Cognos 10 Course Curriculum

Cognos Architecture
Cognos 10 new features
Cognos Report 8 vs. Cognos 10
Cognos 10 Query Studio

Creation Of List Report

Converting List to Crosstab
Converting List to Chart
Interface Formatting
Data Formatting
Creation of Calculated Column
Grouping
Sorting
Sectioning
Creation of Custom Group
Report Definition
Conditional Formatting
Filter
Filter grouping
Prompts
Page brakes
Suppress null values
Run and Manage Reports
Apply template to Query studio report
Drill down and drill up
How to apply Drill through
Expand and Collapse data Group
Lineage

Event Studio

How to create event

How to add task
How to run report when event condition satisfied
How to run job when event condition satisfied
How to send report out put to users through mail
How to change task order

How to schedule agent

Cognos 10 Report Studio - Creating Reporting

Introduction to Report Studio

o Report Studio User Interface
o Creating, Save and Run Reports
o Report Templates
o Managing Reports
Types of Reports
o List Reports
o Crosstab Reports
o Charts
o Active form report
Formatting a Report
o Report Layout Guidelines
o Fonts, Styles, Header, Footer and Borders
o Insert objects
o Apply Table Styles
o Swap Columns and Rows
Working with Data
o Filters, Parameters and Prompts
o Detail Filter & Summary Filter
o Context filter
o Context prompt
o Slicer
o Creation of single select prompt
o Converting single select prompt to multi select prompt
o Creation of single select cascading prompt
o Creation of multi select cascading prompt
o Context filter and context prompt
o Sorting and Grouping
o Subtotals and Calculations
o Working with Queries
Working with Reports
o Conditional Formatting
o Conditional style
o Style variables
o Render variable
o Drill-through Reports
o Master-Detail Reports

o Scheduling Reports
o Single report deployment
Creation Of different type of variable
How to apply Page brakes in Report Studio
How to apply page brakes using context
Creation of Query sets
Report Template
o How to create Report Template
o How to apply RS Template to Qs report and Rs Report
o How to convert Report to Template
Create crosstab
Create complex crosstab
Add unrelated items to crosstab
How to set password to pdf
Burst report
Filter using macro
Displaying user name in report header
Table of contents
How to create table of contents
How to create table of contents entry
How to link table of contents with table of contents entry
How to add numbers to contents
How to insert sub items in contents
How to add numbers to sub items in contents
Bookmarks
How to create bookmark
How to create link
How to create top button
Manage External Data
Active Report
o How to convert report to active report
How to use data tab control
How to use tab control
How to use button bar
How to use data button bar
How to use toggle button bar
How to use toggle data button bar
How to use data radio button group
How to use data check box group
How to use data drop down list
How to use data list box

How to convert control

How to change active report properties

Analysis Studio

About Analysis studio

Creation Crosstab
Nested Crosstab Creation
How to create Context filter
Add Filter on Rows and columns
How to create combined filter
How to display excluded item total in report
Create Calculated Column
How to change Column name
Create Custom set
Reuse Custom Set
Swap rows and columns
Create Chart
Drill Down and drill up
Drill through
Top and bottom filter
How to add totals and sub totals to crosstab
Context filter
How to add header to report
How to apply page brakes
How to apply template
Drill down and drill up
Drill through
How to display cube updated date in header
How to create Custom set
How to use custom set from same report
how to use custom set from other report
change data format
manage no items to display
Nested crosstab
Display crosstab without retrieving data
Compare multiple measures
Define asymmetrical crosstab
Hold Context

Cognos 10 Framework Manager - Modelling

Framework manager workflow

Creation of Project
Creation of data source connection
o Data source connection to Database
o Data source connection to excel
o Data source connection to Cognos Power play
o Data source connection to Cognos TM1 Cube
Import data From Database
Native metadata
Creation of Namespace, Folder ,Short cut to the Query subject
Joins and cardinality
How to test Query subjects and Query Items
Query subjects
o Data source query subject
o Model query subject
o Stored procedure Query subject
Project segment
o How to Create Project segment
o How to link segments
Types of SQL
Determinants
Verify Model
o Verify selected objects
o Run Model Advisor
Calculation
o Embedded calculation
o Standalone calculation
Filters
o Embedded Filters
o Standalone Filters
Query Set
Dimensional Modeling
o Regular Dimensions
o Measures Dimensions
o Scope Defining

Query Item Properties

o Regular aggregate
o Usage

Securities

o Objective level Securities

o Data Level Securities
o Package level Securities
Model Report
Edit Governors
Update Query subject
Merge Query Subject
Creation Of package
Creation of nested Package
Package versions
Publishing package
How to publish Package into Desktop
How to change Contents in package
Report Dependence
View Transition history
Run script
Function Set
How to publish more then one cube in one package
Copy of Query subject and short cut of query subject
Difference between folder and namespace

Cognos 10 Administration

Examine Cognos Connection

Creation of data Source connection at Cognos connection level
Creation Of Report Shortcut
Creation of Jobs
Scheduling Reports, Report shortcut, Jobs
Disabling Schedule
Organize content with folders and shortcuts
Personalize Cognos Connection
How to add portal tab
How to add report to portal tab

Connecting Report to Another Package

Create Users Groups and Users Roles
Adding Users to Users Groups
Importing and Exporting Reports From one Environment to Another
Environment (Development Environment to production Environment )
Publishing native metadata into Content store
How to copy reports from one persons my folder to another persons my folder
Drill through definition
How to hide objects in cognos connection
How to view hidden object in cognos connection
my preferences
How to change my preferences
How to copy contents from one person my folder to another person my folder
How to create drill through deification
How to set Password to PDF

Working with Cognos 10 My Inbox

Creation of new tasks

Creation of new notifications
How to Change Owner
How to add comments
View comments
o User comments
o Audit comments
Complete Task
How to change Status of a task
How to Change Priority of a task
Cancel Task s
How to archive a Task

My Business Insight

About Tool
Create New Dashboard
Add Report to dashboard
Creation of Select Value Filter
Creation Of Slider Filter
Insert Text into Dashboard
How to insert My inbox into Dash Board
How to Edit Dashboard Style
How to edit source report from Dashboard

How to Convert List to crosstab or chart

How to change colures for Items in Chart

My Business Insight Advance

How to create report using my business insight advance

How to apply calculations
o Round
o Round up
o Absolute
o Round down
o How to pick first character from item
o How to pick last character from item
o How to find difference %
How To Format Column
How to create calculated columns
How to apply Filters
How to add context filter
How to apply page brake using context
How to apply conditional style
How to add context filter
How use page layer
How to add prompt

Create a Dashboard Using Cognos Connection

Create Portlet with Static Dashboard

Create Portlet with Dynamic Dashboard
Create Portal with Multi page
Create Portal and integrate Tm1 Web with Portal
Create Global Filter
How to edit Portal Page
How Connect component in portal page
How to apply Prompt between components in portal page
Set portal communication for drill down and drill up
How to provide Securities to portal pages

Test connection between portlets

Create Dynamic Dashboard :advance
Create multi page dashboard
Change pages style

 How to Edit Portal Page

Create Global filter
set portal communication for drill down and drill up