Unit 1 -
Introduction to IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting
- Examine IBM Cognos Analytics
- Reporting and its interface
- Explore different report types
- Create reports in preview or design mode
- Create a simple, sorted, and formatted report
- Examine dimensionally modeled and dimensional data sources
- Explore how data items are added queries
- Examine personal data sources and data modules
Unit 2 -
Examine data tables and list reports
- Create a data table
- Group, format, and sort list reports
- Describe options for aggregating data
- Create a multi-fact query
- Create a report with repeated data
Unit 3
Create crosstab reports
- Format and sort crosstab reports
- Create complex crosstabs using drag and drop functionality
- Create crosstabs using unrelated data items
Unit 4
Create visualization reports
- Understand visualization categories
- Create and customize visualizations
- Understand client-side visualizations
- Create enhanced map visualizations
Unit 5
Focus reports using filters
- Create filters to narrow the focus of reports
- Examine detail and summary filters
- Determine when to apply filters on aggregate data
Unit 6
Focus reports using prompts
- Identify various prompt types
- Use parameters and prompts to focus data
- Search for prompt types
- Navigate between pages
Unit 7
Extend reports using calculations
- Create calculations based on data in the data source
- Add run-time information to the reports
- Create expressions using functions
Unit 8
Customize reports with conditional formatting
- Create multilingual reports
- Highlight exceptional data
- Show and hide data
- Conditionally render objects in reports
Unit 9
Drill-through definitions
- Introduction to drill-through definitions
- Navigating to related data
- Introduction to bookmark references
Unit 10
Enhance report layout
- Force page breaks in reports
- Format data and report objects
- Modify existing report structures
Unit 11
Use additional report building techniques
- Enhance report design with report objects
- Add objects to reports
- Convert a list to a crosstab
- Reuse objects within the same report
- Share layout components among separate reports
- Choose options to handle reports with no available data
