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Getting started in IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting.............................. 1 The user interface........................................................................................................................................ 1 Work in design, structure, or preview view................................................................................................. 6 Report layout and queries............................................................................................................................7 Layout..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Queries....................................................................................................................................................8 Report objects..............................................................................................................................................9 Find objects in a report........................................................................................................................ 10 Relational and dimensional reporting styles.............................................................................................10 Options....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Web browser settings................................................................................................................................ 16 Chapter 2. Creating a report.................................................................................19 Templates and themes.............................................................................................................................. 19 Adding data................................................................................................................................................ 19 Inserting a single data item.......................................................................................................................20 Validating a report......................................................................................................................................21 Running a report........................................................................................................................................ 22 Limited and fully interactive reports....................................................................................................24 Specify Not to Render a Page If It Does Not Contain Data................................................................. 25 Controlling the Rows Per Page for Multiple Containers in HTML and PDF......................................... 25 Producing a Report in CSV Format.......................................................................................................26 Producing a Report in Microsoft Excel Format.................................................................................... 26 Producing a Report in XML Format...................................................................................................... 27 Viewing performance details............................................................................................................... 27 View Lineage Information for a Data Item................................................................................................ 28 The IBM Cognos Analytics lineage tool............................................................................................... 29 Access the IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog................................................................ 30 Support for bidirectional languages.......................................................................................................... 31 Reports for workspaces in Cognos Workspace.........................................................................................32 Prompts in workspaces in Cognos Workspace....................................................................................33 Enable filters in workspaces in Cognos Workspace............................................................................ 33 Creating Reports for IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office..............................................................................34 Creating Reports for Mobile Devices......................................................................................................... 35 The IBM Cognos Software Development Kit.............................................................................................35 Chapter 3. Lists................................................................................................... 37 Set list properties.......................................................................................................................................37 Hide columns in list reports.......................................................................................................................38 Creating a scrollable list............................................................................................................................ 38 Using Repeaters.........................................................................................................................................38 Chapter 4. Crosstabs........................................................................................... 41 Crosstab Nodes and Crosstab Node Members......................................................................................... 41 Set Crosstab Properties.............................................................................................................................43 Create a Single-Edge Crosstab.................................................................................................................. 44 Create a Nested Crosstab.......................................................................................................................... 44 Creating headers automatically for sets in crosstabs...............................................................................45 Showing crosstab values as percentages................................................................................................. 46 Specify the Default Measure......................................................................................................................47 iii Swap Columns and Rows...........................................................................................................................47 Indent Data................................................................................................................................................ 47 Change a List into a Crosstab.................................................................................................................... 48 Chapter 5. Charts................................................................................................ 49 Current Default Charts and Legacy Charts................................................................................................49 Creating Charts.......................................................................................................................................... 49 Chart Objects........................................................................................................................................49