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IBM Cognos Report Studio: Author
Professional Reports Advanced (v10.1)
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Validate Report

Verifies the XML specification against the package.

Show Specification

Displays the XML specification for the design of the report.

Run Report

Runs a report in the following output options: HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV
and XML. Other run options, such as language and bursting, can also be
specified.

Lock/Unlock

Locks and unlocks all layout objects in a report. Unlocking lets you
manipulate the contents of some objects.

View Tabular Data

View only tabular data. Use to ensure that the correct results appear.

Filter

Focuses a report and minimizes processing time by excluding unwanted

data.

Suppress

You can suppress rows, columns, or rows and columns based on divide
by zero, missing, and overflow values.

Sort

Sorts selected column(s) or row(s) in ascending or descending order.

Aggregate

Adds a summary calculation to the end of selected column(s) or row(s).

Group/Ungroup

Groups items in a report to remove duplicate values.

Pivot List to Crosstab

Creates a crosstab report from a list report.

Section

Creates a section heading with grouped items below.

Swap Rows and

Columns

Swaps rows and columns within a crosstab.

Headers & Footers

Displays the headers and footers menu.

Insert Chart

Inserts a chart into the current report.

Build Prompt Page

Add prompts for a selected data item to a separate page, preceding the
report.

Drill-Through Definitions

Specify drill-through target(s) for a selected item within the report.

Insert Table

Define the number of rows and columns for table.

Business Analytics

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Pick Up/Apply Style

Enables you to copy and apply selected formatting.

Conditional Styles

Specifies the conditions and styles used to style the object

Manage External Data

Allows you to create a report using an external file that contains data
which is not part of your IBM Cognos BI enterprise data.

Chart Palette Presets

Change the charts color palette.

Background Effects
Presets

Sets the background effect for the selected object.

Select Ancestor

Allows you to select different object ancestors within the page structure
hierarchy.

Suppress

You can suppress rows, columns, or rows and columns based on divide
by zero, missing, and overflow values.

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Page Explorer

Work with report and prompt pages, and classes.

Query Explorer

Specify what data appears in the report.

Condition Explorer

Work with variables to add conditional formatting to a report.

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Package

Subsets of a model, containing items that you can add to a report.

Folder

Organizes data items. A folder cannot be imported into a report.

Namespace

Used to prevent naming conflicts within a package. Can contain a variety

of objects such as dimensions, query subjects, and model filters.

Query Subject

A grouping of related query items.

Query Item

A representation of a column of data in a data source.

Measure

A performance indicator that is quantifiable and is used to determine how

well a business is operating.

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Source

Contains items from the package that can be added to the report.

Data Items

Displays the data items for each query contained in the report.

Toolbox

Contains objects that you can add to the report, such as text and
graphics.

Report Studio: Toolbox Tab [Queries view]

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Query

Retrieves data for reports. Can contain data items added from a package
and calculated data items. Can also contain detail filters, summary filters,
and slicers.

Join

Creates an inner join or outer join relationship between a field in one

query and a field of the same data type in another query.

Union

Combines two or more queries into one result set and includes all data
retrieved by the combined queries.

Intersect

Combines two or more queries into one result set and includes only data
that is common to the combined queries.

Except

Combines two or more queries into one result set and includes only data
for one query that is not also retrieved by the other queries in the set.

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