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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

Highlighting hidden items


We have seen that it is possible and in fact suggested to turn on the option of Show Hidden Objects from visual aids. This recipe will show you a best practice related to that.

Getting ready

We will use the GO Data Warehouse (Query) package for this. Open Cognos Report Studio and turn on the Show Hidden Object feature from visual aids.

How to do it...

  1. Create a simple list report with Product line, Product type, and Product name as columns.

  2. Select the Product type columns and turns its Box Type to None. As we have chosen to Show Hidden Items, we can still see the column on report page.

  3. Now from the Background Color property, select yellow.

  4. Run the report to test it.

How it works...

In this recipe, we have hidden a column by changing its Box Type. As this item is now not going to appear on the report, we have the liberty to change its visual appearance. We changed its background color to yellow, which clearly distinguishes the item from the rest.

Next time, when any other developer...

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