Training Service: IBM Cognos Analytics
We provide customised training on IBM Planning Analytics (TM1), IBM Cognos Controller and IBM Cognos Analytics. The course descriptions are listed below. Do contact us through this form if you have any training needs!
IBM COGNOS ANALYTICS - NAVIGATION AND SELF-SERVICE REPORTING
This training is a 1-day instructor-led course that teaches BI application users how to navigate through IBM Cognos Analytics portal, generate pre-built reports and their own basic reports.
| Target Audience | Business users, beginners |
| Recommended Prerequisites | Basic reporting knowledge |
| Key topics | Cognos Connection portal navigation Open Prebuilt reports Export data to Excel Run reports in the background Analysis Studio/Workspace Advance Studio Introduction |
IBM COGNOS ANALYTICS - PROFESSIONAL REPORT AUTHORING
This training is a 2-day instructor-led course that enables report authors to create professional-looking reports.
| Target Audience | Report Developers |
| Recommended Prerequisites | Management reporting skills Knowledge and understanding of company’s KPIs |
| Key topics | Creating and Editing Report Templates Introduction to Data Objects Charting Options Filtering and Prompts Design Advanced Calculations and Formulas Drilling Control Report Formatting |
IBM COGNOS ANALYTICS - INTERACTIVE DASHBOARDS USING ACTIVE REPORTS
This training is a 2-day instructor-led course that enables report authors to create interactive, downloadable dashboards that can be accessed from the portal and mobile devices.
| Target Audience | Report Developers |
| Recommended Prerequisites | Development skills with Cognos Report Studio Professional Report Authoring Training should be taken if users are new to Report Studio Management reporting skills Knowledge and understanding of company’s KPIs |
| Key topics | How do Active Reports Work Differences with Standard Reports Dashboard Design Principles Interaction between Objects Introduction to Active Report Objects Developing an Interactive Dashboard |
IBM COGNOS ANALYTICS - ADVANCED REPORT STUDIO TECHNIQUES
This training is a 1-day instructor-led course that enables report authors to enhance their skills on Report Studio. It focuses on skills required to create complex reports that span across different sources and that require execution without user intervention.
| Target Audience | Report Developers |
| Recommended Prerequisites | Development skills with Cognos Report Studio Professional Report Authoring Training should be taken if users are new to Report Studio Management reporting skills |
| Key topics | Create reports with an SQL Query Combine different sources into a single report Query Management and Troubleshooting Advanced Dimensional Functions Automation Principles |
IBM COGNOS ANALYTICS - RELATIONAL AND DIMENSIONAL MODELING WITH FRAMEWORK MANAGER
This training is a 1-day instructor-led course that teaches Data modellers how to utilize Framework Manager to create a Metadata structure that can be used by Business Users for Self-service reporting and by Report Authors.
| Target Audience | IT Data Modellers Data mart/warehouse administrators |
| Recommended Prerequisites | Comfortable SQL skills Basic Knowledge of BI and Data modelling |
| Key topics | Create Data Source Connections Importing Metadata Create Relationships between Metadata Objects Relational Business Modelling Dimensional Business Oriented Modelling Publish a Model |
