What is the difference between render variable and style variable

These kinds of basics are covered in the course and I'm sure you would learn a lot to help you in your role. Hi MFGF!! After googling for a while , i can not find the different between both , but the guys of IBM dont seem to be kind of people that make things without porpuse.. Hi Enrique, render variables can be used on elements without a connection to a query. For example: If you want to render pages conditionally based on user's choise via prompt, render variables do the trick.

Other examples are the conditional rendering of an object linked to the same data query e. SMF 2. BSP Software Training. Integrated Control Suite. YouTube Channel. Security Migration. IBM Cognos. Integrated Management Suite. For Eg: We can use style variable to achieve the alternating row colors functionality in a list report. Hi Naveen, Render variable is used to conditionally hide particular part of the report like column, Summary, footer, header e. And we can perform condirional formatting by using Style variable for Report columns and this can not be achieved by using Render variable.

For both Render and Style variable we have to define and use either Boolean variable or String variable in Conditional Explorer. I hope you understand the difference. The biggest difference I found at least as to hiding fields is the setting box type to none with a conditional style only hides that object, where using conditional render will hide a whole column.

Style Variable: — Specify a variable based on which object can be conditionally styled. You can find tons of example on www. Render variable: Specify a variable based on which object can be conditionally rendered. When we use render variable, if condition is true the object will display. No need to use Box type property. Style variable: Specify a variable based on which object can be conditionally styled. Here we will use Box type property, if we want to hide an object. No Account?

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