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  • 1.  Check box instead of scroll list as a filter

    Posted Tue April 13, 2021 09:14 AM
    Is it possible to create a check box list for selection in the cognos analytics dashboard like below (the left one in the figure below) through any trick? Currently, I can only produce a scroll list by chooosing the list option in visulaization, where multiple items can be selected by pressing control key (the right one in the figure).


    Kind regards,
    Rizwan


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    Rizwan Iqbal
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  • 2.  RE: Check box instead of scroll list as a filter

    IBM Champion
    Posted Tue April 13, 2021 11:06 AM

    Hi Rizwan,

    the only workaround I know is to use the filter pane above the dashboard canvas. Unfortunately the filter conditions are not visible in the canvas itself then.

    The other way would be to write a custom viz and upload this into Cognos as extension.



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    Robert Dostal
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  • 3.  RE: Check box instead of scroll list as a filter

    Posted Tue April 13, 2021 01:32 PM
    Thanks for the reply Robert. Is there an example of how to customize the visualization for this case with check boxes and append it to the dashboard?

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  • 4.  RE: Check box instead of scroll list as a filter
    Best Answer

    Posted Wed April 14, 2021 07:42 AM
    Edited by System Fri January 20, 2023 04:41 PM
    Let me build on Robert's reply.

    Once you've placed a data item in the "This tab" filter dock, you can click the More button on the right side and choose "Add to canvas".


    Doing so will add a check-box widget to the canvas that you can place wherever you wish.



    this is not available for the All tabs filter dock; it only works for This tab.

    Best,

    Rich

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    Richard Chester
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  • 5.  RE: Check box instead of scroll list as a filter

    Posted Wed April 14, 2021 08:15 AM
    Many thanks Rich. This is exactly what I was looking at.

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  • 6.  RE: Check box instead of scroll list as a filter

    Posted Fri April 16, 2021 06:52 AM
    @Richard Chester

    I guess these Easter eggs have to be documented via the blogs​ as these are not generally available :-)  Thanks for sharing this tip. 

    Regards,

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    Kiran Passumarthi
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