course overview
Overview
This course teaches experienced authors advanced report building techniques to enhance, customize, manage, and distribute reports. Additionally, the student will learn how to create highly interactive and engaging reports that can be run offline by creating Active Reports.
Audience
Authors
Skills Gained
Create query models
Answer a business question by referencing data in a separate query
Create reports based on query relationships
Combine data containers based on relationships from different queries
Apply report authoring styles
Introduction to dimensional data in reports
Use query calculations and set definitions
Dimensional report context
Use the default measure to create a summarized column in a report
Focus your dimensional data
Filter dimensional data using slicers
Enhance user interaction with HTML
Send emails using links in a report
Calculations and dimensional functions
Create a percent of base calculation
Create advanced dynamic reports
Create a report that displays summary data before detailed data and uses singletons to summarize information
Design effective prompts
Create a prompt to let users select a display type
Examine the report specification
Customize reporting objects
Distribute reports
Burst a crosstab report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table and a master detail relationship
Introduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports
Create interaction between multiple controls and variables
Active Report charts and decks
Create an Active Report with 11.0 visualizations
Prerequisites
Outline
Create query models
Answer a business question by referencing data in a separate query
Create reports based on query relationships
Combine data containers based on relationships from different queries
Apply report authoring styles
Introduction to dimensional data in reports
Use query calculations and set definitions
Dimensional report context
Use the default measure to create a summarized column in a report
Focus your dimensional data
Filter dimensional data using slicers
Enhance user interaction with HTML
Send emails using links in a report
Calculations and dimensional functions
Create a percent of base calculation
Create advanced dynamic reports
Create a report that displays summary data before detailed data and uses singletons to summarize information
Design effective prompts
Create a prompt to let users select a display type
Examine the report specification
Customize reporting objects
Distribute reports
Burst a crosstab report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table and a master detail relationship
Introduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports
Create interaction between multiple controls and variables
Active Report charts and decks
Create an Active Report with 11.0 visualizations
If you need training for 3 or more people, you should ask us about onsite training. Putting aside the obvious location benefit, content can be customised to better meet your business objectives and more can be covered than in a public classroom. Its a cost effective option. One on one training can be delivered too, at reasonable rates.
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All $ prices are in USD unless it’s a NZ or AU date
SPVC = Self Paced Virtual Class
LVC = Live Virtual Class
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.