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10.
In the work area, double-click on the newly created text item at the top of the pie chart
object.
The Text dialog box is displayed.
11.
Type
Product Line Returns by Reason
and click
OK
to close the dialog box.
12.
In the work area, click the
Pie Labels
in the pie chart object.
13.
On the toolbar, change the
Font Size
to
10 pt
.
14.
From the
Run
menu, select
Run Report - HTML
to view the dashboard.
Yo u r r e s u l t s h o u l d l o o k s i m i l a r to Figure 2.10.
15.
Close
IBM Cognos Viewer
to return to your report design.
Figure 2.10
Completed pie chart
Step 11: Format the Combination Chart
To improve the chart, the text items need to change. Along with that, the shipping volumes do not
slip below 1.5 million units over any one month, so the chart should reflect that to better display
the results.
1.
In the work area, expand the
Axis Titles
in the combination chart object.
2.
From the
To o l b o x
tab of the
Insertable Objects
pane, drag a
Te x t I t e m
into the first
Axis
drop zone.
The Text dialog box is displayed.
