In a crosstab, you can expand a column or row
heading to view the details that make up the data. You can enable
Expand and Collapse icons to appear in column and row headings. However,
an administrator must first create a parameter in IBM® Cognos® Administration.
About this task
This task must be carried out by an administrator who has
the appropriate permissions to change your IBM
Cognos Analytics application in IBM Cognos Administration.
Procedure
- In Cognos Administration,
on the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers
and Services.
- Click Set Properties - Configuration
.
- Click the Settings tab then, in
the Environment category, find the Advanced
settings configuration setting.
- Click Edit.
- On the Set advanced settings - Configuration page,
create a parameter that is called VIEWER_JS_EXPAND_COLLAPSE_CONTROLS_DEFAULT.
- Set the parameter's value as required:
- If you want the Enable expand and collapse controls property
to be visible for widgets and the Expand and Collapse icons
to be enabled by default for all crosstabs, set the parameter's value
to on.
- If you want the Enable expand and collapse controls property
to be visible for widgets but do not want the Expand and Collapse icons
to be enabled by default for all crosstabs, set the parameter's value
to off.
- To remove the ability to use the Expand and Collapse icons,
delete the parameter's value.
- Click OK, then click OK again.