Block

Adds an empty block, which is a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear.

Tip: The Revenue by GO Subsidiary 2005 sample report in the GO Data Warehouse (analysis) package includes an empty block. For more information about The Great Outdoors Company samples, see Sample Reports and Packages.

Table

Adds a table, which is a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear.

Field Set

Adds an empty block that has a caption. This is similar to the Block object, but with a caption.

Calculated Member

Adds a calculated member .

Intersection (Tuple)

Adds an intersection (tuple) .

Query Calculation

Adds a calculated column .

Layout Calculation

Adds a calculation in the layout that contains run-time information, such as current date, current time, and user name.

Crosstab Space

Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge. Blank cells appear for the edge when the report is run.

Insert this object when a crosstab edge does not produce useful data and you want blanks to appear in the cells instead.

Crosstab Space (with fact cells)

Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge. The contents of the fact cells for the edge are rendered when a measure is added or the default measure is specified.

• If the crosstab space is nested, the scope of the fact cells is the scope of the item that is at the level before the space.

• If the crosstab space is not nested and there are no items nested below it, the scope of the fact cells is the default measure.

Singleton

Inserts a single data item .

Conditional Blocks

Adds an empty block that you can use for conditional formatting .

HTML Item

Adds a container in which you can insert HTML code. HTML items can be anything that your browser will execute, including links, images, multimedia, tooltips, or JavaScript.

HTML items appear only when you run the report in HTML format.

Note: You cannot include <form> tags in HTML items.

Tip: The Table of Contents sample report in the GO Sales (analysis) package includes an HTML item. For more information about The Great Outdoors Company samples, see Sample Reports and Packages.

When you upgrade to the next version of IBM Cognos 8, the report upgrade processes do not account for the use of undocumented and unsupported mechanisms or features, such as JavaScript, that refers to IBM Cognos HTML objects.

Rich Text Item

Inserts an object that is used to render HTML in the layout. This object is similar to the HTML Item, except that rich text items also render in PDF output. Using rich text items is useful when you want to add annotations defined in a data source to a report.

Note: Rich text items support only a restricted set of well-formed XHTML.

Hyperlink

Adds a hyperlink so that users can jump to another place, such as a Web site.

Hyperlink Button

Adds a hyperlink in the form of a button.

As of Time Expression

Adds an As of Time expression so that you can show data for a specific time period .

Page Number

Inserts page numbers that you can customize .

Row Number

Numbers each row of data returned when the report is run.

Note: You can add row numbers only to lists and repeaters.

Layout Component Reference

Adds a reference to another object. Useful when you want to reuse an object.

Metric Studio Diagram

Adds a Metric Studio history chart as an image.

For information about adding a Metric Studio diagram to a report, see the Metric Studio User Guide.

Table of Contents

Creates a table of contents that is rendered in the output of a report .

Table of Contents Entry

Adds a table of contents marker .

Bookmark

Inserts a bookmark so that users can move from one part of a report to another .