Options

Show all hidden dialogs

Shows all dialog boxes where the Show this dialog in the future check box was cleared, such as the Welcome dialog box at startup.

Reuse IBM Cognos Viewer window

Reuses the same IBM Cognos Viewer window when you rerun a report without first closing the window.

Resize IBM Cognos Viewer window

Maximizes the IBM Cognos Viewer window when you run a report.

Enable animation

Animates the appearance of dialog boxes, menus, and panes.

Window startup size

Specifies the size of the Report Studio window at startup.

Position pane on the right (requires restart)

Moves the content and Properties panes to the right of the work area. This check box is cleared by default. For the change to take effect, you must close and then restart Report Studio.

Show rich tooltips (requires restart)

Specifies whether to show descriptive tooltips when you hover over a button in the toolbar. This check box is selected by default. For the change to take effect, you must close and then restart Report Studio.

Display report preview

Shows a preview of the report when you open or save a report, within the Open, Save, and Save As dialog boxes.

Start page view

Enables you to start Report Studio in Page Design or Page Structure view. For the change to take effect, you must close and then restart Report Studio.

Wrap text in editors

Automatically wraps text in all editors where you can define expressions.

Automatically populate values list

When building expressions in the expression editor, automatically shows values when you browse the data of a data item.

Automatically validate expressions

Automatically validates calculations, such as filters, created in the expression editor. For more information, see Using Relational Calculations or Using Dimensional Calculations.

In-place edit

Enables the editing of text in place when double-clicking.

Drop replace on crosstab and chart nodes

Specifies what the existing members are replaced with when you drag a new member onto a report.

Double-click on member action

When working with dimensional data, specifies what happens when you double-click a member data item.

By default, you drill down or up on the item that you double-click.

Layout dimensions

Specifies the width and height of the area where you will create reports.

Alias member unique names

When working with a dimensional data source, creates an alias when you add a member to the report or to an expression.

Delete unreferenced query objects

Automatically deletes query objects linked to another object. For example, if you delete a list, the query linked to the list is deleted as well.

Delete unreferenced conditional styles and palettes

Automatically deletes conditional styles or palettes when the last data item that refers to the conditional style or palette is also deleted.

Always create extended data items for new reports

When working with dimensional data sources, determines whether Report Studio creates extended data items or expression-based data items for new reports.

Expression-based data items allow you to view or edit the expression by double-clicking the Expression property for the item.

If you are working with a dimensional data source and this option is not selected, the appropriate dimensional data item is added when you insert items such as members, levels, or calculated members. For example, if you insert a level, a level set is created. This makes it easier to work with dimensional data items because Report Studio knows the data item type of the items that are in the report.

Table Style inheritance

When a table style is applied to a list or crosstab, specifies whether new objects inserted in the list or crosstab should inherit the style. For more information, see Apply a Table Style.

Automatic group and summary behavior for lists

When working with lists, automatically adds an overall aggregate summary in the list footer and a summary for any groups in the list. When grouping a column, automatically makes it the first column in the list.

Automatically create crosstab headers for sets

When adding sets in a crosstab that uses a dimensional data source, automatically adds header labels on new columns and rows. The headers help consumers of the report to understand where the data is in the hierarchy.

Limit on inserted individual members

When working with a dimensional data source, limits the number of child members that are inserted. For example, you specify 3 for this option and, in the toolbar, you specify the option to insert children when you drag a member to a data container. You then drag the Camping Equipment member to the rows of a crosstab. What you see as rows are the child members Cooking Gear, Tents, and Sleeping Bags and a row named Others (Camping Equipment) for the remaining child members of Camping Equipment.

Use operating system clipboard

Uses the Microsoft Windows (or other operating system) clipboard instead of the internal Report Studio clipboard.

Use legacy chart authoring

Enables you to create new reports using the legacy charts instead of the default charts and disables the automatic upgrade of charts in existing reports to the current default charts. Select this check box if you do not want to upgrade the charts in your existing reports.

Disable previews

When editing properties such as date and number formatting, does not display a sample of the formatting that is applied to data. When this option is not enabled, either sample data or data from your data source is displayed with formatting options applied.

Additionally, when in Page Design view, displays a static image for a chart instead of updating the chart with a preview of your chart, using simulated data.

Override 10.x styles with 8.x styles on new reports

Specifies whether to use the Version 8.x report styles by default when creating new reports.

For more information about report styles, see Create and Modify Report and Object Styles.

Active Report validation of visualization

Specifies whether to validate visualizations in an active report when the report is run from Report Studio.

Enable accessibility (requires restart)

Specifies whether to enable accessibility features in Cognos Report Studio. For the change to take effect, you must close and then restart Cognos Report Studio.

For more information about accessibility features, see Accessibility features in IBM Cognos Report Studio.

Map feature display limit

When working with maps, specifies the maximum number of features that can appear in a map.

Member display count limit (in source tree)

When working with dimensional data, specifies the maximum number of members that can appear in the Source tab before you must perform a search.