Chapter 12. More Useful Recipes

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Timing report execution
  • Missing values versus zero values
  • Overriding data formatting using patterns
  • Setting up conditional drill-throughs
  • Dynamically switching between reports using an iFrame
  • Freezing column titles

Introduction

In this chapter, we will have a look at some more useful tricks and techniques that will help us use the Cognos Report Studio more efficiently.

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