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Contents 1 INTRODUCTION—BOXPLOT ........................................................................... 9
1.1 PURPOSE .............................................................................................................. 9 1.2 APPLICABILITY ....................................................................................................... 9
2 ADDING A BOX PLOT VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .................. 10
3 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 11
4 INTRODUCTION—HEATMAP ........................................................................ 14
4.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 14 4.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 14
5 ADDING A HEATMAP VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .................. 15
6 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 16
7 INTRODUCTION—NETWORK DIAGRAM ...................................................... 18
7.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 18 7.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 18
8 ADDING A NETWORK DIAGRAM TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ............................ 19
9 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 20
10 INTRODUCTION—PACKED BUBBLE ............................................................. 22
10.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 22 10.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 22
11 ADDING A PACKED BUBBLE VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ....... 23
12 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 24
13 INTRODUCTION—TREEMAP BY CATEGORY ................................................. 27
13.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 27 13.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 27
14 ADDING A TREEMAP BY CATEGORY VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT 28
15 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 29
16 INTRODUCTION—TREEMAP BY VALUE ........................................................ 31
16.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 31 16.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 31
17 ADDING A TREEMAP BY VALUE VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .. 32
18 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 33
19 INTRODUCTION—WATERFALL .................................................................... 35
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19.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 35 19.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 35
20 ADDING A WATERFALL VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ............... 36
21 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 37
22 INTRODUCTION—AREA (SMOOTH) ............................................................. 40
22.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 40 22.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 40
23 ADDING AN AREA (SMOOTH) VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ..... 41
24 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 42
25 INTRODUCTION—AREA STACKED (SMOOTH) ............................................. 44
25.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 44 25.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 44
26 ADDING A STACKED AREA (SMOOTH) VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT45
27 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 46
28 INTRODUCTION—AREA STACKED (STRAIGHT) ........................................... 48
28.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 48 28.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 48
29 ADDING A STACKED AREA (STRAIGHT) VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT 49
30 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 50
31 INTRODUCTION—AREA (STRAIGHT) .......................................................... 52
31.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 52 31.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 52
32 ADDING AN AREA (STRAIGHT) VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .. 53
33 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 54
34 INTRODUCTION—100% STACKED BAR ...................................................... 56
34.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 56 34.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 56
35 ADDING A 100 PERCENT STACKED BAR VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT 57
36 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 58
37 INTRODUCTION—CLUSTERED BAR ............................................................. 60
37.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 60 37.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 60
38 ADDING A CLUSTERED BAR VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ....... 61
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39 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 62
40 INTRODUCTION—STACKED BAR ................................................................. 64
40.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 64 40.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 64
41 ADDING A STACKED BAR VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT............ 65
42 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 66
43 INTRODUCTION—CLUSTERED COLUMN ...................................................... 68
43.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 68 43.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 68
44 ADDING A CLUSTERED COLUMN VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT 69
45 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 70
46 INTRODUCTION—100% STACKED COLUMN ............................................... 72
46.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 72 46.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 72
47 ADDING A 100 PERCENT STACKED COLUMN VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT 73
48 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 74
49 INTRODUCTION—STACKED COLUMN .......................................................... 76
49.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 76 49.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 76
50 ADDING A STACKED COLUMN VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .... 77
51 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 78
52 INTRODUCTION—DONUT ............................................................................ 80
52.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 80 52.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 80
53 ADDING A DONUT VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ...................... 81
54 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 82
55 INTRODUCTION—GANTT ............................................................................. 84
55.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 84 55.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 84
56 ADDING A GANTT VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ....................... 85
57 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 86
58 INTRODUCTION—GAUGE............................................................................. 88
58.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 88 58.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 88
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59 ADDING A SIMPLE GAUGE VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .......... 89
60 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 90
61 INTRODUCTION—LINE MARKED (STRAIGHT) ............................................ 92
61.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 92 61.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 92
62 ADDING A LINE (STRAIGHT) WITH CIRCLE MARKERS VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ................................................................................................................... 93
63 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 94
64 INTRODUCTION—LINE (SMOOTH) .............................................................. 96
64.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................ 96 64.2 APPLICABILITY ..................................................................................................... 96
65 ADDING A LINE (SMOOTH) VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ........ 97
66 PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 98
67 INTRODUCTION—LINE (STRAIGHT) ......................................................... 100
67.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 100 67.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 100
68 ADDING A LINE (STRAIGHT) VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .... 101
69 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 102
70 INTRODUCTION—BUBBLE ......................................................................... 104
70.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 104 70.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 104
71 ADDING A BUBBLE VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ................... 105
72 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 106
73 INTRODUCTION—PIE ................................................................................ 108
73.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 108 73.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 108
74 ADDING A PIE VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .......................... 109
75 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 110
76 INTRODUCTION—RADAR .......................................................................... 112
76.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 112 76.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 112
77 ADDING A RADAR VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ..................... 113
78 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 114
79 INTRODUCTION—SCATTER ....................................................................... 116
79.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 116
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79.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 116
80 ADDING A SCATTER VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT .................. 117
81 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 118
82 INTRODUCTION—TAG CLOUD ................................................................... 120
82.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 120 82.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 120
83 ADDING A TAG CLOUD VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT ............. 121
84 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 122
85 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 124
85.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 124 85.2 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................... 124
86 ADDING A NETWORK WITH BUBBLES VISUALIZATION TO AN ACTIVE REPORT125
87 PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 126
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Box Plot Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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1 Introduction—Boxplot
1.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add box plot extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
1.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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2 Adding a box plot visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Box plots show groups of numerical data from a distribution of numbers, such as minimum and maximum values, upper and lower quartiles, median values, and outlying values. This is an example of a box plot visualization:
Before you begin
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Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition. For this type of visualization, the following Data Container properties are not applicable:
Drill-Through Tooltips Set Variable Values Container Select Application Drill-Through Show Hover
For the Clickable Regions property, the only applicable option is Visualization as a Whole.
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1. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
2. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area.
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3. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Box plot icon and click OK.
4. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. One bar is plotted for each category. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone. All data points in a series are aggregated into a single bar.
5. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Heatmap Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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4 Introduction—Heatmap
4.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add heatmap extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
4.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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5 Adding a heatmap visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Heatmaps in IBM Cognos Active Report use shades of color to represent the individual values that are contained in a matrix. Similar to treemaps, you can use heatmaps to identify patterns and exceptions. Unlike treemaps, the sizes of the rectangles are not proportionate to values. This is an example of a heatmap visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have
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Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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6. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
7. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 8. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Heatmap icon and click OK.
9. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure or a single value to define the color shading of the rectangles. b. Under Categories, drag items to the Y Category and X Category. Tip: Ensure that the items in the Y Category and X Category come from different dimensions.
10. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Network Diagram Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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7 Introduction—Network Diagram
7.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add network diagram extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
7.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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8 Adding a network diagram to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. You can add a network diagram in IBM Cognos Active Report. The nodes data container defines the items that you want to link together. The links data container defines relationship between the items that you want to link together. This is an example of a network diagram visualization:
Before you begin Network node drop zones only take numeric data items. Not all data sources have the appropriate data to create a network diagram. Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight.
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About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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11. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
12. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 13. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Network diagram icon and click OK.
14. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. In the Nodes1 data container, drag items to Node (Numeric) and Name. The nodes data container defines the items that you want to link together, such as Employees, defined by an employee code. b. In the Links1 data container, drag items to From node (Numeric) and To node (Numeric). The links data container defines relationship between the items that you want to link together, such as Employees and Managers.
15. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Packed Bubble Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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10 Introduction—Packed Bubble
10.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add packed bubble extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
10.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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11 Adding a packed bubble visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. A packed bubble visualization in IBM Cognos Active Report is similar to a bubble chart in which the bubbles are tightly packed rather than spread over a grid. You can use a packed bubble visualization to display a large amount of data in a small space. This is an example of a packed bubble visualization:
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Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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16. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
17. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 18. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Packed bubble icon and click OK.
19. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Drag a measure or a single value to the data container, under Values. b. Under Categories, drag an item to plot as the bubbles. c. Under Series, drag an item to apply as a category. Each item in the category gets a different color from the color palette.
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20. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Treemap by Category Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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13 Introduction—Treemap by Category
13.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add treemap by category extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
13.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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14 Adding a treemap by category visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Treemaps show relationships among large numbers of components by using size and color coding in a set of nested rectangles. A treemap by category identifies the level 1 category by color. The sizes of the rectangles represent the values. This is an example of a treemap by category visualization:
Before you begin
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Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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21. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
22. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 23. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Treemap by category icon and click OK.
24. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag an item to Size to define the color of the level 1 rectangles b. Under Categories, drag items to the different levels. Each level represents the category within which the subsequent levels are nested. For example, the levels might be Year, Product Line, and Product Type.
25. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Treemap by Value Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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16 Introduction—Treemap by Value
16.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add treemap by value extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
16.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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17 Adding a treemap by value visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Treemaps show relationships among large numbers of components by using size and color coding in a set of nested rectangles. A treemap by value identifies one of the two measures by the sizes of the rectangles and identifies the other measure by color. This is an example of a treemap by value visualization, where the size of the product type rectangles represents revenue and the color of the product type rectangles represents quantity sold:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization
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Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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26. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
27. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 28. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Treemap by value icon and click OK.
29. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag items to define the size and color of the rectangles to Size and Color. b. Under Categories, drag items to the different levels. Each level represents the category within which the subsequent levels are nested. For example, the levels might be Year, Product Line, and Product Type.
30. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Waterfall Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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19 Introduction—Waterfall
19.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add waterfall extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
19.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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20 Adding a waterfall visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Waterfall visualizations are used to show the cumulative effect that a series of positive or negative values have on an initial value. This is an example of a waterfall visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization
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Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the visualization definition. For this type of visualization, the following Data Container properties are not applicable:
Drill-Through Tooltips Set Variable Values Container Select Application Drill-Through Show Hover
For the Clickable Regions property, the only applicable option is Visualization as a Whole.
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31. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
32. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 33. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Waterfall chart icon and click OK.
34. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
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a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Value drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone.
35. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Area (Smooth) Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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22 Introduction—Area (Smooth)
22.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add area (smooth) extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
22.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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23 Adding an area (smooth) visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Area charts are like line charts, but the areas below the lines are filled with colors or patterns. You can use area charts to emphasize the magnitude of change over time. This is an example of an area (smooth) visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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36. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
37. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 38. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Area (smooth) icon and click OK.
39. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the X categories drop zone.
40. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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25 Introduction—Area Stacked (Smooth)
25.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add stacked area (smooth) extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
25.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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26 Adding a stacked area (smooth) visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Area charts are like line charts, but the areas below the lines are filled with colors or patterns. You can use area charts to emphasize the magnitude of change over time. Stacked area charts are used to show the relationship of parts to the whole. This is an example of a stacked area (smooth) visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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41. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
42. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 43. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Area – Stacked (smooth) icon and click OK.
44. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the X categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
45. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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28 Introduction—Area Stacked (Straight)
28.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add stacked area (straight) extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
28.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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29 Adding a stacked area (straight) visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Area charts are like line charts, but the areas below the lines are filled with colors or patterns. You can use area charts to emphasize the magnitude of change over time. Stacked area charts are used to show the relationship of parts to the whole. This is an example of a stacked area (straight) visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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46. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
47. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 48. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Area – Stacked (smooth) icon and click OK.
49. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the X categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
50. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Area (Straight) Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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31 Introduction—Area (Straight)
31.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add area (straight) extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
31.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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32 Adding an area (straight) visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Area charts are like line charts, but the areas below the lines are filled with colors or patterns. You can use area charts to emphasize the magnitude of change over time. This is an example of an area (straight) visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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51. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
52. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 53. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Area (straight) icon and click OK.
54. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the X categories drop zone.
55. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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100% Stacked Bar Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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34 Introduction—100% Stacked Bar
34.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add 100 percent stacked bar extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
34.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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35 Adding a 100 percent stacked bar visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. 100% stacked bar charts use horizontal data markers to compare values as a percentage. Bar charts are preferred over column charts when category names are long. 100 percent stacked charts are useful for comparing proportional contributions across all categories. They plot the relative contribution of each data series to the total as a percentage. This is an example of a 100 percent stacked bar visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight.
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About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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56. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
57. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 58. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Bar – 100 Percent Stacked icon and click
OK.
59. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Y categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
60. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Clustered Bar Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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37 Introduction—Clustered Bar
37.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add clustered bar extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
37.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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38 Adding a clustered bar visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Bar charts use horizontal data markers to compare individual values. You can use bar charts to compare discrete data or show trends over time. Use clustered bar charts to compare values across multiple categories. This is an example of a clustered bar visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones.
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Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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61. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
62. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 63. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Bar – Clustered icon and click OK.
64. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
65. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Stacked Bar Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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40 Introduction—Stacked Bar
40.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add stacked bar extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
40.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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41 Adding a stacked bar visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Bar charts use horizontal data markers to compare individual values. You can use bar charts to compare discrete data or show trends over time. Bar charts are preferred over column charts when category names are long. Stacked charts are useful for comparing proportional contributions within a category. They plot the relative value that each data series contributes to the total. This is an example of a stacked bar visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items.
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When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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66. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
67. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 68. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Bar – Stacked icon and click OK.
69. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Y categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
70. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Clustered Column Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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43 Introduction—Clustered Column
43.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add clustered column extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
43.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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44 Adding a clustered column visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Column charts use vertical data markers to compare individual values. You can use column charts to compare discrete data or show trends over time. Use clustered column charts to compare values across multiple categories. This is an example of a clustered column visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones.
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Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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71. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
72. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 73. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Column – Clustered icon and click OK.
74. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
75. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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100 Percent Stacked Column Visualizations
Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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46 Introduction—100% Stacked Column
46.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add 100 percent stacked column extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
46.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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47 Adding a 100 percent stacked column visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. 100% stacked column charts use vertical data markers to compare values as a percentage. 100 percent stacked charts are useful for comparing proportional contributions across all categories. They plot the relative contribution of each data series to the total as a percentage. This is an example of a 100 percent stacked column visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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76. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
77. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 78. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Column – Stacked icon and click OK.
79. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the X categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
80. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Stacked Column Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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49 Introduction—Stacked Column
49.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add stacked column extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
49.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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50 Adding a stacked column visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Column charts use vertical data markers to compare individual values. You can use column charts to compare discrete data or show trends over time. Stacked charts are useful for comparing proportional contributions within a category. They plot the relative value that each data series contributes to the total. This is an example of a stacked column visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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81. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
82. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 83. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Column – Stacked icon and click OK.
84. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the X categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
85. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Donut Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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52 Introduction—Donut
52.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add donut extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
52.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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53 Adding a donut visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Donut visualizations use segments of a ring to show the relationship of parts to the whole. You can use donut visualizations to highlight proportions. This donut visualization has a legend and title. This is an example of a donut visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear
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for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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86. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
87. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 88. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Donut icon and click OK.
89. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone to define the size of each segment. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone to define the number of segments in the donut.
90. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Gantt Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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55 Introduction—Gantt
55.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add Gantt extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
55.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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56 Adding a Gantt visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Gantt charts are bar charts that illustrate a project schedule by showing activities displayed against time. This is an example of a Gantt visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear
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for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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91. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
92. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 93. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Gantt icon and click OK.
94. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Start date drop zone. b. Under Values, drag a measure to the End date drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. d. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
95. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Simple Gauge Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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58 Introduction—Gauge
58.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add simple gauge extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
58.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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59 Adding a simple gauge visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Gauge charts, also known as dial charts or speedometer charts, show information as a reading on a dial. This gauge chart is only valid with one category. The value is a percentage and must be between 0 and 1. This is an example of a simple gauge visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure
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drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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96. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
97. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 98. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Radar icon and click OK.
99. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag an item to the Size drop zone. The item must be a value between 0 and 1. For example, the item can be a calculation that gives a result between 0 and 1.
b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Category drop zone.
100. Click the data item that you inserted in the Size drop zone. 101. In the Properties pane, double-click the Value Range property. 102. Click the Specified radio button, type 0 in the Minimum box, 1 in the
Maximum box, and then click OK. 103. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Line – Marked (Straight) Visualizations
Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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61 Introduction—Line Marked (Straight)
61.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add line (straight) with circle markers extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
61.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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62 Adding a line (straight) with circle markers visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Line charts plot data at regular points connected by lines. You can use line charts to show trends over time and compare many data series. This is an example of a line (straight) with circle markers visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones.
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Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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104. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
105. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 106. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Line – Marked (straight) icon and
click OK.
107. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
108. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Line (Smooth) Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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64 Introduction—Line (Smooth)
64.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add line (smooth) extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
64.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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65 Adding a line (smooth) visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Line charts plot data at regular points connected by lines. You can use line charts to show trends over time and compare many data series. This is an example of a line (smooth) visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items.
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When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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109. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
110. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 111. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Line (smooth) icon and click OK.
112. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
113. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Line (Straight) Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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67 Introduction—Line (Straight)
67.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add line (straight) extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
67.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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68 Adding a line (straight) visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Line charts plot data at regular points connected by lines. You can use line charts to show trends over time and compare many data series. This is an example of a line (straight) visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items.
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When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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114. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
115. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 116. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Line (straight) icon and click OK.
117. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
118. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Bubble Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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70 Introduction—Bubble
70.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add bubble extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
70.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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71 Adding a bubble visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Bubble charts use data points and bubbles to plot measures anywhere along a scale. One measure is plotted along each axis. The size of the bubble represents a third measure. You can use bubble charts to represent financial data or any data where measure values are related. This is an example of a bubble visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones.
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Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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119. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
120. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 121. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Bubble icon and click OK.
122. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the X-axis drop zone. b. Under Values, drag an item to the Y-axis drop zone. c. Under Values, drag an item to the Size drop zone to define the size of each bubble. d. Under Categories, drag an item to the Color drop zone to define the color of the bubbles.
123. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Pie Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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73 Introduction—Pie
73.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add pie extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
73.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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74 Adding a pie visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Pie visualizations are useful for showing the relationship of parts to the whole. This is an example of a pie visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items.
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When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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124. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
125. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 126. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Pie icon and click OK.
127. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag an item to the Size drop zone to define the size of each segment. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone to define the number of slices in the pie.
128. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Radar Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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76 Introduction—Radar
76.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add radar extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
76.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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77 Adding a radar visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Radar charts integrate multiple axes into a single radial figure. For each figure, data is plotted along a separate axis that starts at the center of the chart. This is an example of a radar visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items.
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When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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129. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
130. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 131. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Radar icon and click OK.
132. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Values drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Spokes drop zone.
133. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Scatter Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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79 Introduction—Scatter
79.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add scatter extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
79.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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80 Adding a scatter visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Scatter charts use data points to plot two measures anywhere along a scale, not only at regular tick marks. You can use scatter charts to explore correlations between different measures. This is an example of a scatter visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones.
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Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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134. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
135. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 136. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Scatter icon and click OK.
137. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the X-axis drop zone. b. Under Values, drag a measure to the Y-axis drop zone. c. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone. d. Under Categories, drag an item to the Series drop zone.
138. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Tag Cloud Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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82 Introduction—Tag Cloud
82.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add tag cloud extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
82.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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83 Adding a tag cloud visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. Tag clouds show a list of words with their size and color intensity determined by a given measure. This is an example of a tag cloud visualization:
Before you begin Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear
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for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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139. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
140. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 141. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Tag cloud icon and click OK.
142. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. Under Values, drag a measure to the Size drop zone. b. Under Categories, drag an item to the Categories drop zone.
143. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
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Network with Bubbles Visualizations Product: IBM® Cognos® Active Report
Area of Interest: Reporting
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85 Introduction
85.1 Purpose This document demonstrates how to add network with bubbles extensible visualizations to active reports in Report Studio.
85.2 Applicability To perform the tasks in this document, you must use IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 with visualizations imported by the administrator and made available to users.
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86 Adding a network with bubbles visualization to an active report
You can add a visualization to an active report to efficiently represent your data. You can add a network with bubbles visualization in IBM Cognos Active Report. Network with bubbles charts use nodes and links to show the relationships between entities or items. Bubbles vary in size and color according to different measures. The nodes data container defines the items that you want to link together. The links data container defines relationship between the items that you want to link together. This is an example of a network with bubbles visualization:
Before you begin Network node drop zones (From node, To node, Node) only take numeric data items. Not all data sources have the appropriate data to create a network with bubbles visualization. Your administrator must make the visualizations available in the Visualization Gallery. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view visualizations, you must have Microsoft Silverlight 5 installed on your computer. Firefox or iPad users do not need Silverlight. About this task
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You add data to a visualization by inserting data items in drop zones. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. When all the required drop zones contain data items, additional drop zones appear for extra categories or values. You can use extra categories and extra values to filter data or set variables. Extra items are not visible in the visualization. When working with dimensional data sources, if the visualization does not contain a measure against which to plot data, you must provide one. For example, if you add a single member to the values drop zone, such as '2012', the default measure drop zone appears in which you must insert a measure. Attention: The supported properties for a visualization are determined by the
visualization definition.
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144. Create a new active report or open an existing active report.
145. From the Toolbox tab , drag a Visualization icon to the work area. 146. From the Visualization Gallery, select the Network with Bubbles icon and click
OK.
147. From the Source tab , drag items to the appropriate location in the data container:
a. In the links data1 data container, drag items to From node and To node. The links data container defines the relationship between the items that you want to link together, such as Employees and Manager.
b. In the Node data1 data container, drag measures to the Node value1 and Node value2 drop zones.
The nodes data container defines the items that you want to link together, such as Employees, defined by an employee code. Node value1 is the measure that determines the size of the bubbles, and Node value2 is the measure that determines the color of the bubbles.
c. In the Node data1 data container, drag items to the Node and Name drop zones. Node is the numeric field that uniquely identifies the nodes to plot, and Name is the label that appears in each node.
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148. Add any active controls that you want and run the report.
