Reporting fragment fields

Reporting fragment fields are always read-only fields that typically display a component (such as a chart or table) from a larger Cognos® report.

Reporting fragment fields are configured in a number of ways:

  • Associate with an object type
  • Add to various object view pages
  • Configure as dependent fields
  • Modify their display type

By default, reporting fragment fields have a display type of Automatic for Detail and Activity View pages and the report component is embedded directly on the page. If the display type is changed to On Demand, the report component is displayed in a pop-up window. Pop-up windows can be autosized through settings in the application or manually overridden when the reporting fragment field is defined.

Limitations

Reporting fragment fields have the following limitations:
  • You cannot use elements from JSP reports in reporting fragment fields; only components from Cognos reports are supported.
  • Page breaks in reporting fragment fields are not supported.
  • Tooltips in reporting fragment fields are not supported.
  • A report that has required prompts other than Object ID and Reporting Period ID cannot be used as a reporting fragment field.
Note: See the IBM OpenPages with Watson Report Author's Guide on your documentation media for designing reports that can be used in reporting fragment fields.