IBM Cognos Contents for BI Report Development

What is Cognos connection
Examine Cognos connection UI elements – create a URL, Login, Logoff
Entry properties: General Properties, Permission, Report, Query, Analysis, Job, Agent and Page Properties
Navigation – Public and Private Folder
Open reports with report name, Go to links, Run reports from a view
Run Reports – Prompt Pages, Printing a report and Open in excel
View the run history of a report and historical reports
Closing and creating quick links to reports – my folder
Shortcut and browser bookmark
Metadata Modelling
Introduction to framework manager
Framework manager basics
User interface, navigation, objects
Planning the project and data model, framework manager workflow
Create project
Importing metadata from one and more sources
Data sources
Create and modify data sources
Improve performance by setting query processing type
Preparing relational metadata for use in reports
Verifying relationships
Working with dimensions
Working with query
Working with query items
Making metadata available to report authors
Create and modify package
Controlling access to metadata
Explore package publish package
Best practices – presentation and database layers
Perform calculations and filer
Professional Report Development
Introduction to report studio
Report studio user interface
Creating, save and run reports
Report templates
Managing reports
Types of reports
List reports
Crosstab reports charts
Formatting a report
Report layout guidelines
Fonts, styles, header, footer and orders
Insert objects
Swap columns and rows
Working with data
Filters, parameters and prompts
Sorting and grouping
Subtotals and calculations
Working with queries
Working with reports
Managing changes in the package
Conditional formatting
Drill-through reports
Master-detail reports
Scheduling reports
Adhoc Reporting
Introduction to query studio
Introduction to Analysis Studio