COGNOS Business Intelligence Series 7

Chapter 4: Deploy Cubes and Reports
Steps
1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, select a PowerPlay server.
2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab.
3. In the Table of Contents box (Options), select Disabled.
4. Click OK.
Enable Preference Settings
By enabling the user selection of preferences on a PowerPlay server, you allow users to choose
• the locale (regional setting) used
• the language of the application interface
When you enable the preference settings, the Table of Contents page (p. 53) shows a Preferences
tab.
Steps
1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, select a PowerPlay server.
2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab.
3. In the Selection of Preferences box (Options), select Enabled.
4. Click OK.
Customize the PowerPlay Web Viewer Modify Report Page
You can customize the PowerPlay Web Viewer Modify Report page so that, for example, it has the
same customized look as an Upfront page. The Modify Report page appears when users open
PowerPlay Web reports in Upfront or from the PowerPlay Web Table of Contents.
The Modify Report page is rendered only if the report author specified that the report be deployed
with prompting. For more information, see the PowerPlay User Guide.
You cannot organize, enable, or disable the options on the Modify Report page.
Modify Styles
You can modify the background colors, margins, and font properties on the Modify Report page
by editing the Modify Report CSS style sheet file.
Modify the styles in the CSS style sheet as shown in the following table.
Class Name
promptPageBody
promptModifyTitle
promptModifyDescption
promptDimBar
promptSectionTitle
promptSectionText
promptTopBanner
promptBottomBanner
Modification Description
Background color of the Prompt page body.
Height, width, and font properties of the Modify
Report title.
Height, width, and font properties of the Provide
Information to customize Your Report text.
Background color of the dimension filter bar.
Background color and font properties of the section
headings Options and Currency and Format.
Font properties of the text in each Option section.
Background color of the top banner.
Background color of the bottom banner.
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