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IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio Cookbook, Second Edition

You're reading from   IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio Cookbook, Second Edition Getting the most out of IBM Cognos Report Studio is a breeze with this recipe-packed cookbook. Cherry-pick the ones you want or go through the tutorial step by step – either way you'll end up with some highly impressive reports.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849688208
Length 364 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Report Authoring Basic Concepts FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced Report Authoring 3. Using JavaScript Files – Tips and Tricks 4. The Report Page – Tips and Tricks 5. Working with XML 6. Writing Printable Reports 7. Working with Dimensional Models 8. Working with Macros 9. Using Report Studio Efficiently 10. Working with Active Reports 11. Charts and New Chart Features 12. More Useful Recipes 13. Best Practices Recommendations and References Index

Controlling the container size and rows per page


In this recipe, we will examine the various options regarding the data container size and rows per page.

Getting ready

Create a simple list report with product attributes and sales quantity as columns:

Define grouping and aggregation as shown previously.

How to do it...

To control the size of the list table and the number of rows per page, change the properties of the report. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. On the report page, click on any column from the list.

  2. Using the Ancestor button, select Whole List from the Properties tab.

  3. Set Rows Per Page to 50 as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Now open the Size & Overflow property. Set the width of the list to 100% as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Run the report in HTML and PDF formats to test it as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. Save the report for use in the next recipe.

How it works...

You will notice in the output that the HTML report shows 50 rows per page. There is a scrollbar...

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