This section outlines how to customize sample reports.
About this task
Rational® Common Reporting includes several sample reports on topics, such as defect
management, change control and management, and test management. These
reports serve as a starting point to develop reports that map to your
specific business situations. You can customize reports in the following
ways:
- Modify the data sources
- Add or delete columns from the report
- Change the look and feel of the report
All the reports shipped with
Rational Common Reporting are available in
Public Folders >
[your_product]. Select the report you want to customize
and copy it to another folder. For more information on customizing
reports, see the Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide.
Important: Reports installed as part of
Rational Common Reporting should not be directly modified. If you want to modify
or customize the reports installed as part of
Rational Common Reporting, make a copy of the report, and then modify the copy.
See
Saving reports for more information on
copying reports.
What to do next
Note: The links to the Cognos® documents will not resolve if you are viewing them outside
of Rational Common Reporting, such as on the ibm.com® site.