IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Overview, Versions Report
Types and Data Formatting
Usable Databases Getting to
Know Report Studio
Data Access Methods

Workshop: Installing Cognos BI – a first report

Structure of a report: header, footer, details area, groupings
Connection to sources: selection, insertion and positioning
Queries: creation / joins, operations
Member sets
Charts and crosstabs
Drill functions
Design of sections
Formatting of special fields
Adding colors, frames and images
Calculated fields
Preview and save

Workshop: Design of reports with quality presentations: customization, calculations

Creation and application of filters
Dynamic filters : tokens, prompts, formulas
Access to additional reports

Workshop: Multiple filter / sorting applications

Insertion of pages, explorer / navigation, table of contents
Master / detail reports
Flow diagram Burst
report expressions
(Burst)
Active Reports: operation, creation
MDX / OLAP functions: discovery, navigation (temporal / hierarchical)

Workshop: Building reports with advanced functions