Contains PDF course guide, as well as a lab environment where students can work through demonstrations and exercises at their own pace. This offering teaches Professional Report Authors about advanced report building techniques using relational data models, dimensional data, and ways of enhancing, customizing, managing, and distributing professional reports. The course builds on topics presented in the Fundamentals course. Activities will illustrate and reinforce key concepts during this learning activity. If you are enrolling in a Self Paced Virtual Classroom or Web Based Training course, before you enroll, please review the Self-Paced Virtual Classes and Web-Based Training Classes on our Terms and Conditions page, as well as the system requirements, to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course. Terms and Conditions: Ingram Micro – https://www.ingrammicrotraining.com/Terms-of-use.aspx; IBM – http://www.ibm.com/training/terms

Version:

v11.0.x

Audience:

Report Authors

Objectives:

Design effective prompts
? Create a prompt that allows users to select conditional formatting values
? Create a prompt that provides users a choice between different filters
? Create a prompt to let users choose a column sort order
? Create a prompt to let users select a display typeExamine the report specification
? Examine report specification flow
? Identify considerations when modifying report specifications
? Customize reporting objects Distribute reports
? Burst a report to email recipients by using a data item
? Burst a list report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table
? Burst a crosstab report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table and a master detail relationship Enhance user interaction with HTML
? Create interactive reports using HTML
? Include additional information with tooltips
? Send emails using links in a reportIntroduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports
? Examine Active Report controls and variables
? Create a simple Active Report using Static and Data-driven controls
? Change filtering and selection behavior in a report
? Create interaction between multiple controls and variables Active Report charts and decks
? Create an Active Report with a Data deck
? Use Master detail relationships with Decks
? Optimize Active Reports
? Create an Active Report with new visualizations

Detail:

Design effective prompts
? Create a prompt that allows users to select conditional formatting values
? Create a prompt that provides users a choice between different filters
? Create a prompt to let users choose a column sort order
? Create a prompt to let users select a display typeExamine the report specification
? Examine report specification flow
? Identify considerations when modifying report specifications
? Customize reporting objectsDistribute reports
? Burst a report to email recipients by using a data item
? Burst a list report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table
? Burst a crosstab report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table and a master detail relationshipEnhance user interaction with HTML
? Create interactive reports using HTML
? Include additional information with tooltips
? Send emails using links in a reportIntroduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports
? Examine Active Report controls and variables
? Create a simple Active Report using Static and Data-driven controls
? Change filtering and selection behavior in a report
? Create interaction between multiple controls and variablesActive Report charts and decks
? Create an Active Report with a Data deck
? Use Master detail relationships with Decks
? Optimize Active Reports
? Create an Active Report with new visualizations

Pre-Requisites:

? Knowledge of your business requirements
? IBM Cognos Analytics for Consumers (v11.0) WBT or equivalent knowledge
? IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (v11.0.x) or equivalent knowledge