[Report Studio] Report distinction for reports by numbering/naming conventions

[clelkinsBERRY]

Hi all in the Cognos Community,

We have a general report template we've created and the only thing we are missing is a way to keep track of each report.  We would want this distinction between reports so we can directly go to a specific report and help troubleshoot an end users issue.

I'd like to know what methods you use as a report distinction method.

We were thinking of a Report ID # and maintaining the report id #'s in an excel spreadsheet w/ description for us to use but fear we may not keep up maintenance.

-OR-

Just including the Report Path() to return the report path but fear that the size of the paths may cosmetically affect the look of the report.

Does anyone know of a way to possibly have the Report ID # increment 1 each time the report opens or some other way of better automating a way to design a Report Identification #?

Please let me hear your thoughts and current Report template ideas ...

THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME