IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (V11.1.X) Course Overview

The IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (V11.1.x) course is designed to teach learners how to build, customize, and manage professional reports within the Cognos environment. Starting with the basics, such as the Welcome page and content consumption, the course progresses through interactive filtering and working with dimensionally modeled relational data, including uploading personal data and custom images.

Learners will gain hands-on experience with personal data sources and data modules, creating list and crosstab reports, and implementing advanced features such as interactive prompts, calculations, and conditional formatting. They will also learn to enhance reports with drill-through definitions, improve report layouts, and apply additional report-building techniques to make the reports more dynamic and informative.

By the end of the course, participants will be well-equipped with the knowledge to create sophisticated reports that can aid in making data-driven decisions, thereby enhancing their data analytics and reporting skills within the IBM Cognos Analytics platform.