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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Report Studio => Topic started by: uidancer1 on 26 Apr 2012 05:28:47 PM

Title: Bar Chart - Pass Non-Series Parameter to Drill-Thru
Post by: uidancer1 on 26 Apr 2012 05:28:47 PM
I have a bar chart that shows a count (y-axis) by Category Type (series) and Month/Year (x-axis). The chart is filtered by Location. I am trying to pass the parameters Category Type, Month/Year, AND Location to a drill-thru report upon clicking a specific bar. Since Location is only a filter and is not actually displayed in my chart, it will not pass.

Note: I am actually using this chart in Business Insight so it is not as simple as passing Location as a parameter instead of a data item.
Title: Re: Bar Chart - Pass Non-Series Parameter to Drill-Thru
Post by: MFGF on 30 Apr 2012 07:42:51 AM
You will need to bring Location in as an item in your chart query in order to be able to pass it as a data item. I imagine you already have it in a _BusinessInsight_ query if you are filtering on it within Business Insight?

Regards,

MF.
Title: Re: Bar Chart - Pass Non-Series Parameter to Drill-Thru
Post by: uidancer1 on 30 Apr 2012 03:11:54 PM
I figured out the issue. I did have Location in my query but because it was not actually in the chart object, it would not pass. I had to click on the Series value within the chart and in the Properties pane on the left side I clicked Data -> Properties. I then checked the box for the attribute I wanted to include in the chart (Location).
Thanks!