Database Reference
In-Depth Information
1.
From the
Page Explorer
tab, select the
Page1
object.
2.
From the
Data Items
tab of the
Insertable Objects
pane, drag the
Product type
,
Product
, and
Closing inventory
data items from
Main_Query
into the
List
object.
3.
Click on the
Product type
column body, and on the toolbar, click the
Group/Ungroup
button to group the products by product type.
Step 7: Create Page Breaks and the Title
1.
From the
Page Explorer
tab, select the
Report Pages
folder.
2.
From the
To o l b o x
tab, drag the
Page Set
object into the
Report Pages
pane.
3.
Click on the
Page Set1
page set.
4.
Change the
Query
property to
Main_Query
.
5.
Double-click the
Grouping & Sorting
property.
The Grouping & Sorting dialog box is displayed.
6.
Within the
Grouping & Sorting
dialog box, drag the
City
data item from the
Data
Items
pane to the
Groups
folder of the
Groups
pane.
7.
Drag the
City
data item from the
Data Items
pane to the
Sort List
folder under the
City
group.
8.
Click
OK
to close the dialog box.
9.
Drag the
Page1
object into the
Detail Pages
folder of
Page Set1
.
10.
Double-click the
Page1
object to go back to the page design.
11.
Click on the report title text to select it.
12.
Change the
Source Type
property from
Te x t
to
Data Item Value
.
13.
Change the
Data Item Value
property to
City
.
14.
Run the report to test the page breaks and titles, as demonstrated in Figure 4.7.
15.
Close
IBM Cognos Viewer
to return to your report design.
Step 8: Complete the Report Body
1.
Click on the page body background and center the report content on the page by clicking
the
Center
button in the toolbar.
To assist inventory auditors, document any differences in the actual inventory on hand
versus the report; we will add an empty column at the end to serve as a placeholder.
2.
From the
Insertable Objects
pane, drag a
Te x t I t e m
object as the last column of the
List
. The Text dialog box is displayed.
