Hi Diego,
The "extended" option was removed in the transition from Cognos BI to Cognos Analytics v11.
Following is an excerpt from my Cognos Reporting course document that provides a brief explanation for the IBM theory behind the change:
"Dimensional data items added to a report in Cognos Reporting are inserted as extended data item objects with their properties visible in the Properties pane. The extended data items are treated as objects in the report layout and the underlying query.
In legacy Cognos BI versions (i.e. v10.2.2 and earlier), there was a report option which allowed report authors to turn off the extended nature of the dimensional data items. However, commencing with Cognos Analytics v11, the authoring mode report property "Always create extended data items" is no longer available in report properties. The change to report properties and removal of the property was part of the Cognos Analytics 11 paradigm shift to only provide full interactivity on extended data items for creating reports."
Basically IBM has said "The option serves no further useful purpose in the new analytics world. Get over it and move on."
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Syd
------------------------------
Syd Shewchuk
------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: Mon October 28, 2019 10:11 AM
From: Diego Campos
Subject: Insert Data Items automatically in Cognos Reporting with Cubes Packages
Hi,
I have Cognos Analytics 11.1.3 installed.
Using Reports, I cannot configure it to include a Data Item when inserting a field from a Cube Package.
In Cognos 10.2.2 it had no problems and was configured as seen in the first screenshot (ReportConfig_C10.2.2.jpg)
In the second screenshot you see the configuration of Cognos Reporting 11.1.3. (ReportConfig_C11.1.3.jpg)
Is it possible to configure the same report behavior in Cognos 11.1.3 that Report Studio had in Cognos 10.2.2?
Thank you
------------------------------
Diego Campos
------------------------------
#CognosAnalyticswithWatson