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Publication date : 01/02/2024

Course : IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Advanced

IBM Cognos Analytics, advanced reporting

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. IB5
Price : 2020 € E.T.

IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Advanced

IBM Cognos Analytics, advanced reporting


New edition of the course schedule

With this course, you'll learn advanced reporting techniques to enhance, customize, manage and distribute reports. In addition, you'll learn how to create highly interactive and engaging reports that can be run offline by creating active reports.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. IB5
  2d - 14h00
2020 € E.T.




With this course, you'll learn advanced reporting techniques to enhance, customize, manage and distribute reports. In addition, you'll learn how to create highly interactive and engaging reports that can be run offline by creating active reports.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Learn more about creating and formatting reports
Know how to take full advantage of the tool's capabilities to provide dynamic reports
Savoir créer des rapports avancés

Intended audience
Créateurs de rapports professionnels.


Prerequisites
Knowledge of business requirements. Must have completed the IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals training course or have experience in creating reports with IBM Cognos Analytics.

Certification
Official course without certification.
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Practical details
Teaching methods
Animation de la formation en français. Support de cours officiel au format numérique et en anglais. Bonne compréhension de l'anglais à l'écrit.

Course schedule

1
Creating query templates

  • Create a query and connect it to a report.
  • Answer a business question by referencing the data in a separate query.

2
Create reports based on query relations

  • Create join relationships between queries
  • Combine data containers according to the relationships of different queries.
  • Create a report comparing the percentage of change.

3
Introduction to dimensional reporting concepts

  • Examine data sources and model types.
  • Describe the dimensional approach to queries.
  • Apply report creation styles.

4
Introduction to dimensional data in reports

  • Use members to create reports.
  • Identify sets and tuples in reports.
  • Use query calculations and define definitions.

5
Dimensional ratio context

  • Examine dimensional report members.
  • Examine dimensional ratio measurements.
  • Use the default measure to create a summary column in a report.

6
Concentrate your dimensional data

  • Focus your report by excluding members of a defined set.
  • Compare the use of the filter() function to a detail filter.
  • Filter dimensional data using slicers.

7
Calculations and dimensional functions

  • Examine dimensional functions.
  • Display totals and exclude members.
  • Create a percentage of the basic calculation.

8
Create advanced dynamic reports

  • Use query macros.
  • Control report output using a query macro.
  • Create a dynamic growth relationship.
  • Create a report that displays summary data before detailed data, using singletons.

9
Designing effective prompts

  • Create a prompt for users to select conditional formatting values.
  • Create a prompt offering users a choice of different filters.
  • Create a prompt to allow users to choose a column sort order.
  • Create a prompt to allow users to select a display type.

10
Review the report specification

  • Examine the report specification flow.
  • Identify considerations when modifying report specifications.
  • Customize reporting objects.

11
Distribute reports

  • Send a report to e-mail recipients using a data element.
  • Broadcast a list report on the IBM Cognos Analytics portal using a burst broadcast table.
  • Distribution of a cross-analysis report on the IBM Cognos Analytics portal using a burst table.

12
Improving user interaction with HTML

  • Creating interactive reports using HTML
  • Include additional information with tooltips.
  • Send e-mails using links in a report.

13
Introduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports

  • Examine the controls and variables of the active report.
  • Create a simple active report using data-driven static controls.
  • Modify filtering and selection behavior in a report.
  • Create interaction between multiple controls and variables.

14
Active graphics and reports

  • Create an active report with a deck.
  • Create an active report with 11.0 visualizations.


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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 16 June, 1 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 16 June, 1 Dec.