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enter image description hereVersion: cognos report 11.1.7fp2

Hi, I have two pages, page1 and page2 and I want them to alternate. Is that possible in cognos? I have a customer that wants me to print the report in pdf page1 [grant#123 details], then follow it immediately with page2 [grant#123 details] notary signature.

Alternate Pages Like This Idea: page1 grant#123 $100 page2 grant #123 notary signature page1 grant#777 $100 page2 grant #777 notary signature

Kindly, aree there any creative thoughts on how to ask cognos to alternate placement of two pages one after another? A render variable? I have tried pageset, page detail but it does not alternate the pages.

Progman
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  • I think you should attach a picture of your idea. The formatting here doesn't make it very clear that what you actually mean. – James Z Sep 08 '22 at 18:04
  • Hi JamesZ, I hope you are well. Pic here. It is an invoice summary, a bill, and a notary signature. The customer wants me to print the page 1 bill $ page2 notary signature for Project #1, then Project #2, etc. My problem is that now cognos prints all of the Page1 Bills$ project #1-#50, and all of Page2 Notary signature project #1-#50. My thought is can I use a render variable to put page1, then page2? Or Page set, Page set detail? Page 1 and page 2 use the same detail Main Query 4. – grasshopper Sep 17 '22 at 17:03
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    Create a data item that defines the type of data for billing and notary, etc. Try page set with grouping on that data item https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.0.0?topic=layers-creating-page-breaks – VAI Jason Sep 19 '22 at 16:27

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VAI Jason, It has worked. I have an image attached. I have one data item CON_PROJ_NUM and a Page set2. On Monday morning I look forward to sharing this with my customer. Now Page1 Summary prints, then Page2 Draw Request Project#1, is followed immediately by the Page3 Notary signature page Project#1. And so on for eight projects! enter image description hereHe will be delighted! Thank you!

Structure Is This: Page set1 Detail Pages Plant Awards Header and Footer Page 1 Page set2 []CON_PROJ_NUM data item Detail Pages Draw Request Page2 Notary Page3 enter image description here

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Create a data item that defines the type of data for billing and notary, etc. Try page set with grouping on that data item

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.0.0?topic=layers-creating-page-breaks

VAI Jason
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