Diplaying the List Column header in Vertical mode

Some time we need to display the column header in vertical mode.
You can rotate the text 90 degrees by using the TextFlow & Justification property for the column titles and set the Writing Mode to "Top to Bottom, Left to Right" You will find this by clicking on the column title in the report and then scrolling down in the Properties for the title on the left hand side.

Feature list of information management tool

Few days back, our technology excellence group gave me a Cognos 8 features list to review.
I had to review the features supported by cognos 8 .
After reviewing it I got to know some new features of Cognos 8.

I also came across some features that were not directly supported by Cognos 8 but could be implemented indirectly.
There were certain features which we never knew existed in Cognos because I did not get a chance to implement those in the Project that I am working.
Having a knowledge of these features certainly helped me understand the tool better.
I can now use this feature list to compare Cognos 8 with various information management tools in the market so as to give informed consultancy to my clients.

Below is the link to Cognos 8 feature list

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rCcMS5fI3RE-z560jsqEo7A&output=html

Business rule documentation embedding in report

When I first started working on Cognos the first task assigned to me was to prepare report specification document. This document gives an idea about the design of a report as well as business rules implemented in the Report. It took me around 3 Days to deliver that document.
We then had a brain storming session where we discussed how we make documentation process simpler.
As a team (Cognos pool) we came up with certain points and finally decided to create one documentation page in the report itself.
This documentation page should not visible to users and developers only would have access to it.
The separate report page mentions all the business rules as well as additional information about the objects in report.
Ram created template which contains one documentation page. Now whenever we start building a new report we use the same template.
Embedding the documentation in application made our documentation simpler. It has worked for us. Do you think it can work for you??