Page structure view
This recipe will show you another view/option available in Cognos Report Studio to examine and edit the reports.
Getting ready
We will use the same report used in the last recipe for this.
How to do it...
Open the report in Report Studio and go to the report page.
From the menu, choose View | Page Structure.
You will see the report page transforms into a tree-type list object.
Open different nodes and examine the objects.
How it works...
As you know, the report definitions in Cognos Report Studio are nothing but XML files. The report objects, Page, List, Columns, and so on are all stored internally as nested tags.
By switching to Page Structure view, you can actually see how the objects are contained within each other and are inter-related. You can select any object (for example, List Columns Body Style) and manipulate its properties. You can also delete them, copy the objects and paste them in another place, and move them around within the rules governed by Cognos Report Studio...
