1. Introduction to the Reporting Application
- Examine Report Studio and its interface
- Explore different report types
- Create a simple, sorted and formatted report
- Explore how data items are added to queries
2. Create List Reports
- Format, group and sort list reports
- Options for aggregating data
- Create a multifact query
- Create a report with repeated data
3. Focus Reports Using Filters
- Create filters to narrow the focus of reports
- Examine detail filters and summary filters
- Determine when to apply filters on aggregate data
4. Create Crosstab Reports
- Format and sort crosstab reports
- Convert a list to a crosstab
- Create crosstabs using unrelated data items
- Create complex crosstabs using drag and drop functionality
5. Present Data Graphically
- Create charts containing peer and nested items
- Add context to charts
- Create and reuse custom chart palettes
- Add RAVE visualizations
- Present key data in a single dashboard report
6. Focus Reports Using Prompts
- Identify various prompt types
- Use parameters and prompts to focus data
- Search for prompt items
- Customize prompts to facilitate users' choices
- Navigate between pages
- Display users’ prompt selections in the report
7. Extend Reports Using Calculations
- Create calculations based on data in the data source
- Add run-time information to the reports
- Create expressions using functions
8. Use Additional Report-building Techniques
- Reuse objects within the same report
- Share layout components among separate reports
- Report templates
- Add pages to a report
- Choose options to handle reports with no available data
9. Customize Reports with Conditional Formatting
- Create multilingual reports
- Highlight exceptional data
- Show and hide data
- Conditionally render objects in reports
10. Drill through from One Report to Another
- Let users navigate from a specific report to a target report
- Pass parameter values to filter the data in drill-through targets
11. Drill-through Definitions
- Enable users to navigate to related data in IBM Cognos BI
- Parameter-driven drill through versus dynamic drill through
- Steps to enable drill-through access for a package
- Limit the items that users can drill through from (set scope)
- Set a measure as the scope
- Drill-Through Assistant
12. Enhance Report Layout
- Force page breaks in reports
- Modify existing report structures
- Apply horizontal formatting
- Specify print options for PDF reports
- Combine data containers displaying data from different queries
- Format data and report objects
13. Create Query Models
- Build query models and then connect them to the report layout
- Edit an SQL statement to author custom queries
- Add filters and prompts to a report using the query model
14. Create Query Reports Based on Relationships
- Create reports by merging query results
- Create reports by joining queries
- Combine data containers based on relationships from different queries
15. Create Advanced Dynamic Reports
- Filter reports on session parameter values
- Navigate a briefing book using a table of contents
- Create dynamic headers and title that reflect report data
- Let users navigate to specific locations in reports
- Create a customer invoice report
16. Design Effective Prompts
- Control report displays using prompts
- Specify conditional formatting values using prompts
- Specify conditional rendering of objects based on prompt selection
- Create sorted and filtered reports based on prompt selection
17. Create Additional Advanced Reports
- Create a report that displays summarized data before detailed data
- Highlight alternate rows in a list report
- Create a report using an external data file
- Use single data items to summarize report information
18. Examine the Report Specification
- Examine the report specification structure
- Modify a report specification
- Add custom toolbox objects and custom template options
19. Distribute Reports through Bursting
- Distribute reports using bursting
- Create burst keys
- Identify report recipients and data items using burst tables
- Distribute reports using email and IBM Cognos Connection
20. Enhance User Interaction with HTML
- Create tooltips that clarify report data
- Send emails using links in a report
