Enabling the drill-through for PDF format

You must enable the drill-through functionality to run the drill-through reports in the PDF format.

Before you begin

Disable any pop-up blocking software in the browser.

Procedure

  1. Open IBM® Cognos® Configuration.
  2. Specify the fully qualified domain name for all the URIs that are defined.
  3. Save the configuration.
  4. Restart the IBM Cognos service. Complete the following steps:
    1. Access the IBM Cognos Analytics documentation at http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.cbi.doc/welcome.html.
    2. Search for Restarting the IBM Cognos service to apply configuration settings.
  5. In the Explorer window, click Environment.
  6. In the Group Properties window, copy the value in the Gateway URI box.
  7. Paste the copied Gateway URI value in the supported browser.
  8. Run the report that you want.

Results

The drill-through report is run successfully in the PDF format.