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IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook

You're reading from   IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook Over 80 great recipes for taking control of Cognos 8 Report Studio

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849680349
Length 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Sanghani Abhishek Sanghani
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
1. Report Authoring Basic Concepts FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced Report Authoring 3. Tips and Tricks: JavaScripts 4. Tips and Tricks: Report Page 5. XML Editing 6. Writing Printable Reports 7. Working with Dimensional Models 8. Macros 9. Using Report Studio Better 10. Some More Useful Recipes 11. Best Practices Recommendations and References Index

Show/Hide prompt controls at runtime


A report shows sales quantity by product line and order method. Users need to filter on either product line or order method, any one at the time.

They would like a facility to select which prompt they want to filter on, and depending on the selection, prompt should appear.

Getting ready

Create a list report that shows product lines, order methods, and sales quantity. Create two options filters—one on product lines and the other on order methods.

How to do it...

  1. We will start by creating prompts for both the filters. For that, add a prompt page and add two value prompts. Use the prompt wizard to connect them to the parameters (product line and order method).

  2. Set the Hide Adornment property of both the prompts to Yes.

  3. Now drag an HTML item just before the product line prompt. Define it as:

    <Input type = radio Name = r1 title= "Click me to select Product Line..." Value = "PL" onclick= "radioSelect(this)">Product Line &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp...
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