Building tabbed reports
In this recipe, we will create our first Active Report. We will examine the Active Report's Tab control and see how to use it to create a multi-tab reports. Before Active Reports, these kind of reports could be done only by embedding a long HTML code in the report.
Getting ready
For this recipe, we will use the GO Data Warehouse (query) package. We will create a report with two tabs. In the first tab we will have a Crosstab report, while in the second tab we will have a Chart report.
Open the IBM Cognos Report Studio and select the GO Data Warehouse (query) package.
Select the Active Report template and click on OK. This will open a new Active Report that we will use through this recipe.
How to do it...
In this recipe, we will see how to use Tab control to build multi-tab reports. To do this, perform the following steps:
From the Toolbox items, drag the Tab Control object onto the report.
Click on the Tab Control object. In the Properties pane, rename the control to
Crosstab...
