IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (v11.0.x)

The IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (v11.0.x) course is a 3-day course that is designed to provide students with an introduction to report building techniques using relational data models. Techniques to enhance, customize, and manage professional reports will be coved in the course. Activities will illustrate and reinforce key concepts during this learning session.

Dimensionally modeled and dimensional data sources

• Data modules
• List reports
• Aggregate measure/fact data
• Creating multi-fact queries
• Adding repeated information to reports
• Crosstab reports
• Complex crosstab reports
• Formatting, sorting, and aggregating data in a crosstab report
• Creating discontinuous crosstab reports
• Creating Visualization reports
• How to add business logic to reports using IBM Cognos Analytics Reporting
• Using filters
• Using prompts
• Using calculations
• Customizing reporting with conditional formatting
• Conditionally formatting one crosstab measure based on another
• Drill-throughs
• Report layout enhancements

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While class exercises are performed within a Cognos Analytics v11 environment, our expert instructors will provide guidance on previous Cognos versions and their differences.

Report Authors and Business Analysts

• Knowledge of your business requirements
• Experience using the Windows operating system
• Experience using a Web browser

What is IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting?

• Create a simple list report
• Create a report from a dimensionally modeled relational data source

Examine personal data sources and data modules

• Upload personal data
• Upload custom images
• Use navigation paths
• Create a report from a personal data source

Examine list reports

• Group data in a list
• Format columns in a list
• Include headers and footers in a list
• Enhance a list report

Aggregate measure/fact data

• Identify differences in aggregation
• Explore data aggregation

Use shared dimensions to create multi-fact queries

• Create a multi-fact query in a list report

Add repeated information to reports

• Create a mailing list report

Create crosstab reports

• Add measures to a crosstab
• Data sources for a crosstab
• Create a simple crosstab report

Create complex crosstab reports

• Add items as peers
• Create crosstab nodes and crosstab members
• Create a complex crosstab report

Format, sort, and aggregate data in a crosstab

• Sort, format, and aggregate a crosstab report

Create discontinuous crosstab reports

• Present unrelated items using a discontinuous crosstab

Create a visualization report

• Create and format a visualization report
• Create a report that uses a Map visualization
• Show the same data graphically and numerically

Focus reports using filters

• Apply filters to a report
• Apply a detail filter on fact data in a report
• Apply a summary filter to a report

Focus reports using prompts

• Create a prompt by adding a parameter
• Add a value prompt to a report
• Add a Select & search prompt to a report
• Create a cascading prompt

Augment reports using calculations

• Add calculations to a report
• Display prompt selections in the report title

Customize reports with conditional formatting

• Create a multilingual report
• Highlight exceptional data and conditionally render a column

Drill-through definitions

• Let users navigate to related data in IBM Cognos Analytics

Enhance report layout

• Create a report structured on data items
• Create a condensed list report

Use additional report building techniques

• Section a report and reuse objects within the same report
• Reuse layout components in a different report

• Explore options for reports that contain no data

You should have:

• Knowledge of your business requirements
• Experience using the Windows operating system
• Experience using a Web browser