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Cognos Analytics 11.0.7 release Dashboard Issues

Cognos Analytics 11.0.7 release Dashboard issues: Logo Image doesn’t work with relative URL ( this was raised in 11.0.6 as well). I have to provide full path:-      https:// /bi/images/test_Images/my_log.jpg Pdf download is not possible for Dashboard Drill through to Cognos reports and passing parameter is not possible from Dashboard Limit of 3000 records in dashboard Canvas per widget – should be customizable similar to Active Reports ( Use Cases for Exploratory Analysis - If we want to list down operations -overall and link to detail reports  using dashboard) Infographics icon are used only for summary Visualization. When they are dragged over other charts, they don't represent data values. There is no dynamic calculations available for changing image based on other filter ( say gender) to show different images.

Cognos Analytics 11.0.7 Drill through Issues

I have faced below issues in working with Cognos Analytics 11.0.7 and causing delay in deployment of applications:- If report is set to non-interactive mode, any drill through defined on image gives firewall rejection error. This happens when "Open in new window "property is selected. IBM has raised defect and aiming to resolve it in next release. In Interactive mode, drill through defined in list gives same error though  image drill through works. In Interactive mode, excel icon drill through opens a new window ( Home Perspective) along with excel output when option to "open in new window " is selected. While clicking on drill through definitions, I don't see report path it's referring to. Instead it shows Team Content folder. This issue looks similar to 11.0.6 save as option where we raised defect. If we are using html items to embed reports ( containing iframe link) and to show as tabbed reports and if reports are having drill through in same win