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Planning & Consolidation => COGNOS Planning => Topic started by: Rutulian on 24 Mar 2011 10:44:27 AM

Title: Line Break | in Contributor
Post by: Rutulian on 24 Mar 2011 10:44:27 AM
Hi All,

In Analyst, I can make a pretty D-List item containing a line break by using |.  For instance, YTD|2000 displays as
YTD
2000


When I synch this to Contributor, I am dismayed to find that it just displays the pipes within the text.

I am running 8.3.1202.0

Is there a trick to get this working in Contributor, or another way to achieve the same goal?
Is the trick to install a newer version?

Thanks in advance,
Rutulian
Title: Re: Line Break | in Contributor
Post by: ericlfg on 24 Mar 2011 02:56:57 PM
Hey Rutulian,

Just for fun I gave this a whirl with go_expenses in a 10.1 environment I have.  I renamed the May d-list member in dimension 4 months to "may | is great" and unfortunately I was presented with the same dilemma.  In speaking with someone, I think the function of the pipe was changed between 8.1 and 8.3+ (possibly even 8.2).  The pipe now represents a Space character rather than a Carriage Return.

From my testing it looks like this is still the case.  I would open a ticket with support and try and get them to confirm why the change.  Since the pipe is still functioning as a CR in Analyst, I would expect it to function the same in Contributor. 

Cheers!
Title: Re: Line Break | in Contributor
Post by: Rutulian on 29 Mar 2011 04:48:30 AM
Thanks Eric,

Glad to know I'm not missing something trivial - I'll start the cogs moving :)