IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Advanced (v11.2)

Report Authors

• Create advanced queries
• Create reports based on query relationships 
• Examine dimensional concepts 
• Create advanced dynamic reports
• Design effective Prompts
• Create additional advanced reports
• Examine the report specification 
• Distribute reports through bursting 
• Enhance user interaction with HTML 
• Examine custom controls

Unit 1: Create query models

• build query models and then connect them to the report layout
• edit an SQL statement to author custom queries
• add filters and prompts to a report using the query models 

Unit 2: Create reports based on query relationships

• create reports by joining queries
• combine data containers based on relationships from different queries

Unit 3: Introduction to dimensional reporting concepts and dimensional data in reports 

• List and describe the data model types 
• Describe the OLAP data structure and elements 
• Differentiate between report authoring styles 
• use members to build reports 
• identify and use sets and tuples in reports 

Unit 4: Dimensional report context

• understand report context
• root members 
• default members 
• current members
• default measures 
• current measures 

Unit 5: Focus your dimensional data 

• understand how relational data sources behave 
• understand how dimensional data sources behave 
• create efficient queries 
• understand filtering techniques 
• use dimensional objects and functions 
• create slicers and prompts 

Unit 6: Calculations and dimensional functions 

• understand the different types of dimensional functions within Cognos Analytics 
• create reports utilizing dimensional functions 
• use calculations within reports 

Unit 7: Create advanced dynamic reports

• filter reports on session parameter values 
• create dynamic headers and titles that reflect report data
• create a customer invoice report 

Unit 8: Design effective prompts

• control report displays using prompts 
• specify conditional formatting values using prompts 
• create sorted and filtered reports based on prompt selection

Unit 9: Examine the report specification and distribute reports 

• work with the report specification 
• report specification flow 
• considerations when modifying a report specification 
• Create custom toolbox and template objects 
• distribute reports using bursting
• create burst keys
• identify report recipients and data items using burst tables
• distribute reports using email and the IBM Cognos Analytics portal 

Unit 10: Enhance user experience with HTML and Custom Controls 

• create interactive reports by using HTML 
• Include additional information with tooltips 
• Send emails by using links in a report
• understand custom controls 
• AMD models
• adding a custom control
• using JavaScript files 

Unit 11: Advanced techniques

• understand advanced features 
• booklet and reference reports 
• table of contents 
• tabbed reports
• classes and class extensions 
• global parameters
• create a report binder

• Knowledge of your business requirements
• Fundamental report authoring knowledge