Modify the report properties

You can change the styles in the style sheet to make your entire report appear differently.

You cannot edit the report style when you have opened a widget from a workspace in IBM® Cognos® Workspace to edit it in IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced.

Procedure

  1. Click File > Report Properties.
  2. In the Report styles list, select one of the following options:
    • To work with classes in the default style sheet, click 10.x styles.
    • To work with classes that were used in IBM Cognos 8, click 8.x styles.

      Use 8.x report styles when you are working with reports created in IBM Cognos 8 and you want to preserve their original appearance.

    • To work with classes that were used in IBM Cognos ReportNet, click 1.x styles.

      Use 1.x report styles when you are working with reports created in ReportNet and you want to preserve their original appearance.

    • To work with classes that have minimal styling defined, click Simplified styles.

      This option is useful when creating financial reports.

  3. When producing reports in Excel 2007 format, if you do not want to group repeating cells in lists and crosstabs, clear the Group repeating cells when exporting to Excel check box.

    When this check box is selected, grouped cells in crosstab rows and columns and grouped columns in lists are merged into a cell area in the Excel output. When the check box is cleared, merged cells are split.