IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook

Achieving minimum column width

A report shows sales quantity by product line and order method. The order methods are displayed as columns. When the crosstab is wider than the IE window, Cognos automatically shrinks the column width instead of showing the horizontal scrollbar.

Hence, you will notice that some columns are wider and some are narrower, depending on the data. For example, the Fax and Mail columns in the following screenshot are narrower than the Telephone column.

In this recipe, we will see a technique to achieve minimum column width for columns. When the crosstab is wider than the page width, the columns will not shrink more than a certain ...