Course in Cognos - Data warehousing

Course Content:

2.1 INTRODUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL OVERVIEW

a. Introduction to Business Intelligence
b. What's new in cognos 8
c. Cognos architecture

2.2 FRAME WORK MANAGER

a. Create a project
b. Understanding the data sources
c. Apply the business Views
d. Data Manipulations
e. Understanding the objects
f. Data Modeling
g. Understanding the packages
h. Apply the securities
Cognos Web Portal

2.3 Cognos connection

View Reports
a) Public folders
b) My folders
Administration Tools
a) Preferences
b) Directory
c) Capabilities
d) Schedule Management
e) Server Administration

3.4 Reporting Tools

Query Studio
Creating sample reports
a. Report types
b. Report formation
c. Report definition
d. Apply Drill Through

Report studio

1. Creating types of reports
2. Understanding the prompt pages
3. Apply the Drill through
4. Using conditional formatting
5. Creating Master -Detail Report
6. Apply Level Span
7. Understanding the properties
8. Apply page designs