I. Overview Starting up Cognos?? Starting up Report Studio Open an existing report Run an existing report Insertable objects Package discussion Page explorer Properties New report Change page size temporarily Change page size permanently Move columns on report Remove column from report Setting column justification Formatting columns Changing column headings Adding Line numbers to the report Saving a report Starting an existing report from Cognos?? Connection Other report output options Permanently changing report output Automatic summarization considerations Viewing Report Studio generated SQL Page set up PDF pagination options (8.3) II. Sorting and Functions Single column sort Multiple column sort Descending sort Using the advanced sorting function Function overview Using query calculation with a function Using a function on an existing report column Extract function Years_between function Upper case function Substring function Pass thru function Report validation Expression editor validation Limited local processing III. Grouping Single column group Multiple column group Group span Group header Text item Page breaks IV. End of Report and Group Totals Summarize button Count summary Total summary Changing summary description Grouped report with summaries Using layout calculation V. Filters Numeric filter Filter usage Filter application Character filter Date filter Not Equal filter Using In filter VI. Filters Part 2 Between Like Select values Functions with filters Is missing Filtering on a value not in the report Multiple filtering criteria with AND Multiple filtering criteria with OR VII. Parameters and Prompt Pages Text box parameter Value box parameter Date parameter Multiple value parameter Multiple parameters Optional filters Prompt pages Text box prompt Adjusting size of prompt Value prompt Auto submit property Use and display Change a single value to multiple value prompt Modify value prompt query Cascading prompts Tables to organize prompt page Using model filters VIII. Calculations Arithmetic calculations If-then-else logic Simple case logic Multiple if-then-else logic Search case logic String concatenation Rank and percentage Constructs folder IX. Summaries Review detail report summaries Summary total report no details Summary count report no details Summary report with end of report summary Summary report showing averages Multiple column grouped summary report Running total Rank Percentage Detail filter review Summary filter on a summary report Summary filter on a detail report Summary filters with multiple summary report Summary report with hidden columns X. Cross Tab Reports Pivot list to cross tab Swap rows and columns Using cross tab template Multiple statistic cross tab report Multiple statistic cross tab report using cross tab template Multiple identifier cross tab report using cross tab template Adding totals to a cross tab report Adding totals to multiple identifier cross tab report Row and column summarization with multiple statistic cross tab report Changing column headings on a cross tab report Cross tab detail filtering Cross tab summary filtering XI. Drill through Reports Child report Parent report Drill through property on parent report Multiple drill through different columns Multiple drill through same column Remove drill through report XII. Master Detail Reports Using list object Master detail relationship Size property Hiding redundant information in master detail report Null value impact on master detail report Unlinked reports XIII. Charts Bar chart Palette Pie chart Add report to chart Multiple identifiers in a chart Cross tab and chart Modifying chart properties Maps XIV. Formatting Font formatting Conditional explorer Conditional cell style variable Conditional row style variable Conditional format depends on function Section headers Page breaking on sections Template creation Template use Tables within a list report