The toolbar, which provides access to frequently used actions in Analysis Studio, is now at the top of the window to be consistent with other Cognos 8 components.
| PowerPlay Web | Cognos 8 Equivalent | Button | Comments |
| Find | Search | | Because Cognos 8 supports many new data sources,
searching is limited to the immediate details of the selected item
to maintain performance  . |
| Run | | To view all of the data in the analysis, or
to see how it will show in Cognos Viewer, click the desired output
type . You
can use the report options to specify a title or expand More | |
| Drill Through | Go To | | Drill through capabilities have been enhanced
in this release . |
| Filter | | In PowerPlay Series 7, PowerPlay Windows users
can define filter rules, but PowerPlay Web users cannot. Analysis
Studio supports filtering by measure, name, or attribute, as well as
providing flexible AND and OR operators | |
| Rank (Top or Bottom option) | Top or Bottom Filter | | Top or Bottom filters are extended to focus
on a percentage or cumulative sum, as well as the top or bottom number
of items . |
| Zero Suppress | Suppress Empty Cells | | Analysis Studio uses either totals-based
or selection-based suppression To
see other options, from the Settings menu,
click Suppress |
| Sort | Sort | | Analysis Studio offers enhanced sort capabilities.
For example, you can sort nested rows and columns in different ways . |
| Subtotals | | Automatic subtotals summarize the rows and
columns shown, while maintaining the context of data that is filtered
out or excluded . | |
| Summarize | | Summary calculations, such as count and standard
deviation, are available . | |
| Calculate | Calculate | | New ranking and analytical functions have been
added to the many PowerPlay Web calculations, as well as the ability
to create compound expressions . |
| Chart type | | Additional chart types are available in Analysis
Studio, such as Pareto charts, column-line charts, and point charts . | |
| Create custom subsets | Create custom sets | | You can save data of interest as a custom set
to preserve its definition, . |
