Use this method to give yourself more choices for your report’s format and delivery options. Find the report you want to download. In the column, click (Run with options) do not click the link Actions – As an example, let’s download Exercise 05 - List The options you will most likely use are: Format - HTML, various Excel versions, or PDF Delivery View report now or Send me the report by email – Advanced options scheduling a report (once) or emailing to others – Run with options - Downloading to Excel You must make sure your PC has these settings before attempting to download to Excel from Cognos Connection when using Internet Explorer: In the Actions column, click Run with options (do not click the link) Select Open or Save (your choice) Once Excel opens, you have full Excel functionality Save the file with a new meaningful name FYI - Run with options Other Formats – HTML results display in your browser. – creates a report that cannot be modified. PDF – (Acrobat Reader must be installed on your system) Delimited text (CSV) creates comma separated values for using with Excel – XML (extensible markup language) allows you to see XML representation of the – report’s queries, prompts, layouts and styles.
Use this method to give yourself more choices for your report’s format and delivery options. Find the report you want to download. In the Actions column, click (Run with options) – do not click the link As an example, let’s download Exercise 05 - List The options you will most likely use are: Format - HTML, various Excel versions, or PDF Delivery – View report now or Send me the report by email Advanced options – scheduling a report (once) or emailing to others Run with options - Downloading to Excel You must make sure your PC has these settings before attempting to download to Excel from Cognos Connection when using Internet Explorer: In the Actions column, click Run with options (do not click the link) Select Open or Save (your choice) Once Excel opens, you have full Excel functionality Save the file with a new meaningful name FYI - Run with options – Other Formats HTML – results display in your browser. PDF – creates a report that cannot be modified. (Acrobat Reader must be installed on your system) Delimited text (CSV) – creates comma separated values for using with Excel XML (extensible markup language) – allows you to see XML representation of the report’s queries, prompts, layouts and styles.
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