Cognos Tips & Tricks: Dynamic Sort and Group

Cognos tips and tricks for dynamic sort and group to help you build flexible, user-driven reports with smarter data organization.

Subject:  Dynamic Sort and Group

Steps for Sorting:

  • Build a dynamic “data item” based on a prompt.
  • If (?Sort Prompt? = ‘Sort Column’) Then ([Sort Column]) …
  • Add the new “data item” to your list’s sorting and grouping
  • Build a “static choice” prompt to select the data item to sort by.

Steps for Grouping:

  • Build a dynamic “data item” based on a prompt.
  • If (?Sort Prompt? = ‘Group Column’) Then ([Group Column]) …
  • Add the new “data item” to your list and group by it.
  • Build a “static choice” prompt to select the data item to group by
  • Change the column label to the prompt value.

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