IBM Cognos Report Studio: Authoring Professional Reports Fundamentals (V10.2.2)

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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
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
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
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
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
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
Extend Reports Using Calculations
Create calculations based on data in the data source
Add run-time information to the reports
Create expressions using functions
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
Customize Reports with Conditional Formatting
Create multi-lingual reports
Highlight exceptional data
Show and hide data
Conditionally render objects in reports
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
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
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
Appendix A. Overview of IBM Cognos BI
Describe IBM Cognos BI and Financial Performance Management
Describe IBM Cognos BI components
Describe IBM Cognos BI architecture at a high level
Define IBM Cognos groups and roles
Explain how to extend IBM Cognos