Hi. I write a lot of reports but there is one thing that I wish I knew how to do.
On a list report, can you force a blank line between groups of objects in that list?
For example, if you have a report like:
DEPT EMP SALARY
123 987 $100
123 654 $200
456 009 $100
Can you ask Cognos to put a blank line between Dept 123 and Dept 456?
It is a simple thing to want, but I have not been able to find a way to do it.
Thanks in advance... John Natali
Hi ,
I think you can try adding group footer that should serve purpose for you.
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for!
Let me know if it was helpful.
Not exactly what I need to do.
I need the report to look like this:
DEPT EMP SALARY
123 987 $100
123 654 $200
--- This is the blank line that I can't get Cognos to create
456 009 $100
456 010 $300
John
Snadgir30's suggestion should work for you. Group on Dept (add a second copy of Dept for display purposes if it has to repeat as you've shown) and leave the group footer empty. Set a height on it so it doesn't collapse (assuming same behavior in C8 as ReportNet).
Or, is the problem that you only want the space between those 2 specific Depts and not others?
Steve
Hi,
This approach should work fine - you don't even need to add a second copy of Dept, simply group on it, then delete the entry from the column's 'group span' property.
Regards,
MF.