intended for migration of existing content

7. Mapping - Custom Polygons
Create custom polygons using Mapbox Studio
Free web-based tool
Upload polygon definitions (GeoJSON) or define your own regions for use with Maps in reports and dashboards
Use them in reports & dashboards
Reference the custom polygons via properties of the visualization
Polygon will load at rendering time with the Mapbox map

8. Useful links Main Cognos Analytics page + Free Trial
Community:
Documentation
Upgrade Central
Request for Enhancements (RFE)

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