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Cognos 8 Report Studio Introduction Training Class

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Cognos 8 Report Studio Introduction Training Seminar

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce the basics of Cognos?? Report Studio. Students will learn a variety of techniques to retrieve and modify information from databases, and to generate customized reports.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Write reports using Cognos?? Report Studio
  • Specify the sequence of a report using sorting and grouping
  • Transform data from one format to another using functions
  • Transfer cell values from one report to another using drill through
  • Display information in a concise format using cross tab reports
  • Select data to be printed using filters
  • Create and customize several types of charts
  • Customize the format of a report

Course Topics:

I. Overview

  • Starting up Cognos??
  • Starting up Report Studio
  • Open an existing report
  • Run an existing report
  • Insertable objects
  • Package discussion
  • Page explorer
  • Properties
  • New report
  • Change page size temporarily
  • Change page size permanently
  • Move columns on report
  • Remove column from report
  • Setting column justification
  • Formatting columns
  • Changing column headings
  • Adding Line numbers to the report
  • Saving a report
  • Starting an existing report from Cognos?? Connection
  • Other report output options
  • Permanently changing report output
  • Automatic summarization considerations
  • Viewing Report Studio generated SQL
  • Page set up
  • PDF pagination options (8.3)

II. Sorting and Functions

  • Single column sort
  • Multiple column sort
  • Descending sort
  • Using the advanced sorting function
  • Function overview
  • Using query calculation with a function
  • Using a function on an existing report column
  • Extract function
  • Years_between function
  • Upper case function
  • Substring function
  • Pass thru function
  • Report validation
  • Expression editor validation
  • Limited local processing

III. Grouping

  • Single column group
  • Multiple column group
  • Group span
  • Group header
  • Text item
  • Page breaks

IV. End of Report and Group Totals

  • Summarize button
  • Count summary
  • Total summary
  • Changing summary description
  • Grouped report with summaries
  • Using layout calculation

V. Filters

  • Numeric filter
  • Filter usage
  • Filter application
  • Character filter
  • Date filter
  • Not Equal filter
  • Using In filter

VI. Filters Part 2

  • Between
  • Like
  • Select values
  • Functions with filters
  • Is missing
  • Filtering on a value not in the report
  • Multiple filtering criteria with AND
  • Multiple filtering criteria with OR

VII. Parameters and Prompt Pages

  • Text box parameter
  • Value box parameter
  • Date parameter
  • Multiple value parameter
  • Multiple parameters
  • Optional filters
  • Prompt pages
  • Text box prompt
  • Adjusting size of prompt
  • Value prompt
  • Auto submit property
  • Use and display
  • Change a single value to multiple value prompt
  • Modify value prompt query
  • Cascading prompts
  • Tables to organize prompt page
  • Using model filters

VIII. Calculations

  • Arithmetic calculations
  • If-then-else logic
  • Simple case logic
  • Multiple if-then-else logic
  • Search case logic
  • String concatenation
  • Rank and percentage
  • Constructs folder

IX. Summaries

  • Review detail report summaries
  • Summary total report no details
  • Summary count report no details
  • Summary report with end of report summary
  • Summary report showing averages
  • Multiple column grouped summary report
  • Running total
  • Rank
  • Percentage
  • Detail filter review
  • Summary filter on a summary report
  • Summary filter on a detail report
  • Summary filters with multiple summary report
  • Summary report with hidden columns

X. Cross Tab Reports

  • Pivot list to cross tab
  • Swap rows and columns
  • Using cross tab template
  • Multiple statistic cross tab report
  • Multiple statistic cross tab report using cross tab template
  • Multiple identifier cross tab report using cross tab template
  • Adding totals to a cross tab report
  • Adding totals to multiple identifier cross tab report
  • Row and column summarization with multiple statistic cross tab report
  • Changing column headings on a cross tab report
  • Cross tab detail filtering
  • Cross tab summary filtering

XI. Drill through Reports

  • Child report
  • Parent report
  • Drill through property on parent report
  • Multiple drill through different columns
  • Multiple drill through same column
  • Remove drill through report

XII. Master Detail Reports

  • Using list object
  • Master detail relationship
  • Size property
  • Hiding redundant information in master detail report
  • Null value impact on master detail report
  • Unlinked reports

XIII. Charts

  • Bar chart
  • Palette
  • Pie chart
  • Add report to chart
  • Multiple identifiers in a chart
  • Cross tab and chart
  • Modifying chart properties
  • Maps

XIV. Formatting

  • Font formatting
  • Conditional explorer
  • Conditional cell style variable
  • Conditional row style variable
  • Conditional format depends on function
  • Section headers
  • Page breaking on sections
  • Template creation
  • Template use
  • Tables within a list report
 

 
     
     
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