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  1. Intro

    Introduction

    1. What is Business Intelligence? (IBM Cognos products)
    2. Logging into Cognos Connection
    3. Navigating “Public Folders”

  2. Understanding Report Studio

    1. User InterfaceReport Authoring Views
    2.  
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    titleReport Layout
    and
    Queries
      1. Pages: {Header, Body, Footer}
      2. Objects: {List, Crosstab, Table, Text Box, Block}
      3. Objects as Containers: {Tables, Blocks, Nested}
      4. Hierarchy of Objects: {List > List Columns > Text Item}
      5. Finding Objects in a Report

    Understanding Report Studio

  3. Create Simple Report
    1. Choose package
    2. Choose basic report layout
    3. Add data
    4. Validate/save/run report
    5. Output option: HTML, Excel, PDF
  4. Create a List Report
    1. Filters
    2. Sort
    3. Grouping
    4. Sectioning
  5. Calculations
    1. Adding a Data Item
  6. Formatting
    1. Number, Percentage, Currency, Date
    2. Conditional Styling
  7. PDF Output Best Practice
    1. Landscape
    2. Fit to Page
  8. Prompts
    1. Simple Filter: Value List, Search & Select
    2. Cognos default prompt page
    3. Prompt Page
  9. Create a Crosstab Report