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1. ADVANCEDAUTHORINGCOMESTOLIFEIBM Cognos Report Studio

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3. Resource Library
Senturus‟ whole purpose is to make you successful with Business Analytics. Thus, we offer a series of technology-neutral webinars, training on specific software, demonstrations, and no-holds-barred reviews of new software releases. We host dozens of live webinars every year and we offer a comprehensive library of recorded webinars, demos, white papers, presentations and case studies on our website--a wealth of learning resources. Most of our content is custom created and constantly updated, so visit us often to see what‟s new in the industry.
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4. •Welcome and Introduction
•Advanced Authoring Demonstrations:
–Advanced Query Design
–Use Joins and Query References for Advanced Analysis
–Create a Conditional Filter
–Advanced Formatting and Layout
–Creating a Base Report
–Use Layout Component References to re-use Objects
•More Resources
•Q&A
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5. September Clementin
Senior Instructor
Senturus
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Patrick Powers
Senior Instructor
Senturus
Hosted by:
Albert Valdez
Vice President of Learning Solutions
Senturus

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8. Our Team:
Business depth combined with technical expertise. Former CFOs, CIOs, Controllers, Directors, BI Managers
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Business Intelligence
Enterprise Planning
Predictive Analytics
Creating Clarity from Chaos

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10. •All demonstrations are based on the standard IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Great Outdoors Sample package
•Demonstrations are valid for ALL supported versions of IBM Cognos Report Studio
•These exercises are part of what we teach in our classroom, specifically from our Advanced and Expert Authoring courses
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11. JOINSANDQUERYREFERENCES
ADVANCEDQUERYDESIGN

12. •Join Queries
•Reference data in a separate Query
•Create a conditional filter
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13. •Joins are useful for creating relationships between queries that may not exist in the model
•The Join in the model is not the same as the join you require
•For example, the Model contains an inner join and you require an outer join
•You can create a series of joined queries
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14. •Useful when there are conflicting constraints that would result in a empty result set if applied to a single query
–In the example below, how could I produce the Order Details for just one month when I also need to query for total revenues across all months?
•Instead, create one query that filters out the relevant data and then create a second query that references the first query‟s result set.
FILTERINGQUERYDATAFROMANOTHERQUERYQuery 1Order Details for a specified productFiltered to includeOnly sales made in a specified time period
Query 2
Produce a list of products that meet a
Specific criteria for total Revenueover
ALL time periods
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15. LAYOUTCOMPONENTREFERENCES
ADVANCEDREPORTFORMATTING

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17. •The Layout Component Reference Object allows authors to reference objects within and across reports
•Any Layout object with its Name property populated can be referenced
•Queries can NOT be referenced
•Overrides are available for Parent- Child objects
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18. •Create one or more base reports with well-defined objects
•Create “Template” report entries using Layout Component References pointing to the base report objects
•Authors open the “Template” reports and make their changes, add the query definitions, etc. and „Save As…‟
•Now, when we adjust the original objects in the base reports, all of our other reports will be affected
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19. ADDITIONALRESOURCES
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21. *Custom, tailored training also available*
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22. Upcoming Report Studio Authoring Classes
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