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IBM Cognos Analytics Platform => Cognos Analytics => Reporting => Topic started by: Imre on 13 Sep 2019 05:15:32 AM

Title: Custom Palette for Active Report
Post by: Imre on 13 Sep 2019 05:15:32 AM
Hi,

I would like to recreate the custom palette I made in Cognos 10. I've read that we can make custom palettes for ourselves. I've found the option in normal Report, created my custom palette but I cannot access that palette in an Active Report.

Is there a way I can access a custom palette in an Active Report?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Custom Palette for Active Report
Post by: Imre on 17 Nov 2019 08:28:47 AM
Any chance someone can confirm whether custom palette may be used in Active Reports in Cognos Analyitcs 11.1?
Title: Re: Custom Palette for Active Report
Post by: MFGF on 18 Nov 2019 09:28:23 AM
Quote from: Imre on 17 Nov 2019 08:28:47 AM
Any chance someone can confirm whether custom palette may be used in Active Reports in Cognos Analyitcs 11.1?

Hi,

When you are referring to palettes, do you mean in charts / visualizations, or in something else?

If you create a custom palette for a chart, for example (one from the Cognos 10 AVS chart engine), you can use this in an Active Report. You can also edit the spec of a Cognos 10.2.1 / 10.2.2 visualization (one from the RAVE visualization engine) to introduce custom palettes - this involves you using the Visualization Customizer tool. I have a tutorial somewhere that walks through how to do this.

Hope that helps!

MF.
Title: Re: Custom Palette for Active Report
Post by: Imre on 19 Nov 2019 04:31:34 AM
Quote from: MFGF on 18 Nov 2019 09:28:23 AM
Hi,

When you are referring to palettes, do you mean in charts / visualizations, or in something else?

If you create a custom palette for a chart, for example (one from the Cognos 10 AVS chart engine), you can use this in an Active Report. You can also edit the spec of a Cognos 10.2.1 / 10.2.2 visualization (one from the RAVE visualization engine) to introduce custom palettes - this involves you using the Visualization Customizer tool. I have a tutorial somewhere that walks through how to do this.

Hope that helps!

MF.

In either Active Report or Report I click on the visualisation. (let's say a Clustered Column)

In Report's Properties there is Color Palette and it has two options: Categories color and Continuous color. Either of the two navigates me to a color palette "changer" where I can change, duplicate, add new color palettes. (the same UI as in Dashboard)
In Active Report's Properties there is Common and it has a Color Palette option with a set of color palettes. I would like to create my own Color Palette to be shown here.