IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced: Author Self-Service Reports is a one or two day course, depending upon your needs. Develop the skills needed to use IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced to create effective reports with relational and dimensional data?
This class is for Business Authors who have a knowledge of basic Windows and Web functionality, as well as their business requirements. Students should have knowledge of IBM Cognos Connection, and have experience with Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access
Cognos Training Course duration
1 or 2 days
Cognos Training Course outline
Explore, Navigate, and Create Workspaces
- Identify the components of IBM Cognos Workspace
- Create a workspace using report parts
- Enhance a workspace with images, titles, and web objects
Focus the Data in Your Workspace
- Understand prompts, local filters and global filters
- Understand the Information bar
- Perform drill up and down
- Set up and perform a Go To from your workspace to a data related report
Organize the Data in Your Workspace
- Search for data
- Create calculations
- Control the display data in report widgets
- Convert a crosstab to a chart
Communicate the Data in Your Workspace
- Export a report part
- Create annotations
- Collaborate on workspaces with your colleagues
- Create watch rules
Access Functionality Based on Access Rights
- Consume workspaces based on access rights
- Interact with workspaces based on access rights
- Assemble workspaces based on access rights
Highlight Report Data
- explain query item properties
- use formatting to improve the visual effectiveness of reports
- use conditional styles to highlight query items on a report
