For data-driven controls, you insert data items
from the package.
Procedure
- On the Source tab
, drag
query subjects or query items to the control.
- To add an image to the data in the control, drag the appropriate
data item to the Icon box.
- If the data that will appear in the control depends on
other data that you do not want to show, drag the appropriate data
item to the Extra Items box.
For
example, you add Product type to a data list box control and you want
to filter the product types that appear in the control based on a
product line selected in another control. To filter the data, you
must drag Product line to the Extra Items box.
Tip: IBM® Cognos® Report Studio can automatically copy
data items from other controls when you create connections between
controls.
- If the control is a data deck and you want to create a
default card that will appear when no other card matches the variable
value passed to the deck, in the Properties pane,
click Yes for the Default Card property.
Then click the No Data Contents tab
for the deck and insert the objects that you want to appear
on the default card.
