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IBM Cognos 8 Platform => COGNOS 8 => Report Studio => Topic started by: RubenvdLinden on 23 Oct 2009 04:23:52 AM

Title: Cognos 8.2 List report: Line height and column size not working?
Post by: RubenvdLinden on 23 Oct 2009 04:23:52 AM
I have made a list report. My client would like to have this report fit on a single page. She also would like a fixed column size.

I selected the List Columns Body Style, clicked Spacing & Breaking and set the Line Height to 2 mm.
In Report Studio, I see the line height has decreased. However when I run the report (pdf), the line height displays as default. Same thing for the column size, whenever I run the report my settings seem to be ignored.

What am I doing wrong?
Title: Re: Cognos 8.2 List report: Line height and column size not working?
Post by: blom0344 on 23 Oct 2009 10:07:32 AM
The PDF renderer has a life of its own and obeys a different set of rules. Another way of enforcing is use characters in the list header and use 'no wrap' to enforce fixed column width
Title: Re: Cognos 8.2 List report: Line height and column size not working?
Post by: RubenvdLinden on 26 Oct 2009 05:26:43 AM
Quote from: blom0344 on 23 Oct 2009 10:07:32 AM
The PDF renderer has a life of its own and obeys a different set of rules.
As you can imagine, I'm not too happy with those rules :P Adjustment of column size and line height are basic features of predecessor Cognos Impromptu.
Will it be any better if I upgrade to Cognos 8.4?
Title: Re: Cognos 8.2 List report: Line height and column size not working?
Post by: RubenvdLinden on 07 Dec 2009 09:10:41 AM
We upgraded to Cognos 8.4 and now it works.