This course provides authors with an introduction to build reports using Cognos Analytics. Techniques to enhance, customize, and manage reports will be explored. Activities will illustrate and reinforce key concepts during this learning opportunity.

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Learning Objectives

Please refer to course overview

1

  • What is IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting

  • The Welcome page
    Consume report content
    Interactive filtering
    Working with reports
2

  • Dimensionally modeled relational data

3

  • Use personal data sources and data modules

  • Upload personal data
    Upload custom images
    Using navigation paths in a data module
4

  • Examine list reports

  • Group data
    Format columns
    Include headers and footers
5

  • Aggregate fact data

  • Identify differences in aggregation
6

  • Multiple facts and repeated information

  • Use shared dimensions to create multi-fact queries
    Present repeated information
7

  • Add repeated information to reports

  • Create a mailing list report
8

  • Create crosstab reports

  • Add measures to a crosstab
    Data sources for a crosstab
9

  • Create complex crosstab reports

  • Add items as peers
    Create crosstab nodes and crosstab members
10

  • Work with crosstab data

  • Format, sort, and aggregate a crosstab
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  • Create discontinuous crosstab reports

12

  • Create visualization reports

  • Visualization categories
    Customize visualizations
    Client side visualizations
    Enhanced map visualizations
13

  • Focus reports using filters

  • Create filters to narrow the focus
    Use advanced detail filters
    Apply a filter with aggregation
    Use summary filters
14

  • Focus reports using prompts

  • Examine parameters and prompts
    Create a parameter for a report item
    Add a prompt page
    Add a prompt item to a report
    Identify a prompt type
    Create a cascading prompt
15

  • Use calculations

  • What are calculations
    Add Date and Time functions
    Add string functions
    Display prompt selections in report titles
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  • Customize reports with conditional formatting

  • Three steps for conditional formatting
    Create a variable
    Assign the variable to a report object
    Format based on the conditional value
    Conditionally render report objects
17

  • Drill-through definitions

  • Navigate to related data
18

  • Enhance report layout

  • View the structure of a report
    Use Guided report layout
    Force page breaks
    Create horizontal pagination
    Modify the report structure
    Format objects across reports
19

  • Use additional report-building techniques

  • Enhance a report design
    Add objects to reports
    Convert a list to a crosstab
    Explore reuse

Audience

Authors will benefit from this course.

Language

English

Prerequisites

Knowledge of your business requirements Experience using IBM Cognos Analytics as a consumer

$2,385

Length: 3.0 days (24 hours)

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