Course description: IBM Cognos 8 BI Query Studio: Build Ad Hoc Reports (V8.4) -eLearning

NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED COURSE. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS COURSE.

Due to the nature of the enrollment mechanism, you see this course marked as a classroom course. However, this course is delivered as an online self-paced course, and will be available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for a 1-year period from the time of enrollment. There is no instructor for this course. Choose any of the course instances listed under the course schedule to enroll, and you will receive information on how to access the course in 2-3 business days. After the enrollment, you will have access to the course for 1 year. (Please note: once you enroll in this course, you will not be able to unenroll.) Please do not make any travel plans for this class.

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 Query Studio: Build Ad Hoc Reports (v8.4) WBT teaches business authors how to create, modify and organize ad hoc reports. You will learn how to create and format different types of reports, highlight report items using conditional formatting, create filters to focus reports, and apply report templates.

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Report Viewer (Rational Insight)
• Metrics Engineer or Report Author (Rational Insight)
• 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 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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Introduction to Query Studio

• Examine Query Studio
• Examine packages
• Explore report types
• Add data to ad hoc reports
• Save ad hoc reports

Create Reports

• Create list, grouped list, and crosstab reports
• Examine the available charts and their appropriate use
• Use dimensional data to create reports and analyze the report details
• Calculate and sort report data
• Define a custom group to create your own report item
• Create multi-fact queries

Enhance Reports

• Highlight report values using conditional styles
• Focus the scope of a report using filters
• Format report objects
• Apply a report template

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System Requirements:

• 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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