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Cognos 8 Report Studio

Newly Designed IBM Cognos 8 Training Materials by Creative Computing!

 

Duration: 2 days

Audience: Professional Report Authors and Power Users

Brief:
This course is geared towards technical users who have a clear understanding of the information needs of the organization’s business users. These individuals will be responsible for the design and development of complex, highly formatted enterprise reports which will be distributed to business users.

Course Notes:
This course is delivered using a general IBM Cognos 8 demo application as the basis for the workshops, examples, and class discussion. If desired, custom courseware using client’s data may also be created. There is an additional fee for customization of the course materials.

Recommended Prerequisites:
IBM Cognos 8 Query Studio would be helpful, but not required. Familiarity with Windows, use of a web browser, and experience with the core Microsoft Office suite of tools (Word, Excel, Access, etc) is desirable.

Glasses
Topics:

Cognos Interface
• Navigating the portal
• Content and functionality
• Creating folders
• Scheduling reports and jobs

Report Studio Overview
• Report Studio capabilities and basics
• Report types and templates
• Running reports

Report Studio Navigation
• Defining the toolbars
• Viewing a report
• Explorer bars
• Report structure
• Adding report objects
• Displaying data
• Creating queries

Organizing and Summarizing
• Using lists and crosstabs
• Sorting
• Grouping
• Report sections
• Summarizing, Aggregation

Filters and Prompts
• Report functions
• Stand alone, embedded
• Detail and summary filters
• Prompt objects
• Prompt pages

Calculations and Conditional Formatting
• Query calculations
• Layout calculations
• Creating and applying variables

Layout Formatting
• Styling
• Free standing objects
• Tables
• Alignment, spacing, object size
• Headers and Footers
• Page Sets

Extra!
• Advanced formatting
• Working with Queries
• Visualizations (Charts and Maps)
• Beyond the Report
• Encountering Problems and Issues

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