B6258 IBM® Cognos Analytics – Author Reports Fundamentals V11.1.x

B6258 IBM® Cognos Analytics - Author Reports Fundamentals V11.1.x

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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Course Outline

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

11 - 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

16 - 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 NTAItal 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

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