Creating visualizations
Before creating visualizations, review the available visualizations to select the best
type for your needs.
Tip: To view the available visualization types, add a
Visualization object from the Toolbox pane 
to an existing report. In the Visualization gallery window, select
11.1 Visualizations from the menu.
to an existing report. In the Visualization gallery window, select
11.1 Visualizations from the menu.To create charts, drag data items from the Source tab 
to the measures, data series and categories drop zones.
Note: When you are working with dimensional data sources, do not insert member properties in the
series or categories of a chart. By default, IBM®
Cognos® Analytics - Reporting groups items that are inserted in these areas. Grouping member properties produces a warning when
you validate the report.
To help you when creating visualizations, you can do the following:
- Preview your visualization style changes.
As you author your visualization and edit the visualization properties, IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting provides you with a preview of your visualization, using simulated data. This allows you to view your style changes without running your report. You need to run your report to see the visualization with your actual data. You can disable the visualization preview in the options.
- Resize your visualization.
- Move the visualization drop zones into flyouts so that they appear only when you pause your pointer over the visualization.
After you create a basic visualization, modify the various chart objects to customize your visualization.