cognos

COGNOS

INTRODUCTION TO DATAWARE HOUSING (DWH) Introduction to DWH Characteristics of DWH OLTP Vs OLAP Databases Different Approaches of DWH (Kimball Vs Inmon) Data mart Vs Data Warehouse Fact Table Vs Dimension Table Concepts of Schemas (Star schema & Snowflake schema) Industry leading ETL and Reporting tools

INTRODUCTION TO COGNOS About Cognos 8.4 3 – Tier Architecture Cognos Release (EP series7, Reportnet , Cognos 8.0/8,1/8.2/8.3) and their differences Features of Cognos 8.4 Cognos Vs other OLAP tools Cognos components (Modeling & Reporting) Different cognos services

COGNOS CONNECTIONS Personalize cognos connection Create and manage portals, shortcuts, report views..etc Working with Cognos configuration, content Store How to Connect to different Data Sources Security setup Import and Export of Package (Deployment) Running the Report Burn Scheduling Reports

FRAMEWORK MANAGER About Framework Manager Framework Manager, Metadata Modeling Creation of Interface and Usage Creating Model & Namespace (Layers) Importing Metadata Naming convention for objects in a project Creating Query Subjects & Query Items Merging Query Subjects Creating Relationships & Setting Cardinalities Creating Parameter Maps & Macros Creating of Model Filters, Prompts & Calculations Add Business Rules and Set Governors Assigning package level security Improving performance Publishing Package

QUERY STUDIO Introduction About Ad-hoc Reports Types of Report(List, Cross Tab, Chart Reports & Others) Applying Filters, Prompts & Calculations Sorting, Grouping, Sections & Aggregate Functions Run and Manage reports

REPORT STUDIO Type of Report Templates Creating list, Cross Tab, Chart, repeater, Maps & Other Reports Report templates, formatting Reports – fonts, style, header, footer, boarder…etc Generating and Creating Prompt Page Types of Prompts Query Calculations & Layout Calculations Filters and Dynamic Filters Conditional Block Conditional Formatting Master Details Cascading Prompt HTML Items & Hyperlinks Set Operators Setting Burst Options Drill through Drill up &  Drill down Setting Variables Report Functions Report Validation Reports Run with Options

ANALYSIS STUDIO Insert Data Change the number of Visible Items Nest Data Replace Data Sort Data Explore Data Change the measure Drill down for Details Hide Items Insert a calculation Save a custom set Define a filter Compare sets of data Using Dynamic Context

EVENT STUDIO Creating Agents Adding Event conditions Task and Task execution rules Scheduling Agents Pl contact: www.monstercourses.com