Ibm cognos-build-data-marts-reports-and-dashboards
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The document outlines a course on IBM Cognos focused on building data marts, reports, and dashboards, designed for professional report authors. Participants will learn data handling techniques, report creation, and advanced functionalities through hands-on workshops and demos. The course spans 30 hours, covering key aspects such as data warehousing, hierarchy creation, and report customization.
Ibm cognos-build-data-marts-reports-and-dashboards
- 1. www.bispsolutions.com www.bisptrainings.com Page 1 IBMCog001 : IBM Cognos Build Data Marts, Reports and Dashboards Course Description: This course is designed to prepare professional real world cognos reports. Teaches participants how to move, merge, consolidate, and transform data from a range of data sources to build and maintain subject-area data marts. In the process, students will create a catalog and add connections to data sources and targets. They will also deliver fact and dimension data to a data mart through the use of builds and the dimensional framework. In addition, students will learn how to automate common functionality and handle complex data issues, such as unbalanced hierarchical structures. It is designed for professional report authors to learn fundamental and advanced report building techniques using relational data models, and methods 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 Course Duration: 30 hours. Take Away: Student Guide, Lab Guide. Class Delivery: On-Line (Interactive Web Based) Getting Started Identify the purpose of IBM Cognos Data Manager Define data warehousing and its key underlying concepts Identify how Data Manager creates data warehouses Examine the Data Manager architecture and user interface Create a Catalog Examine the purpose and contents of Data Manager catalogs Create a catalog Define connections to source and target data Access data using SQLTerm Configure flat data source files using SQLTXT Create Hierarchies Examine the role of the dimensional framework in Data Manager Examine hierarchies and their data sources Identify how to create hierarchies from the columns of one table, the rows of one table, and from multiple tables Test and view hierarchies Create a hierarchy of static date values Handle weeks in a date hierarchy Create Derivations Examine derivations Apply operators and functions to derivations Examine the derivation timing model Add derivations to a fact build Create Conformed Dimensions Examine conformed dimensions and their advantages Design conformed dimensions Create conformed dimensions Create data integrity lookups that use conformed dimensions Customize Reference Structures Create hierarchies manually using different approaches Examine the features of a hierarchy Examine literals Set data access for hierarchy levels Examine static and dynamic members
- 2. www.bispsolutions.com www.bisptrainings.com Page 2 Examine fostering Process Dimensional History and Late Arriving Facts Examine slowly changing dimensions (SCDs) Use surrogate keys in SCDs Manage type 1 and type 2 changes to dimensional data Load historical data for a dimension Examine late arriving facts Process late arriving facts in a fact build Transform Data Using Lookups and Derived Dimensions Identify when to use lookups Identify the requirements for a lookup Create a translation lookup Create an optional lookup Add derived dimensions to fact builds Customize Data Delivery Configure fact and dimension delivery modules Create indexes on fact and dimension tables Update fact data using keys Customize Fact Data Processing Filter fact data Merge duplicate fact data Examine fact data integrity checking Reject fact data Aggregate, Filter, and Partition Fact Data Aggregate fact data Examine aggregate rules Vertically restrict fact data Horizontally restrict fact data Partition fact data Implement Job Control Examine where job control fits into the data warehouse lifecycle Create a JobStream Add, link, and reposition nodes Execute a JobStream and view the results Automate Functionality Using Commands Differentiate between the Command Line Interface (CLI) and Data Manager Designer Identify common commands Use commands in a batch file Examine variables Customize Functionality with User-Defined Functions and Variables Examine user defined functions (UDFs) Create an internal UDF Create a user-defined variable Process Unbalanced Hierarchical Data Examine balanced, unbalanced, and ragged hierarchies Add a recursive level to a hierarchy Identify ways to balance a hierarchy and delivered flattened data Examine circular references Pivot Fact Data Examine pivoting Use the single pivot technique Use the advanced pivot technique Resolve Data Quality Issues Identify data quality and cleansing issues Handle fostered and unmatched members Perform debugging using SQLTerm and functions Assess the quality of output data Organize and Package Data Manager Components Export and import components using packages
- 3. www.bispsolutions.com www.bisptrainings.com Page 3 Search for components in a catalog using Navigator Create List Reports Format, group, and sort list reports Describe options for aggregating data Create a multi-fact query Create a report with repeated data Focus Reports Using Filters Create filters to narrow the focus of reports Examine detail and summary filters Determine when to apply filters on aggregate data Create Crosstab Reports Format and sort crosstab reports Convert a list to a crosstab Create crosstabs using unrelated data items Create complex crosstabs using drag and drop functionality Present Data Graphically Create charts containing peer and nested items Add context to charts Present key data in a single dashboard report Focus Reports Using Prompts Identify various prompt types Use parameters and prompts to focus data Customize prompts to facilitate users' choices Display users' prompt selections in the report Extend Reports Using Calculations Create calculations based on data in the data source Add run-time information to the reports Create expressions using functions Present Data Using Maps Present data using map reports Navigate to another level within a map Customize Reports with Conditional Formatting Create multi-lingual reports Highlight exceptional data Conditionally render objects in reports Drill-through Definitions Enable users to navigate to related data in IBM Cognos BI Parameter-driven drill through vs. dynamic drill through Steps to enable drill-through access for a package Limit the items that users can drill through from (set scope) Create Query Reports Based on Relationships Create reports by merging query results Create reports by joining queries Combine data containers based on relationships from different queries Design Effective Prompts Control report displays using prompts Specify conditional formatting values using prompts Specify conditional rendering of objects based on prompt selection Create sorted and filtered reports based on prompt selection Create Additional Advanced Reports Create a report that displays summarized data before detailed data Highlight alternate rows in a list report Create a report using an external data file Use single data items to summarize report information Enhance User Interaction with HTML Create tooltips that clarify report data Send emails using links in a report End-to-End Workshop (Optional)