IBM Cognos BI is a web-based report development tool designed to create anything from simple list reports to complex multi-page dashboards across multiple databases. Create any report your organization requires from visualizations to EDI feeds to third parties, all with one tool. Using the IBM Cognos BI Developer Trial Edition, you’ll learn best practices for navigating Report Studio, the types of reports available, adding data, creating fixed filters, creating prompts (dynamic filters), and formatting. Next, you’ll learn advanced topics such as prompt pages, variables, joints/unions, dashboards, drill-through reports, and active reports. Then we’ll discuss securing our reporting environment through Cognos Administration, securing reports/directories/data, and the use of macros. Finally, we’ll cover tips and tricks such as JavaScript and dynamic page breaking. By the end of this course, users will be able to take the practical examples used in the videos and apply them to their own environment. Learning Cognos is like learning a foreign language, so continual immersion is needed. Practice a few times a week to become familiar with the interface, your data, your organization’s requirements, and your reporting style. About the AuthorAaron SolarWith involvement in both manufacturing and service industries across multiple sectors, Aaron has 20+ years of BI, financial system, accounting, and business intelligence experience. His depth of experience from IT & MIS demands continual process improvement and automation within departmental operations as well as zero tolerance for inaccuracies in management systems. Aaron is currently a consultant for Aronson LLC, a firm based in Rockville, MD. Specialties: Cognos Business Intelligence (BI): Query Studio, Workspace Advanced, Report Studio, Framework Manager. Cognos Impromptu. Deltek Costpoint, Deltek GCS Premier, QuickBooks, MS Dynamics NAV/Navision, Ross Systems, Crystal Reports, MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Adobe Creative Suite, Joomla, WordPress, X-Cart, and so on.
