In this recipe we will learn more about the Application bar in terms of Cognos-specific options. We will proceed directly from where we left off in the previous recipe.
We will focus on the Application bar, circled in red, as shown in the previous recipe. It is assumed that we already have Recruitment Report at the location—Public Folders | Samples | Models | Interactive Samples opened in front of us, in Cognos Business Insight Advanced tool. To explore the Cognos-specific options of the Application bar, perform the following steps:
1. We can execute a dashboard in various formats by clicking on the icon:
2. Data on the dashboard can be filtered using one of the options provided under the icon. The user needs to select an object on the dashboard and click on the Filter icon to apply a filter in different possible ways, as shown in the following screenshot.