Contains: PDF course guide, as well as a lab environment where students can work through demonstrations and exercises at their own pace. This course provides authors with an introduction to build reports using Cognos Analytics. Techniques to enhance, customize, and manage reports will be explored. Activities will illustrate and reinforce key concepts during this learning opportunity. 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:

V11.1.x

Audience:

Authors

Objectives:

Detail:

/>? Add string functions
? Display prompt selections in report titles

Customize reports with conditional formatting
? Three steps for conditional formatting
? Create a variable
? Assign the variable to a report object
? Format based on the conditional value
? Conditionally render report objects

Drill-through definitions
? Navigate to related data

Enhance report layout
? View the structure of a report
? Use Guided report layout
? Force page breaks
? Create horizontal pagination
? Modify the report structure
? Format objects across reports

Use additional report-building techniques
? Enhance a report design
? Add objects to reports
? Convert a list to a crosstab
? Explore reuse

Pre-Requisites:

Knowledge of your business requirements Experience using IBM Cognos Analytics as a consumer