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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

by Dustin Adkison
May 2013
Intermediate to advanced
318 pages
6h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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Filtering

Filtering is a mechanism for limiting the data that is rendered in a report or a dashboard. A filter is going to remove the information that we do not need on our reports and only leave the information that is most relevant to us. Creating filters in Cognos Workspace is a straightforward process. The first step is to toggle from our Content pane to our Toolbox.

Filtering

The Cognos Workspace toolbox contains additional objects that can be added to a dashboard besides the content. They are:

  • Web Page: This object will allow you to embed a web page directly into your dashboard.
  • Image: This object will add an image to your dashboard (that is, a company ...
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