Formatting an active report in the preview view

IBM Cognos Active Report has a preview view that you can use to format an active report and immediately see the layout changes. You no longer have to run the report whenever you make a formatting change.

About this task

With the IBM Cognos report preview view, you can immediately view edits and test active report behavior without running the report. The preview view displays formatting and non-formatting changes as well allow users to configure the screen size and orientation.

Procedure

  1. From a report, click the Edit icon.
  2. Make your edits to the report and save your changes. For example, you can make the following edits:
    • To edit the screen size and orientation, click the Fit to screen menu and choose a preset size.
    • To configure a specific screen size, click Add custom size.
  3. Click Page preview to preview and verify your edits.