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PT16885
Training Summary
This IBM Cognos training is intended for core project team members wanting to acquire a broad understanding of IBM Cognos Analytics platform implementation. During the ILT segments, participants will perform hands-on demonstrations and exercises that cover three essential topic areas: modeling, report authoring, and administration of IBM Cognos Analytics.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have:
- Knowledge of common industry-standard data structures and design.
- Experience gathering requirements and analyzing data.
- Knowledge of Web application server architectures
- Security systems administration experience
Duration
5 Days/Lecture & Lab
Audience
This course is designed for project managers, technical analysts, and developers.
Course Topics
Introduction to IBM Cognos Analytics
- Identifying common data structures
- Defining requirement
- Creating a baseline project
- Preparing reusable metadata
- Modeling for predictable results: Identifying reporting Issues
- Modeling for predictable results: Virtual star schemas
- Modeling for predictable results: consolidate metadata
- Creating calculations and filters
- Implementing a time dimension
- Specifying determinants
- Creating the presentation view
- Creating Analysis objects
- Introduction to IBM Cognos Analytics – Reporting
- Creating list reports
- Focusing reports using filters
- Creating crosstab report
- Present data graphically
- Focusing Reports Using Prompts
- Extend reports using calculations
- Customizing reports with conditional formatting
- Drill-through definitions
- Introduction to IBM Cognos BI Administration
- Identifying IBM Cognos architecture
- Securing the IBM Cognos Analytics environment
- Managing run activities
- Managing content in IBM Cognos Administration