Omit Categories Using Exclude - IBM Cognos User Manual

Like Suppress, the Cloak option causes a category to be omitted from reports
based on the cube. Unlike Suppress, all descendants of that category are also
omitted.
When you apply cloaking to a cube, consolidation occurs by default. If new
subordinate categories are added to a cloaked level, they are automatically
included in the cloaked ancestors.
For example, suppose that the French-speaking manager for Belgium and France
also oversees your Montreal office. You define a special dimension view for this
manager that includes the transaction details for Europe and Montreal (Canada),
but that cloaks the values for the two other Canadian offices, Toronto and
Vancouver.
You apply this view to the PowerCube object. The resulting cube contains data
relevant to this manager.
Procedure
1. Open the Categories diagram for the dimension that contains the categories or
2. In the Dimension pane, select your new view.
3. In the category viewer, select the categories or level to be cloaked and, from the
4. Open the PowerCube property sheet and click the Dimensions tab.
5. In the Dimensions list, right-click the dimension in which you created the
6. In the Select a View dialog box, select the dimension view that you created,

Omit Categories Using Exclude

You can exclude categories from a dimension directly from the Dimensions pane.
You do not have to create a dimension view.
The Exclude option not only omits categories and their descendants from the
dimension view; it also omits the data associated with those categories.
For example, suppose you want to exclude Northern Europe, Southern Europe,
Asia Pacific, United States, Brazil, and Mexico categories and their descendants
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level to be cloaked and, if you have not already done so, add a dimension
view.
For more information, see "Create a Dimension View" on page 133.
Diagram menu, click Cloak.
dimension view and click View.
and click OK twice.