Page structure view

This recipe will show you another view/option available in Cognos Report Studio to examine and edit the reports.

Getting ready

We will use the same report used in the last recipe for this.

How to do it...

  1. Open the report in Report Studio and go to the report page.
  2. From the menu, choose View | Page Structure.
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  3. You will see the report page transforms into a tree-type list object.
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  4. Open different nodes and examine the objects.

How it works...

As you know, the report definitions in Cognos Report Studio are nothing but XML files. The report objects, ...

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