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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

Grab them all practice


This recipe will tell you about something which is good practice. But I have put it under 'Using Report Studio Better' for two reasons. One—it builds upon the idea learnt in previous recipe. Two—it does help you use Report Studio better.

The last recipe showed you how to apply style to selected list columns. Here we will see the recommended way to apply same style to all the objects (List Column Titles in this case).

Getting ready

We will continue working on the report that we modified in the last recipe.

How to do it...

  1. Say we want to apply the following style to all the list column titles.

    Font: 12 Pt

    Background Color: Silver

    Border: 1pt Solid all sides

    Then we have two options. First apply this style to one column title. Say Product line code.

  2. Now do the same Pick-up Style and Apply Style to all column titles as learnt in the previous recipe.

  3. Run the report to test it and you will see that it works.

  4. However, if you drag a few more columns on the list, you will see that the...

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