Content Comparison

The following agenda is based off used for the IBM Cognos Report Studio User Guide for 10.2.2.  For more in depth information on Report Studio please download the attachment.  View filenameCognosReportStudioUserGuide_10.2.2.pdfheight250Cognos Developer Training Session. 

1. Introduction

   1. What is Business Intelligence? (IBM Cognos products)
   2. Logging into Cognos Connection

   3. Navigating “Public Folders”

2. Understanding Report Studio

   1. User Interface
   2.  Report Layout Queries

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   title Report Layout Queries
   Pages: {Header, Body, Footer} Objects: {List, Crosstab, Table, Text Box, Block} Objects as Containers: {Tables, Blocks, Nested} Hierarchy of Objects: {List > List Columns > Text Item} Finding Objects in a Report

3. Create Simple Report
   1. Choose package
   2. Choose basic report layout
   3. Add data
   4. Validate/save/run report
   5. Set PDF Page options
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. Report Output Options
   1. 2007 Excel Data
   2. 2007 Excel Format
   3. PDF
8. Prompts
   1. Simple Filter: Value List, Search & Select
   2. Cognos default prompt page
   3. Prompt Page
9. Create a Crosstab Report

For more in depth information on IBM Cognos Report Studio please download the PDF attachment of the User Guide.