COGNOS 8 Report Studio- Advanced

Course Number: 511-JC
Recommended Duration: 1 day

Intended Audience
Employees that have been using COGNOS 8 Report Studio and need to create more complex queries in order to retrieve the right data from the database.

Course Overview
This course build upon the introductory class.

Objectives
This course provides more details on a number of topics (conditions, multiple queries, charts, etc) that are needed to construct more sophisticated reports.

Prerequisites
Completion of the COGNOS 8 Report Studio- Introduction class or significant experience with COGNOS 8 Report Studio is recommended.

Topics

Creating Drill-Through Reports
Master/Detail Relationships
Conditional Formatting
Bursting Reports
- Burst keys
- Report recipients
- Email distribution
Advanced Prompting
Creating Report Calculations
- Data source calculations
- Run-time variables
- Using built-in functions
Create relationships between queries
- Merging query results
- Set operations
- Query references
Setting up Report Navigation
- Bookmarks
- Table of contents
Creating Effective Report Design

COGNOS 8 Report Studio- Advanced

Creating Drill-Through Reports

Master/Detail Relationships

Conditional Formatting

Bursting Reports

Burst keys

Report recipients

Email distribution

Advanced Prompting

Creating Report Calculations

Data source calculations

Run-time variables

Using built-in functions

Create relationships between queries

Merging query results

Set operations

Query references

Setting up Report Navigation

Bookmarks

Table of contents

Creating Effective Report Design