Overview

Contains: instructional and interactive content, demonstrations and hand-on simulated exercises.

The IBM Cognos Analytics: Introduction to Authoring (v11.0) course presents you with ways to create, enhance, customize, and manage reports and charts using IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting. Participants will view demonstrations and work through scenarios that illustrate key introductory concepts while exploring the basics of the Reporting tool.

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Audience

Authors

Prerequisites

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

Objective

1: Introduction to the Reporting application• Identify the basics of IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting• Create and generate a report• Work with dimensionally-modeled relational and dimensional data sources• Work with personal data sources and data modules

2: Create list and crosstab reports• Work with list reports• Aggregate data in list reports• Multi-fact queries in list reports• Add repeated information to list reports• Create simple crosstab reports• Create complex crosstab reports• Sort and format crosstab reports

3. Present data graphically• Create chart reports• Work with gauge charts and pie charts• Customize charts• Display visualizations in reports

4. Focus reports using filters and prompts• Focus reports using filters• Focus reports using prompts

Course Outline

1: Introduction to the Reporting application• Identify the basics of IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting• Create and generate a report• Work with dimensionally-modeled relational and dimensional data sources• Work with personal data sources and data modules2: Create list and crosstab reports• Work with list reports• Aggregate data in list reports• Multi-fact queries in list reports• Add repeated information to list reports• Create simple crosstab reports• Create complex crosstab reports• Sort and format crosstab reports3. Present data graphically• Create chart reports• Work with gauge charts and pie charts• Customize charts• Display visualizations in reports4. Focus reports using filters and prompts• Focus reports using filters• Focus reports using prompts5. Course assessment• 20 questions to test the student's understanding of the WBT content