New Techniques in Version 10 - IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio - page 229

The Interactive Behavior dialog box is displayed and ProductLineButtons is the con-
trol we are changing.

24. Click on the Create a New Connection link again.

Another Connect dialog box opens.

25. In the middle of the dialog box, click on the Reuse Existing Variable radio button.

26. Click on the drop-down list for the existing variables and select vPLine .

27. In the upper-right corner of the dialog box, click on the drop-down menu and select the

ProductLineYearDeck .

28. Click on the Connect button in the lower-right area of the dialog box.

We have completed the connections between the radio-button bars and the data decks.
To complete the interactive behaviors, we will set some default values for the three
active report variables we have created so far.

29. Click on the Manage Active Report Variables link in the lower-left corner of the dia-

log box.

30. Click on the vYear variable if it is not already selected.

31. Under the Default Variable Values box, click on the New button.

The New Variable Value dialog box opens.

32. In the New Variable Value text box, type 2004 and click OK .

33. Click on the vRegion variable to select it.

34. Under the Default Variable Values box, click on the New button.

The New Variable Value dialog box opens.

35. In the New Variable Value text box, type Americas and click OK .

36. Click on the vPLine variable to select it.

37. Under the Default Variable Values box, click on the New button.

The New Variable Value dialog box opens.

38. In the New Variable Value text box, type Camping Equipment and click OK .

With the default values added, the Active Report Variables window should look similar
to Figure 6.25.

39. In the Active Report Variables window, click OK to close it.

40. In the Interactive Behavior window, click OK to close it.

We have finished setting the default values for the three active report variables, and we
have completed the step to link all the Active Report controls.