1. Cognos10 BI Course Curriculum
Topic Name Cognos10 BI Course Curriculum
Modules Data warehousing fundamentals
Cognos10g Installation and Configuration
Cognos Query Studio
Cognos Analysis Studio
Report Studio
Framework manager
Financial Reporting Case Study
Duration (Hours) 30 Hours
Deliverables Students Guides
Lab Guides
Video Tutorials of missing classes
Interview Question
Project implementation artifacts
Prerequisite Basic knowledge of Database and Data Warehousing
Fees
Contact Info Kapil.devang@bisolutions.com,amit.sharma@bisolutions.com
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2. 1) What’s new Cognos 10 BI Entry Properties: General Properties,
Overview of Business Permissions, Report, Query, Analysis, Job,
Intelligence Agent and
What is Business Intelligence Personalize Cognos Connection
Why is BI Important and where can we use it Backups- Export of Cognos, Content.
Components of BI Store or select items for Backups
Business Intelligence Roadmap Restore an exported Backup
Create and Customize a Page and share a
2) Overview of Data Warehousing single page with Multiple Users
What is Data Warehouse,
Why do we need it
7) Cognos 10 Query Studio
Data Warehouse Architecture and its Introduction to Query Studio
components Create Reports (List, Grouped List, Crosstab,
Define Star Schema - Fact and Dimensions Charts)
Understand OLTP and OLAP System Changing the Appearance of Reports
(Format)
3) Overview of Cognos 10 BI and Sorting and Grouping
Architecture Filters and Prompts
Introduce Cognos 10 BI Subtotals and Calculations
What’s new Cognos 10 BI Run and Manage Reports
Examine the different studios in Cognos 10 BI Drill Through reports
Identify the different data sources within the 8) Cognos 10 Analysis Studio
studios Introduction to Analysis Studio
Highlight key cap abilities of Cognos 10 BI Creating a Basic Analysis
Understand Cognos Multi Layered Working with data in Crosstab Exploring
architecture Data
4) Cognos 10 Installations and Limiting Data
Calculating Data
Configuration Sharing Data
Setting up the Environment
Configuring Cognos 10
Setting up Samples in Cognos 10
Uninstalling Cognos 10
9) Cognos 10 Report Studio
Introduction to Report Studio
5) Cognos 10 BI Administration Report Studio User Interface
Create and Modify a Data Source Creating, Save and Run Reports
Create Database backups Report Templates
Understand Roles, Users and Groups Managing Reports
Specify Permission Settings Types of Reports
Active Reports
6) Cognos 10 Connection List Reports
Administration Fonts, Styles, Header, Footer and Borders
What is Cognos Connection Insert objects
Examine Cognos Connection UI elements , Swap Columns and Rows
Create a URL, Login, Logoff Working with Data
Filters, Parameters and Prompts
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3. Sorting and Grouping Best Practices , Presentation and Database
Subtotals and Calculations layers
Working with Queries Merge Metadata
Working with Reports Perform Calculations and Filters
Managing changes in the Package
Conditional Formatting
Drill-through Reports
Drill-up/Drill-down Reports
Master-Detail Reports
Scheduling Reports
10) Cognos 10 Framework Manager
Introduction to Framework Manager
Framework Manager Basics
User Interface, Navigation, Objects
Planning the project and data model.
Framework Manager Workflow
Naming Conventions for objects in a project
Designing Project
Create project
Importing Metadata from one and more
sources
Exporting Metadata Data Sources
Working with Data Source Connections
Create and Modify Data Sources
Improve Performance by setting Query
Processing Type
Preparing Relational Meta data for use in
Reports
Verifying Relationships
Working with Dimensions
Working with Query Subjects- Data, Model
and Stored Procedure Query Subject
Working with Query Items- Set Usage and
Aggregate Property
Making Metadata Available to Report Authors
Verify Model
Set Governors
Improving Performance
Create or Modify Package
Controlling access to Metadata
Explore Package
Publish Package
Guideline for Modeling Metadata
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