Course Content
Introduction to Cognos
- Cognos Connection
- Query Studio
- Report Studio
- Analysis Studio
- Metric Studio
- Framework Manager
- Powerplay Transformer
Cognos Connection
- Log on to Cognos Connection
- Models and Packages
- Create a URL
- Create a shortcut
- Properties of an Entry
- Search for an Entry
- Bookmark an Entry
- Personalize the portal
Introduction to Query Studio
- Create & Run Reports
- View Report in Different Formats
- Report Types
- Change Appearance of Reports
- Filter Data
- Prompts
- Create Custom Reports
- Sort & Group Data
- Create Sections
- Format Data
- Calculations
- Summaries
Introduction to Report Studio
- Basic Report Structure
- User Interface
- Work with Objects
- Set options
- Create a Report
- Page Structure View
- Reports Layout
- Reuse objects
- Set object properties
Work with Data
- Filter Data
- Sort Data
- Create Sections
- Format Data
- Header & Footer
- Add a Summary
- Create Calculations
Prompts & Advanced Reports
- Include Prompts
- Build Prompt Page Tool
- Prompts & Prompt Page
- Insert prompts into the report
- Manage changes in the model
- Create burst reports
- Conditional Formats
- Drill-through reports
- Master-detail report
Framework Manager - I
- Introduction to Framework Manager
- Objects to work with - Projects, Models, Query subjects, etc
- Create a project
- Work with Metadata
- Multilingual Reports
- Manage Projects
- Work with dimensions
- Modify properties of Query Items
- Create a filter
- Organize the model
Framework Manager -II
- Verify models
- Create & modify packages
- Access to metadata
- Publish a package
- Authorization
- Cognos Namespaces
- Application security
- Users, Groups & Roles
- Access Permissions
- Intial Security setup
- Content Store security
- Deployment Specs & Planning
- Deploy Cognos Entries
- Introduction to OLAP fundamentals
- Cognos 8 Cube Creation using Transformer
- Different aspects of cognos cube
- Levels, categories, dimension and measures in Transformer
- Viewing the cube in Windows mode
