IBM Cognos Report Studio Fundamentals

1. Introduction to the Reporting Application

• Examine Report Studio and its interface
• Explore different report types
• Create a simple, sorted, and formatted report
• Explore how data items are added to queries

2. Create List Reports

• Format, group, and sort list reports
• Describe options for aggregating data
• Create a multi-fact query
• Create a report with repeated data

3. Focus Reports Using Filters

• Create filters to narrow the focus of reports
• Examine detail filters and summary filters
• determine when to apply filters on aggregate data

4. Create Crosstab Reports

• Format and sort crosstab reports
• Convert a list to a crosstab
• Create crosstabs using unrelated data items
• Create complex crosstabs using drag and drop functionality

5. Present Data Graphically

• Create charts containing peer and nested items
• Add context to charts
• Create and reuse custom chart palettes
• Add RAVE visualizations
• Present key data in a single dashboard report

6. Focus Reports Using Prompts

• Identify various prompt types
• Use parameters and prompts to focus data
• Search for prompt items
• Customize prompts to facilitate users' choices
• Navigate between pages
• Display users’ prompt selections in the report

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

8. Use Additional Report Building Techniques

• Reuse objects within the same report
• Share layout components among separate reports
• Discuss report templates
• Add pages to a report
• Choose options to handle reports with no available data

9. Customize Reports with Conditional Formatting

• Create multi-lingual reports
• Highlight exceptional data
• Show and hide data
• Conditionally render objects in reports

10. Drill-Through From One Report to Another

• Let users navigate from a specific report to a target report
• Pass parameter values to filter the data in drill-through targets

11. Drill-Through Definitions

• Enable users to navigate to related data in IBM Cognos BI
• Parameter-driven drill through vs. dynamic drill through
• Steps to enable drill-through access for a package
• Limit the items that users ca drill through from (set scope)
• Set a measure as the scope
• Drill Through Assistant

12. Enhance Report Layout

• Force page breaks in reports
• Modify existing report structures
• Apply horizontal formatting
• Specify print options for PDF reports
• Combine data containers displaying data from different queries
• Format data and report objects

• Overview of the reporting application
• List reports
• Using filters
• Crosstab reports
• Presenting graphical data
• Using prompts
• Using calculations
• Report building techniques
• Conditional formatting
• Drill-Throughs
• Report layout enhancements

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