Set the Report Options

You set the report options to make changes to your analysis in preparation for distributing it in different formats.

Report options apply when you run an analysis in IBM® Cognos® Viewer or open an analysis in IBM Cognos Report Studio. These settings are not visible in the work area of IBM Cognos Analysis Studio.

Note: When you run an analysis in IBM Cognos Viewer after selecting the Outermost groups on rows option under Page breaks on the Display tab in the Report options dialog box, the outer nesting group is always expanded and any calculations are not shown.
Tab Purpose
Title Specify a title or subtitle.
Display Specify whether and where to show the cube update information and filter criteria.

Define page breaks.

Expand the values in More to show all the details.
Paper Set paper orientation and paper size if the output format is PDF.
Report Template Specify a template.
Output Purpose Specify the purpose of your output.

Procedure

  1. Open the analysis.
  2. From the Run menu, click Report Options.
  3. Change the values that meet your reporting needs and click OK.