Enable filters for IBM Cognos content

To enable the application consumers to filter data in an IBM Cognos content item, you need to enable filters for that report.

Prerequisites

• You added a report to a tab. For details, see Add content to application.
• You added filters to a tab. For details, see Add filters to tab.

Procedure

1. On the Designer welcome page, point to an application, and then click Edit.
2. Select a tab with a report added.

3. On the application sidebar, click Content.

   The Content pane appears.

   

4. Navigate to the report and select it.

   A group of tabs appears in the lower part of the Content pane.

   

5. Go to the Prompts tab, and then select which filters to enable for the report.

   

6. In the pane, click Save.

   The prompts are added to the report.

7. On the menu bar, go to File > Save. Enter a description of your changes, and then click Save. Then, click Close.

   To make the changes available to consumers, publish the application (File > Save and Publish).