Add a News Item Task

Add a news item task to an agent to publish a headline to a folder.

For more information, see Add a News Item Task.

You can also add other types of tasks.

Before you begin

Before you add any type of task, you must specify an event condition.

Procedure

  1. In IBM® Cognos® Analytics, create a new folder.
  2. In IBM Cognos Event Studio, specify an event condition.
  3. In the I want to area, click Add a task.
  4. Click Publish a news item.
  5. In the Headline box, type the text you want to appear at the top of your news item.

    Tip: You can also drag items from the source tab or the data items tab.

  6. To add a description in the Screen tip box and in the Text box, type a description of the entry.

    The screen tip is limited to 100 characters.

    Tip: You can also drag items from the source tab or from the data items tab.

  7. Under Link to, choose an object to appear when you click a news headline:
    • To link to IBM Cognos Analytics content, click Select an entry, go to the entry, and click OK. For example, if you want the Customer Contact report to appear when someone clicks the headline, click Select an entry, locate the Customer Contact report, and click OK.

      Tip: You can add a report task that runs a report before the news item task is performed. If you link that report to the news item task, the report always shows information about current event instances when someone clicks the headline.

    • To link to a URL, type the URL address in the box.

      If the URL points to a web site address, include the protocol, such as http. For example, to create a URL for the IBM web site, you would type http://www.ibm.com.

  8. Under News list location, click Select a location, go to the folder or portlet in which the news item will be published and click OK.
  9. From the File menu, click Save Save icon.

Results

You can preview the news item task. When the agent performs the news item task, it publishes the news headline to the location you chose. When you click the headline, the Cognos Analytics entry or the web page you linked to appears.

The description text appears when you set your preferences to use the details view. The screen tip appears when you pause your pointer over the icon for the entry in the news list location.