Cognos Cognos Reports   Software Version Cognos 8.x Course Duration 2 Days Course Type Class Room and Instructor-Led On-Line (E-Learning) Hands-On Training Course Overview Cognos 8 BI Report Studio: Authoring Professional Reports Fundamentals (version 8.x) is a three-day, instructor-led course. It is designed for professional report authors to learn report building techniques using relational data models, and ways of enhancing, customizing, and managing professional reports. Attendees will participate in hands-on demos and workshops that illustrate key concepts while learning how to use the product. Intended Audience for this course This intermediate course is intended for Professional Report Authors. This course is also designed for Office Staff, End Users, Office Secretaries, Analysts, IT management and Staff, Business Analysts, Functional Implementers, Students and also those who want to use this Report Software for managing and organizing their business reporting needs. Students may or may not have programming and/or SQL experience. Course Topics Report Studio Exploring Report Studio and different report types, such as Charts and Crosstabs Creating and formatting reports, filtering data, and controlling aggregate behavior Creating query and layout calculations Customizing report behavior using prompts, prompt pages, and parameters Advanced formatting and layout Adding and modifying elements of the query model Authoring complex, dashboard-style reports Designing complex queries using set operations and Joins Query Studio Creating ad hoc reports in Query Studio Using Charts and Crosstabs Customizing ad hoc reports with layout and data formatting Conditional formatting to highlight exceptional data Creating ad hoc reports with filters, calculations, and prompts Analysis Studio Creating a basic analysis Using Crosstab and Chart style analyses Exploring data using drilling and slice and dice techniques Limiting data using simple and advanced filters Creating calculations, rankings, and aggregates Creating and reusing custom sets Saving, running, and sharing analyses using the Cognos Portal Developer and administrator level courses also offered Customized courses using YOUR data are also available     Follow us on ..... For further information call 949-387-3772 or FAX 949-681-8247 or email to info@SONUtraining.com SONU Training is the training wing of RKG Technologies Inc Disclaimer: RKG Technologies is not linked with Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, IBM or any other software company we provide training Copyright © 2004 RKG Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.