Adding a crosstab to a blank report
About this task
A crosstab (cross table) shows the relationship between
two or more sets of data; for example the number of wikis added compared
to the number of forums added in the past year. The simplest form
of crosstab shows one Measure, one set of Categories, and one Data
series. The example report created in the instructions that follow
uses a crosstab to display the same data as in the example trend chart
created in Adding
a trend chart to a report; in this example the report will
display as a table instead of a line chart.
Note: Earlier examples
added the Measures to a report first but in a crosstab, the measure
appears within each cell of the table"s data area, so it will
be added last to keep the instructions clear.
For more information on the dimensions (Measures and Categories) available in the Metrics PowerCube, see PowerCube dimensions. For more information on working with Cognos Report Studio, see the Report Studio User Guide.