Cognos Report Studio

Cognos Report Studio
Report Studio is used to create a report from the model created by Framework Manager.

Create Sample Report
1. Logon Cognos Connection Development Environment by https://dwsl01.housingauthority.gov.hk:444/ServletGateway/servlet/Gateway
2. In Welcome page, click Report Studio.
3. Select Package.

4. Click Create a new report, select List report and click OK.
5. Drag and drop model fields from Insertable Objects.

6. Select Run Report (PDF).

7. Click File and click Save.
8. Enter report name and click Save.

9. Verify the report in the Folders.

Access Cognos Report in provided Portlet
1. Logon Portal Development Server by
https://dwsl01.housingauthority.gov.hk:444/dwps/wps/myportal
2. Click Customize.

3. Click Add Portlets, select available portlets and click OK.

4. Click Done

Access Cognos Report by URL Request
5. You can access the Cognos Report by URL Request either in GET or POST method.
6. The Gateway URL of Cognos Development Environment is
https://dwsl01.housingauthority.gov.hk:444/ServletGateway/servlet/Gateway
7. View the previous saved report by the following URL
gateway_url?b_action=xts.run&m_portal/report-viewer.xts&method=view&m_obj=defaultOutput(/content/package[@name=package_name]/folder[@name=folder_name]/report[@name=report_name])
8. Run the save report by the following URL
gateway_url?b_action=xts.run&m_portal/report-viewer.xts&method=execute&m_obj=/content/package[@name=package_name]/folder[@name=folder_name]/report[@name=report_name]
9. You can provide a parameter by adding &p_param1 in the URL.
10. You can provide the following run options in the URL.
- outputFormat=<format>
- outputLocale=<locale>
- prompt=true
- outputPageDefinition=<path_to_pdf_pagedef>
- outputPageDefinitioin=/configuration/pageDefinition[@name=?Letter?]&outputPageOrientation=landscape
- verticalElements=<n_HTML_ rows>
- horizontalElements=<n_HTML_ columns>
- primaryWaitThreshold=<n_seconds>
- xslURL=<stylesheet_url>
- nh=<no_header>
- backURL=<back_url>