Prepare a Bookmark

Bookmarks are a convenient way to return to specific reports. For example, you bookmark a report showing sales figures filtered for a specific set of products. You then select the name of the report from the list of bookmarks in the Web browser. The report opens in the browser and shows current data.

When you prepare a bookmark, you capture the complete URL for the report shown in the Location or Address box of your Web browser. This URL includes information about the categories in the report, data formats, and filtering that is not usually included in the URL. After you capture the URL, you can bookmark the report and add its URL to your list of bookmarks or favorites in your Web browser.

If the complete URL for the report is long, you may be prompted to choose between the following options because long URLs cannot be maintained in some Web browsers:

• Save to the Portal, which saves your report to the portal (Upfront or IBM Cognos Connection) specified by your administrator instead of showing a bookmark. Reports saved to Upfront will maintain all the details of the report. For more information, see Publish Reports to the Portal.
• Save This Page With a Link to the Report, which means that you must click File, Save in your Web browser to save the Bookmark Options page as an HTML file on your computer. When you open the saved file in your Web browser, you can create a bookmark. The file will contain a link to the report.

Steps

1. Explore and format your report until you are satisfied with its current state.
2. On the PowerPlay Web toolbar, click the File Options button , and then click Prepare Bookmark.

The complete URL for the report appears in either the Location or the Address box of your Web browser.

3. Use the features of your Web browser to add the bookmark to the list of Web browser bookmarks or favorites.