Enhancements to Business Insight Advanced 10.1.1


Enhancements to Business Insight Advanced 10.1.1
·         Custom groups
You can create custom groups of existing data items based on elements that you define and that are meaningful to you.
·         Creating sections
You can now create sections to show a separate list, chart, or crosstab for a data item.
·         Filtering directly from the data tree
When using IBM® Cognos® Business Insight Advanced with relational data sources , you can now filter using measures and query items in the source tree. This allows you to create a filter based on a data item that is not included in your report.
·         Names for lists, crosstab, and chart objects
A new Name property for lists, crosstabs, and charts allows you to give these report objects a meaningful business name. These names allow business users to easily recognize the lists, crosstabs, or charts when they add them into an IBM Cognos Business Insight workspace.
·         New startup options
A new Start page view option allows you to specify whether Business Insight Advanced opens in Page Design or Page Preview view (Tools > Options > View). By default, Business Insight Advanced opens in Page Preview view.
·         Visual aid to select lists and crosstabs
A new visual aid allows you to select all the objects in a list or crosstab.
·         Keyboard shortcuts for accessibility
To make the report authoring experience more accessible to people who have a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, Business Insight Advanced now includes new keyboard shortcuts to allow navigating the user interface with a keyboard.
·         Showing content when no data is available
In IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced, you can now specify what to show in a data container when no data is available in the database.
·         Larger worksheet sizes for Microsoft Excel 2007 report outputs
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence now supports a larger worksheet size for report outputs exported in Microsoft Excel 2007 format.
·         Microsoft Excel 2007 supported as an external data source
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence now supports external data sources from Microsoft Excel up to version Microsoft Excel 2007.

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