Cognos Charts- Different Chart types and Configuration

In Cognos, You can create different charts for displaying the reports very similar to other report types like list and crosstab.Following are the various chart types: PurposeChart type or configuration Show contributions of parts to a wholepiestacked configuration100% stacked configuration Show trends in time or contrast values across different categorieslineareabarcolumn Compare groups of related information against actual valuesstandard configurationradar3D Compare different kinds of quantitative informationcolumn-line Column Charts  Column charts are useful to compare discrete data or to show trends over time.Column...

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How to change the package for an existing report which is pointing to different package?

Now that you have learnt how to create a column chart and how to create a list report. before moving on to the other type of reports, i want to just put a note point here. Suppose you have started with some package. say Go sales package, and you would like to change the package that you are using to Go Data Warehouse due to some circumstances. then?So here is the solution for doing it. This is very simple and yet to be known. There are two different ways in doing this. 1st method:1.Go to File menu in the Toolbox. 2.Select Report Package options 3.It will show you the Report package dialog box as shown below 4.Check...

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Create & Format Different Crosstabs- Single Edge, Nested, Discontinuous etc

Crosstab Reports Use crosstab reports to show information in a more compact form than in a grouped list. For example, create a crosstab report to show total sales by product line generated by each sales representative.Like list reports, crosstab reports are reports that show data in rows and columns. However, the values at the intersection points of rows and columns show summarized information rather than detailed information. For information about how to create a crosstab report, see the Report Studio Tour.Crosstab Nodes and Crosstab Node Member: When you add data items to crosstabs, you create crosstab nodes and crosstab node members....

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