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Question: How can I create a dynamic column name in Cognos
Answer: 1.Create a calculated column which contains the information that the header is to contain, such as "Report for year 1999" (concatenated text and date to string sub string extraction).
2.Highlight the report, and then right-click.
3.Select Properties, and then click the Headers/Footers tab.
4.Clear the Column Title Header check box. This will remove the headers from your columns.
5.Reinsert the rest of the column headers; insert text will work. For the dynamic column, from the Insert menu, click Data and select the calculated column you created and insert it into the report. |
| November 11, 2007 23:29:10 |
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| moissi |
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RE: How can I create a dynamic column name in Cognos
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1. add a data item to the query(the query on which the report is based)
2. define an expression which u want to use for the dynamic column label
3. from the report page click on the column label
4. from properties pane look for "column label" the default would be "data item label/name" change that to "data item value"
5. in the same pane change the "data item" property to have the data item that u created for the column label. |
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