IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook

Chapter 11. Best Practices

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Reducing the number of query items
• Highlighting hidden items
• Relative paths for images
• Taming JavaScripts
• Customizing classes to report-wide effect
• Creating templates
• Regression testing
• Code commenting

Introduction

In this chapter, we will see some best practices followed in the world of Cognos Report Development. Once you learn them and start using them in your day-to-day life, you will notice that these practices not only save your time but also reduce the number of defects and benefit the ongoing maintenance of reports.