Creating an Active Report Variable
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You can also create active report variables when you define connections between controls. However, you may want to modify these variables, such as changing the name or defining default values.
In addition, active report variables allow active reports inserted in a workspace in IBM® Cognos® Workspace to interact with each other. For example, selecting a product line in one active report causes another active report to show the data for the selected product line. In addition, variables allow check boxes and sliders in a workspace in Cognos Workspace to drive active reports in the workspace.
To work in Cognos Workspace, active report variables must meet the following criteria:
- The variables must be public.
When you make a public variable, the variable can be consumed in other IBM Cognos products.
- For active reports to listen to each other in a workspace, each report must have a public variable with the same name.
- For a Cognos Workspace
slider to drive an active report, a range variable must be defined
in the active report.
The data item of the slider and the range variable in the active report must have the same name.
Two variables are used to define the minimum and maximum values of the range variable. The two variables are used to define the minimum and maximum values of the slider.