Object | Description |
Block | Adds an empty block, a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear. |
Table | Adds a table, a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear. |
Field Set | Adds an empty block that has a caption. This is similar to the Block object, but with a caption. |
Calculated Member | Adds a calculated member |
Intersection (Tuple) | Adds an intersection (tuple) |
Query Calculation | Adds a calculated column |
Layout Calculation | Adds a calculation in the layout that contains run-time information, such as current date, current time, and user name. |
| Crosstab Space | Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge. Blank cells appear for the edge when the report is run. Insert this object when a crosstab edge does not produce useful data and you want blanks to appear in the cells instead. |
| Crosstab Space (with fact cells) | Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge.
Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge. The contents
of the fact cells for the edge are rendered when a measure is added
or the default measure
|
Singleton | Inserts a single data item |
Conditional Blocks | Adds an empty block that you can use for
conditional formatting |
HTML Item | Adds a container in which you can insert HTML code. HTML items can be anything that your browser will execute, including links, images, multimedia, tooltips, or JavaScript. HTML items appear only when you run the report in HTML format. Note: You cannot include <form> tags in HTML items. When you upgrade to the next version of Cognos 8, the report upgrade processes do not account for the use of undocumented and unsupported mechanisms or features such as JavaScript that refers to Cognos HTML objects. |
Rich Text Item | Inserts an object that is used to render HTML in the layout. This object is similar to the HTML Item, except that rich text items also render in PDF output. Using rich text items is useful when you want to add annotations defined in a data source to a report. Note: Rich text items support only a restricted set of well-formed XHTML. |
Hyperlink | Adds a hyperlink so that users can jump to another place, such as a Web site. |
Hyperlink Button | Adds a hyperlink in the form of a button. |
As of Time Expression | Adds a As of Time expression so that you
can show data for a specific time period |
Page Number | Inserts page numbers that you can customize |
Row Number | Numbers each row of data returned when the report is run. Note: You can add row numbers only to lists and repeaters. |
Layout Component Reference | Adds a reference to another object. Useful when you want to reuse an object. |
Metric Studio Diagram | Adds a Metric Studio history chart as an image. For information about adding a Metric Studio diagram to a report, see the Metric Studio User Guide. |
Table of Contents | Creates a table of contents that is rendered
in the output of a report |
Table of Contents Entry | Adds a table of contents marker |
Bookmark | Inserts a bookmark so that users can move
from one part of a report to another |
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to the report.