Report Studio: Fundamentals - Course Outline
Overview of IBM Cognos
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Discuss IBM Cognos and Performance Management
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Describe IBM Cognos components
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Describe IBM Cognos architecture at a high level
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Define IBM Cognos groups and roles
Introduction to the Reporting Application
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Examine Report Studio and its interface
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Explore different report types
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Create a simple, sorted, and formatted report
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Explore how data items are added to queries
Create List Reports
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Format, group, and sort list reports
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Describe options for aggregating data
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Create a multi-fact query
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Create a report with repeated data
Focus Reports Using Filters
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Create filters to narrow the focus of reports
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Examine detail and summary filters
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Determine when to apply filters on aggregate data
Create Crosstab Reports
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Format and sort crosstab reports
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Convert a list to a crosstab
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Create complex crosstabs using drag and drop functionality
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Create crosstabs using unrelated data items
Present Data Graphically
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Create charts containing peer and nested items
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Add context to charts
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Create and reuse custom chart palettes
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Present key data in a single dashboard report
Focus Reports Using Prompts
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Identify various prompt types
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Use parameters and prompts to focus data
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Search for prompt items
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Customize prompts to facilitate users' choices
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Navigate between pages
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Display users' prompt selections in the report
Extend Reports Using Calculations
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Create calculations based on data in the data source
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Add run-time information to the reports
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Create expressions using functions
Present Data Using Maps
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Present data using map reports
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Navigate to another level within a map
Analyze Data Using Statistical Reports
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Discuss statistical report types
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Examine descriptive statistics
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Explore statistical charts
Use Additional Report Building Techniques
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Reuse objects within the same report
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Share layout components among separate reports
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Discuss report templates
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Add pages to a report
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Choose options to handle reports with no available data
Customize Reports with Conditional Formatting
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Highlight exceptional data
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Show and hide data
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Conditionally render objects in reports
Drill-Through From One Report to Another
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Let users navigate from a specific report to a target report
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Pass parameter values to filter the data in drill-through targets
Drill-through Definitions
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Enable users to navigate to related data in IBM Cognos BI
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Parameter-driven drill through vs. dynamic drill through
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Steps to enable drill-through access for a package
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Limit the items that users ca drill through from (set scope)
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Set a measure as the scope
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Drill Through Assistant
Enhance Report Layout
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Force page breaks in reports
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Modify existing report structures
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Apply horizontal formatting
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Specify print options for PDF reports
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Combine data containers displaying data from different queries
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Format data and report objects