Duration
3 days
Prerequisites:
- Knowledge of your business requirements
- Experience using IBM Cognos Analytics as a consumer
Objectives
What is IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting?
The Welcome page
Consume report content
Interactive filtering
Working with reports
Dimensionally modeled relational data
Use personal data sources and data modules
Upload personal data
Upload custom images
Using navigation paths in a data module
Examine list reports
Group data
Format columns
Include headers and footers
Aggregate fact data
Identify differences in aggregation
Multiple facts and repeated information
Use shared dimensions to create multi-fact queries
Present repeated information
Add repeated information to reports
Create a mailing list report
Create crosstab reports
Add measures to a crosstab
Data sources for a crosstab
Customize reports with conditional formatting
Three steps for conditional formatting
Create a variable
Assign the variable to a report object
Format based on the conditional value
Conditionally render report objects
Drill-through definitions
Navigate to related data
Add items as peers
Create crosstab nodes and crosstab members
Work with crosstab data
Format, sort, and aggregate a crosstab
Create discontinuous crosstab reports
Create visualization reports
Visualization categories
Customize visualizations
Client side visualizations
Enhanced map visualizations
Focus reports using filters
Create filters to narrow the focus
Use advanced detail filters
Apply a filter with aggregation
Use summary filters
Focus reports using prompts
Examine parameters and prompts
Create a parameter for a report item
Add a prompt page
Add a prompt item to a report
Identify a prompt type
Create a cascading prompt
Use calculations
What are calculations?
Add Date and Time functions
Add string functions
Display prompt selections in report titles
Enhance report layout
View the structure of a report
Use Guided report layout
Force page breaks
Create horizontal pagination
Modify the report structure
Format objects across reports
Use additional report-building techniques
Enhance a report design
Add objects to reports
Convert a list to a crosstab
Explore reuse
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