IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (V11.1.x) SPVC - J4258G

Beschreibung

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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What is IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting?
The Welcome page
Consume report content
Interactive filtering
Working with reports

Dimensionally modeled relational data

Use personal data sources and data modules
Upload personal data
Upload custom images
Using navigation paths in a data module

Examine list reports
Group data
Format columns
Include headers and footers

Aggregate fact data
Identify differences in aggregation

Multiple facts and repeated information
Use shared dimensions to create multi-fact queries
Present repeated information

Add repeated information to reports
Create a mailing list report

Create crosstab reports
Add measures to a crosstab
Data sources for a crosstab

Create complex crosstab reports
Add items as peers
Create crosstab nodes and crosstab members

Work with crosstab data
Format, sort, and aggregate a crosstab

Create discontinuous crosstab reports

Create visualization reports
Visualization categories
Customize visualizations
Client side visualizations
Enhanced map visualizations

Focus reports using filters
Create filters to narrow the focus
Use advanced detail filters
Apply a filter with aggregation
Use summary filters

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

Use calculations
What are calculations?
Add Date and Time functions
Add string functions
Display prompt selections in report titles

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

Drill-through definitions
Navigate to related data

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

Use additional report-building techniques
Enhance a report design
Add objects to reports
Convert a list to a crosstab
Explore reuse

Ziel

Please refer to course overview

Anforderungen an die Teilnehmer

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

Teilnehmer

Authors