Viewing and creating reports in the Cognos Analytics reporting tool

You access reports from IBM Spectrum Control, and work with the reports in the Cognos Analytics reporting tool.

About this task

When you view and create reports, you can navigate from predefined reports to custom reports and from custom reports to predefined reports within the Cognos Analytics reporting tool.

1. In the Cognos Analytics reporting tool, click Team Content in the Welcome portal.
2. Depending on the type of report that you want to work with, complete one of the following actions:
   • To view predefined reports, click IBM Spectrum Control Predefined Reports.
   • To create a basic custom report with limited formatting, complete the following steps:
     1. Click the New icon in the Welcome portal.
     2. Click Other, then click Query Studio.
     3. Click IBM Spectrum Control Packages‬, then click the Capacity and Relationships or Performance package.
   • To create a report and apply advanced formatting features to the report, complete the following steps:
     1. Click IBM Spectrum Control Packages.
     2. Right-click the Capacity and Relationships or Performance package, then click Create report.
     3. Click a template for the report.