Filters are used to limit the data that you want in your report. You can apply one or more filters in a Cognos report and the report returns the data that meet the filter conditions. You can create various custom filters in a report as per the requirement.
• Select the column to filter by.
• Click the drop-down list from the Filter button.
• Choose Create Custom Filter.
• The Filter Condition dialog displays.

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In the next window, define the filter’s parameters.
• Condition − click the list arrow to see your choices (Show or Don’t show the following values).
• Values − click the list arrow to see your choices.
• Keywords − allows you to search for specific values within the values list.
• Values List − shows the field values which you can use as filter values. You can select one or many. Use the arrow button to add multiple values.

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Select a value and click the right pointing arrow to move the value into the selected column. You can use the Ctrl key to add multiple values at tone time. Click OK when the filter is defined.

Note − You can view filters in the Query Explorer page and not the page explorer. You can go to the query explorer and view the filters.

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Deleting a Filter

A filter can be deleted by using the following steps −

• Go to the Query Explorer as shown in the above screenshot
• Click on Query and Locate the Detail Filters pane in the upper right side of the window as shown in above screenshot
• Select the filter that you want to delete and press the delete button
• You can also cut/copy a filter

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Cognos – Custom Calculations

You can add custom calculations to your report as per the business requirement. With the help of operators, different calculations can be added like if you want to add a new value salary*0.2 as a Bonus.

To create Calculations in a Report −

• Select the item in the report.
• Click the insert calculation button and select the calculation to perform.

Note − Calculations that are not applicable to the items you selected are greyed out.

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To change the order of the operands or the name of the calculated item added to the report, click Custom. The calculation appears as a new row or a column in your report.

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Drilling

Drill up and drill down is used to perform analysis by moving between levels of information. Drill down is used to see more detailed information to lowest level and drill up is used to compare the results.

To drill down or up in a single row or column, pause the pointer over the label text until the icon with the plus sign (+) and caret drill down drill up icon appears and the text is underlined, and then click.

To drill down or up in both a row and column simultaneously, click on the value at the intersection of the row and the column, and then click again.

So, this brings us to the end of blog. This Tecklearn ‘Filters and Custom Calculations in Cognos’ blog helps you with commonly asked questions if you are looking out for a job in Cognos BI. If you wish to learn Cognos Analytics and build a career in Business Intelligence domain, then check out our interactive, IBM Cognos Analytics Training, that comes with 24*7 support to guide you throughout your learning period. Please find the link for course details:

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Working with Dashboards

• Process of Dashboarding in IBM Cognos
• Creating a Dashboard
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Cognos Environment

• Active Report• New Visualization Types
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Cognos Reports

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• Analysing and Administering Queries

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