Options in Reporting

Show new data container dialog

Shows the new data container dialog boxes when the Show this dialog in the future check box was previously cleared.

Reuse IBM Cognos Viewer window

Reuses the same IBM Cognos Viewer window when you rerun a report without first closing the window.

Show on demand toolbar on right-click

Show the report object toolbar only when you right-click the object. The default setting is to show report object toolbars when you highlight an object. You can control when you want to see these toolbars by enabling this feature, which is also used for accessibility. When you author reports with accessibility features enabled, the Show on-demand UI on right click option is automatically selected. As a result, report object toolbars do not appear. To show an object's toolbar, navigate to the object and press the Enter key.

Start page view

Enables you to start Reporting in Design, Structure, or Peview view. For the change to take effect, you must close and then restart Reporting.

Wrap text in editors

Automatically wraps text in all editors where you can define expressions.

Automatically populate values list

When building expressions in the expression editor, automatically shows values when you browse the data of a data item.

Automatically validate expressions

Automatically validates calculations, such as filters, created in the expression editor. For more information, see Using relational calculations or Using Dimensional Calculations.

In-place edit

Enables the editing of text in place when double-clicking.

Allow crosstab nesting beside individual items

Specifies to create a crosstab node when a data item is inserted in a crosstab. This option allows nesting under individual items instead of only on the entire crosstab edge.

Enable drill-up or drill-down links

For data items where drill-up or drill-down is possible, enables drill-up or drill-down links. When you select a data item, it becomes a link that you can click to drill up or down. Also, you can still double-click data items to drill up and down. By default, this option is enabled. You can also control drill options in the Properties pane. At the report level, in the Data section.

Drop replace on crosstab and chart nodes

When you use drag-and-drop techniques, this setting determines the behavior for replacing an item.

Double-click on member action

When working with dimensional data, specifies what happens when you double-click a member data item.

By default, you drill down or up on the item that you double-click.

Layout dimensions

Specifies the width and height of the area where you will create reports.

Alias member unique names

When working with a dimensional data source, creates an alias when you add a member to the report or to an expression.

Delete unreferenced query objects

Automatically deletes query objects linked to another object. For example, if you delete a list, the query linked to the list is deleted as well.

Delete unreferenced conditional styles and palettes

Automatically deletes conditional styles or palettes when the last data item that refers to the conditional style or palette is also deleted.

Table Style inheritance

When a table style is applied to a list or crosstab, specifies whether new objects inserted in the list or crosstab should inherit the style. For more information, see Apply a Table Style.

Automatic group and summary behavior for lists

When working with lists, automatically adds an overall aggregate summary in the list footer and a summary for any groups in the list. When grouping a column, automatically makes it the first column in the list.

Automatically create crosstab headers for sets

When adding sets in a crosstab that uses a dimensional data source, automatically adds header labels on new columns and rows. The headers help consumers of the report to understand where the data is in the hierarchy.

Enable recommended visualizations

Enable or disable the visualization recommender.

Enable guided report layout

Enable or disable guided report layout. See Guided report layout.

Limit on inserted individual members

When working with a dimensional data source, limits the number of child members that are inserted. For example, you specify 3 for this option and, in the toolbar, you specify the option to insert children when you drag a member to a data container. You then drag the Camping Equipment member to the rows of a crosstab. What you see as rows are the child members Cooking Gear, Tents, and Sleeping Bags and a row named Others (Camping Equipment) for the remaining child members of Camping Equipment.

Use operating system clipboard

Uses the Microsoft Windows (or other operating system) clipboard instead of the internal Reporting clipboard.

Enable external clipboard

Use legacy chart authoring

Enables you to create new reports using the legacy charts instead of the default charts and disables the automatic upgrade of charts in existing reports to the current default charts. Select this check box if you do not want to upgrade the charts in your existing reports.

Disable previews

When editing properties such as date and number formatting, does not display a sample of the formatting that is applied to data. When this option is not enabled, either sample data or data from your data source is displayed with formatting options applied.

Additionally, when in Page Design view, displays a static image for a chart instead of updating the chart with a preview of your chart, using simulated data.

Active Report validation of visualization

Specifies whether to validate visualizations in an active report when the report is run from Reporting.

Report styles used for new reports

Specifies which report styles to use by default when creating new reports.

For more information about report styles, see Create and modify report and object styles.

Map feature display limit

When working with maps, specifies the maximum number of features that can appear in a map.

Member display count limit (in source tree)

When working with dimensional data, specifies the maximum number of members that can appear in the Source tab before you must perform a search.

Delay time in milliseconds for searching the source tree.

Throttles the user input resulting in searches. Sets the minimum time between metadata tree searches, searches may be further apart, but they can't be closer together.

The longer the delay, the fewer searches occur while typing. This is better for slow / big systems.

The shorter the delay, the more searches occur while typing. This is better for smaller systems with less data. If you search for entries containing bank as we type b and then type a, if the delay between b and a is big enough for the search to start Cognos Analytics - Reporting will: