How to create a dynamic column name in Cognos?

Answer Posted / omkar b ambulkar

In cognos 8.0, First create a Calculated Data Item, select
the list, associate it with the Query in Which Calculated
Data Item is created, then click on Structure and then List
Header and Footers. Check List Header and make the Box Type
of the Column header as None. Unlock and then drag the
Calculated Data Item into the required header which will
look like a Column Header in the report.

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