Conditional Formatting

Conditional formatting allows you to highlight exceptional data in a report.

You can format parts of your report based on one or more string values, a report condition, or data values. To define conditional formatting, add a namedConditionalStyles element to your report specification.

Table 1. Using `namedConditionalStyles` elements to define conditional formatting
To format based on	use this namedConditionalStyles child element
a string	`stringsConditionalStyle`
report expression	`advancedConditionalStyle`
a data item value or range of values	`rangeConditionalStyle`

For more report formatting information, see the IBM® Cognos® Analytics - Reporting User Guide.