You can save time by reusing layout objects
that you add to a report instead of re-creating them. For example,
you have a multiple-page report and you want to show the company logo
in the page header of each page. Insert the logo once and reuse it
on all other pages.
Procedure
- Click the object to reuse.
Tip: To quickly select the parent of an object, click the object, and then click the select ancestor button
in the title bar of the
Properties pane.
- In the Properties pane, set the Name property
to a value beginning with a letter to uniquely identify the object
and press the Enter key.
IBM® Cognos® Report Studio may have
already specified a name for the object.
- To reuse the object in another report, open that report.
- From the Toolbox tab
, drag the Layout Component Reference object to the location in which it will be reused.
- In the Component Location box, do
one of the following:
- In the Available components to reference box,
click the object and click OK.
- If the referenced object is in another report, click the Layout
Component Reference object and in the Properties pane,
set the Embed property to specify how to store
the referenced object in the report:
- Click Copy to store a copy of the object.
The
copy is not automatically updated if the source object is modified.
Note: In
active reports, you can store referenced objects only by copying them
to the report.
- Click Reference to store a reference, or
pointer, of the object.
The reference of the object is automatically
updated if the source object is modified. For example, if you open
or run the report, you see the modified object.
Results
A copy or reference of the object appears where you placed
the
Layout Component Reference object. If a
source object is changed, you can
update reused objects.
Tip: You can
also create a new report or template and add all the objects to share.
All your shared objects then reside in a single location, like a library.
