I have a crosstab cognos report that I’m trying to edit. I got 2 columns that I want to add to it. They’re both resource related, termination date and contract end date. When I try to add those columns by dragging and dropping the data from the query to the report, it moves the crosstab intersection section for some reason.

before adding the column , this is how the layout looks
after adding the column , the layout shrinks ?
the data in the column to the right of the highlighted one should be in the highlighted one

I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, its my first time dealing with a crosstab report.

I also tried adding the header first instead or not adding the header at all. Please note that the header’s type is crosstab space and I just edit the text in it. It always pushes the data for some reason that im not able to figure out.