Cognos Training : Cognos Workspace

Cognos Workspace

Cognos Training Overview

IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced: Author Self-Service Reports is a one or two day course, depending upon your needs. Develop the skills needed to use IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced to create effective reports with relational and dimensional data?

This class is for Business Authors who have a knowledge of basic Windows and Web functionality, as well as their business requirements. Students should have knowledge of IBM Cognos Connection, and have experience with Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access

Cognos Training Course duration

1 or 2 days

Cognos Training Course outline

Explore, Navigate, and Create Workspaces

Identify the components of IBM Cognos Workspace
Create a workspace using report parts
Enhance a workspace with images, titles, and web objects

Focus the Data in Your Workspace

Understand prompts, local filters and global filters
Understand the Information bar
Perform drill up and down
Set up and perform a Go To from your workspace to a data related report

Organize the Data in Your Workspace

Search for data
Create calculations
Control the display data in report widgets
Convert a crosstab to a chart

Communicate the Data in Your Workspace

Export a report part
Create annotations
Collaborate on workspaces with your colleagues
Create watch rules

Access Functionality Based on Access Rights

Consume workspaces based on access rights
Interact with workspaces based on access rights
Assemble workspaces based on access rights

Highlight Report Data

explain query item properties
use formatting to improve the visual effectiveness of reports
use conditional styles to highlight query items on a report