Report, Query, Analysis, and PowerPlay Report Properties
- the Report tab for Report Studio reports
- the Query tab for Query Studio reports
- the Analysis tab for Analysis Studio reports
- the PowerPlay Report tab for Series 7 PowerPlay® reports
You can select the available paper sizes. In IBM® Cognos® Connection, click IBM Cognos Administration and then click Configuration. Click Dispatchers and Services and then click the define paper sizes button . To add new paper sizes, click New. To delete paper sizes, click Delete.
The following table describes the report properties that are available.
Property |
Description |
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Default action |
The default action when the report is run. |
Report options: Override the default values |
Whether to override default run options for the report. When selected, the values that you can override appear. |
Format |
The default format, orientation, and paper size to use when the report runs. Appears only if Override the default values is selected. |
Accessibility |
Whether to create report output that supports accessibility. Enabling support creates report output that can be read by a screen reader. |
Language |
The default language to use for the report data when the report runs. Appears only if Override the default values is selected. |
Prompt values |
The values that are used to filter data when a report is run. For more information, see Specify the Default Prompt Values for a Report. |
Run as the owner |
Whether to use the owner credentials when the report is run. For more information, see Trusted credentials. |
Run as the owner: Capabilities only |
Whether to use only the owner capabilities and not the owner credentials when the report is run. For more information, see Running reports with report owner capabilities. |
HTML options: Open in design mode |
Whether to open an HTML-format Series 7 PowerPlay report in design mode. |
Number of rows per Web page in HTML reports |
The number of rows you want to appear per Web page in HTML reports |
Enable selection-based interactivity in HTML reports |
Whether to enable the following in HTML reports that are viewed in IBM Cognos Viewer: drill up and drill down, drill through, IBM Cognos Search, watch rules, and agent notification. For more information, see Disable Selection-based Interactivity. Note that to have watch rules evaluated in saved report output, you must select the Enable enhanced user features in saved output versions check box. |
Enable alerts about new versions |
Whether to allow report consumers to receive alerts about new versions of a saved report. If this check box is cleared, you are prompted whether to remove all users from the alert list. |
Enable enhanced user features in saved output versions |
Whether to create additional output formats so that watch rules can be evaluated and saved output versions can be imported into IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office. Note that to enable watch rules, you must select the Enable selection-based interactivity in HTML reports check box. |
Enable comments in saved output versions |
Whether to allow users to add comments to saved reports. For more information, see Comments in Saved Reports. |
Refresh the report cache |
Create new cache data if none is available, when the report runs interactively. |
Cache duration |
The number of days or months before the report cache data expires. To enable the cache duration, select the Refresh the report cache check box. |