Creating a new active report

Create a new active report and add the objects that you need to build the sales analysis report.

Procedure

  1. Open IBM® Cognos® Report Studio with the GO Sales (query) package.
  2. In the Welcome page, click Create new.
  3. In the New window, double-click Active Report.
  4. Double-click the report title and type

    Sales Analysis

  5. Click the Toolbox tab Toolbox tab icon., drag Table to the report, specify two columns and one row, and click OK.
  6. Drag Check Box Group to the first table cell.
  7. Select the second and third check boxes and delete them.

    Only one check box is required for this report.

  8. Drag Deck to the second table cell.
  9. Drag Data Discrete Values Slider to the deck, in the space under Card 1.

    The slider control becomes the first card in the deck.

  10. Select the slider control and in the Properties pane, click the Track Length property, change the length of the slider track to 500 px, and click OK.
  11. Optional: To animate the movement of the slider when users view the report, set the Animate property to Yes.
  12. Optional: To update active report variables associated with the slider when users move the slider thumb, set the Update Variables Live property to Yes.

    The report will be updated live when the thumb is moved. If set to No, the report is updated only when the thumb is stopped and released.

  13. Drag the Block object under the table.
  14. Drag the List object under the block.
  15. Insert another block under the list.
  16. Click the second block and in the Properties pane, double-click the Padding property.
  17. In Top padding, specify 20 px and click OK.
  18. Drag the Data Deck object under the block.
  19. Drag the Chart object to the data deck.
    1. In the Insert Chart window, click Pie, Donut, and then click the Exploded Pie with 3-D Effects and Flat Bevel chart type.
      Tip: This pie chart type is available only when the Use legacy chart authoring check box (Tools > Options > Advanced tab) is cleared. To find this specific pie chart type, hover over each choice to view its tooltip.
    2. Click OK.

Results

The active report now contains all of the objects that you need to build the sales analysis report. In the following tasks, you will add data to each control and define connections between controls so that they can interact with each other.

Parent topic: Example - Sales analysis active report