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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

Drill-through from crosstab intersection


We have a crosstab report that shows sales quantity by month and order method. We need to create drill-through links from months and sales values.

Getting ready

Create two target reports for the drill-throughs. One takes only Month as parameter. The other takes Month and Order Method (Henceforth referred to as Drill-1 and Drill-2 reports respectively).

Create a simple crosstab report to be used as main report. Pull Time dimension | Month on rows, Order method | Order method on columns, and Sales fact | Quantity as measure.

How to do it...

  1. Select the Month item placed on crosstab rows. Click on the drill-through definition button from the toolbar.
  2. This opens the drill-through definitions dialog. Create a new definition. Select Drill-1 as Target Report. Map the month parameter with the month data item.

  3. Now click on the unlock button from toolbar to unlock the items.
  4. Select the text item from crosstab intersection. Hit the drill-through button again.

  5. Create...

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