You can insert a background image for objects
in a report. For example, use a background image to add a watermark
to a page.
You
can also create your own background visual effects, such as drop shadows
and gradient fills. For more information, see Add Background Effects.
Before you begin
The images that you insert must first be uploaded to the IBM® Cognos® Business
Intelligence server or another Web server and must be .gif or .jpg
format.
Procedure
- Select the object.
- In the Properties pane, under Color &
Background, double-click the Background Image property.
- To use the background from the default style for the object
(Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) class), click Default.
- To explicitly not insert a background image, click None.
This option overrides any default background images including
background gradients on objects that appear in the 10.x report styles.
- To insert a specific image, click Specified and
in the Image URL box, type the URL of the image
to insert or click Browse to go to the location
containing the image.
To browse images on a Web server,
you must enable Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
on your Web server. For more information about configuring Web servers,
see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation
and Configuration Guide.
- In the Position box, choose how
to align the image in the object.
- In the Tiling box, click a tiling
option.
