Course description: IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis Studio: Analyze Data (V8.4) - eLearning

This eLearning offering is a Web-based Training (WBT). IBM Cognos WBTs are interactive multimedia modules that are intuitive and instructionally sound. Through visual content and audio, product demonstrations, hands-on learning activities, and simulation-based assessments and quizzes, the modules guide the students to mastering an IBM Cognos application.

The IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis Studio: Analyze Data (v8.4) WBT teaches business analysts how to navigate and analyze information in Analysis Studio in order to discover trends, identify opportunities, and make better business decisions. You will learn ranking, filtering, creating asymmetrical crosstabs, and charting to help you analyze large volumes of data (whether OLAP or dimensionally modeled relational metadata).

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• IBM Cognos 8 BI – Business Author Role

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IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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This basic course is intended for Business Authors.

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• Knowledge of your business requirements
• Experience using basic Windows functionality
• Experience using a Web browser

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Please refer to the course overview for description information.

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Fundamentals of Analysis Studio

• Explore fundamental terminology
• Examine how to insert objects
• Define and create sets
• Explore the work area, overview area, and Properties pane

Investigation Tools

• Drill down and drill up to other levels of detail
• Change rows, columns, and measures in a crosstab
• Sort items in the crosstab
• Manage the number of items retrieved
• Display data graphically with charts

Crosstab Layouts

• Add and remove nested items
• View drill behavior in sets
• Swap nested levels
• Add and remove stacked sets
• Create an asymmetric crosstab
• Perform a custom sort

Focused Analysis

• Create filters
• Suppress null and zero totals
• Create top and bottom lists
• Filter using context
• Create calculations
• Rank items

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• Pentium III
• 128 MB RAM
• Free Space - 400-450 MB approximately
• 1024 X 768 screen resolution
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista installed on your computer
• Sound card
• Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0
• Firefox 1.5, 2.0
• SCORM 1.2 compatible
• Macromedia Flash Player 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 or 9.0
• Flash Global Security Setting must be set to allow Flash content to use older security rules
• Minimum color depth/quality (monitor settings) of Medium (16-bit)

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