selection prompt + Filter

[sdf]

hi,

Just starting to learn report studio.
I would like to create a prompt page or a report viewer that lets you choose a report (from list of created reports) then filter the content dependent on the available filters for the selected report.


:)

[charlie]

If you want multiple reports to be visible all at once and run them as per selected prompts, i doubt you can do much in report studio. Try looking at Cognos Workspace for getting this functionality.

Let me know if this helps.

Charlie.

[BigChris]

I might be missing something, but what you're describing sounds like a portal page with a navigator pointing to folder of reports.

[sdf]

BigChris,
yup something like that. A portal page which will act as a prompt page for a user to select a report from a dropdown list, then select the available filters for the selected report. once hit next or finished, should show the report on another window.

Right now, im experimenting on using iFrames. searching now for java script that will pull values from a value prompt.

[BigChris]

Ahh...ok, that's different to what I was suggesting. That sounds like a full blow Javascript development, which I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to help you with. Are you planning to dynamically search for the reports in a folder to populate the list?

Have you taken a look on CognosPaul's blog? He's done some extremely clever stuff there and you might be able to get some pointers: www.cognospaul.com

[sdf]

yup, i visited that as well.

I was able to have a dropdown of the list of the reports and a button to open the selected report. (via javascript)
This is just the first stage, now i need to figure out how after selecting the report on the dropdown, it will show available filters for the selected report then issue a button that will open the selected report with the selected filters applied. I can sense, as you said, this'll be full blown javascripting.

Will be studying how to pass parameters/data from javascript to report objects and vise-versa.

[BigChris]

Sounds really interesting and I'd love to see it once it's done. Mind you, I wouldn't fancy the job of bug-fixing it if it goes wrong, or altering it if Cognos changes its structures etc.  :-\

[bdbits]

If you really want a highly customized experience like this and have developer experience, I would not try to shoehorn it into a Cognos report. I could see that breaking down the road.

You could use Workspace to do some of what you want, but I think it falls short of the level of customization you want. So I would crack open the SDK and created a standard web page with embedded Cognos reports. Cognos has some pretty fully-featured APIs and I do not think this would be too difficult.

Just my two cents worth.  *plink* *plink*