Guidelines for large reports

We recommend that you avoid running reports with a very large number of pages, for example, 500+ pages. To minimise your report outputReport output combines data at the point in time when the report was run., follow these guidelines:

• Be rational when selecting promptA report element that asks for prompt values on which to filter or sort a report. values; use the prompt options to restrict the output to exactly what is required.

• If a full reportA set of data deliberately laid out to communicate business information. Depending on the context, 'report' may refer to report specification or report output. Report (more precisely, report specification) is the generic term for the objects created or edited in Cognos Analytics. Pronto Xi Business Intelligence offers a suite of standard reports. is essential, run the report multiple times for different subsets of the required output.

• Create a summary report to get an overview instead of running the report for the full range.

The following issues can occur if you try to run a large report:

• The report can exceed email size or Microsoft Excel column limitations.

• It can be difficult to find the data you require.

• An unmanageably large amount of network data is downloaded to a local PC.