Enabling Expand and Collapse icons for column and row headings in a crosstab

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

  1. In Cognos Administration, on the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
  2. Click Set Properties - Configuration Set properties icon.
  3. Click the Settings tab then, in the Environment category, find the Advanced settings configuration setting.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. On the Set advanced settings - Configuration page, create a parameter that is called VIEWER_JS_EXPAND_COLLAPSE_CONTROLS_DEFAULT.
  6. 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.
  7. Click OK, then click OK again.