Class Length | 2.5 Days | |||
Pre-requisites | None | |||
Description | Learn how to create reports in the workhorse tool of the Cognos BI Suite. This is the most flexible and powerful of report writing tools and yet can be as easy as simply dragging and dropping | |||
Techniques | The class is divided into two parts. Part 1: report structure driven by data, which includes Sorting, Grouping, Aggregation, Association, Calculations and Formulas, Filters and prompting. Part 2: Report Studio as an object oriented report writing tool (a blank artist’s sketch canvas) with the concepts of nesting being introduced via objects. Other report types (crosstabs, charts, maps) are explored. Layout options, Drill Through, Formatting and Conditional formatting are also addressed. The Cognos10 version also includes overviews of Active Reports and the Statistics package. | |||
ReportNet
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Cognos8
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Cognos10
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