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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

Merged cells in Excel output


There is a list report with many columns. The report shows the title in page header. Users mostly access this report in Excel format.

When the output is generated, Cognos puts the output in the first cell (A1). This stretches the A column.

In this recipe, we will see how to get Cognos to generate merged cells so that the columns are not stretched.

Getting ready

Create a simple list report. Put a report title in the page header.

How to do it...

  1. Insert a Table from the 'Insertable objects' pane into the report header.

  2. Set the Number of columns to 4. Keep Number of rows at 1. Hit OK.

  3. Now select the first cell of the table. Hold down Shift key and select the last cell of the table. This should select all the cells.

  4. From the menu, select Table | Merge Cells. This will merge four cells into one.

  5. Now unlock the report objects. Select the report title and drag it inside the table.

  6. Change the text font and size appropriately.

  7. Run the report in Excel to test it. As you can see in...

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