Course Description
Participants will leave this course with a better understanding of IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting's Active Report features and content. Participants improve their knowledge of IBM Cognos Analytics through lectures, exercises, and demos by creating highly interactive reports using Active Report controls that can be disseminated to and used by users in a disconnected environment, including on mobile devices.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting at a basic level
Target Audience
Authors of reports that wish to create interactive or non-IBM Cognos server based content.
Learning Objectives
1. Introduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports
- Examining IBM Cognos Active Reports
- Converting an existing report into an Active Report
- Adding interactions in Active Reports using Active Report connections
- Creating a basic Active Report
- Examining interactive behavior of Active Report controls
- Saving a report in the IBM Cognos Analytics portal
- Saving an Active Report to an MHT file
- Saving an Active Report as a report template
- Using an Active Report as a prompt page
- Understanding Active Report security
2. Use Active Report Connections
- Examining Active Report connections
- Filtering and selecting in controls using Active Report connections
- Examining variables
- Using a single variable to control multiple controls
- Using multiple variables to show different data in different controls
- Using Active Report controls to support mobile device usage
3. Active Report Charts and Deck
- Adding charts to active reports
- Understanding and optimizing chart behavior
- Examining decks and data decks
- Optimizing use of decks
- Reviewing Master-Detail relationships
- Examining RAVE visualizations
Content Outline
- Examining IBM Cognos Active Reports
- Converting an existing report into an Active Report
- Adding interactions in Active Reports using Active Report connections
- Creating a basic Active Report
- Examining interactive behavior of Active Report controls
- Saving a report in the IBM Cognos Analytics portal
- Saving an Active Report to an MHT file
- Saving an Active Report as a report template
- Using an Active Report as a prompt page
- Understanding Active Report security
- Examining Active Report connections
- Filtering and selecting in controls using Active Report connections
- Examining variables
- Using a single variable to control multiple controls
- Using multiple variables to show different data in different controls
- Using Active Report controls to support mobile device usage
- Add charts to active reports
- Understand and optimize chart behavior
- Examine decks and data decks
- Optimize use of decks
- Review Master-Detail relationships
- Examine RAVE visualizations
FAQs
A web-based comprehensive business intelligence package from IBM is called Cognos Business Intelligence. It offers a suite of tools for analytics, score carding, reporting, and keeping track of events and data. The software is made up of a number of parts that are made to satisfy the various information needs of a business. For example, IBM Cognos Framework Manager, IBM Cognos Cube Designer, and IBM Cognos Transformer are all parts of IBM Cognos.
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