Creating custom views - Cognos
Section 1: Create report View
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Step 1:
Log-in into Cognos (link)
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Step 2:
Go to the report Location for which you need to create default prompts.
You can also search for this report through the Search option present on the Cognos home page
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Step 3:
Click three ellipses (...) on the right end of the report and select Create Report View.
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Step 4:
A dialog box will appear, Click on the top left folder icon (My Content)
Save the report in My Content folder as per your desired preference.
You can also rename the report here.
Click Save, the report view of your selected report will be created in the My Content folder
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Section 2: Set Default Prompt Values
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Step 5:
From the file location where you saved the report inside My Content Folder, click on the three ellipses (...) and click on properties.
To the right side of the report, you can now see its' Properties of this report.
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Step 6:
From the Properties dialog box, select Report > Set Values
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Step 7:
After Selecting Set values, click on Set from the next dialog box
Cognos will generate prompt inputs and display the entire list of prompts for the particular selected report
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Section 3: Select default prompt values
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Step 8:
From the prompt screen, select whichever default values for the different prompts you want to run your report for.
After selecting the required prompts, click on finish.
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When you run this saved report again from your My Content folder, you will observe the selected prompt values are pre-selected.
You can also add additional filters as required.
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