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IBM Cognos 10 is the next generation of the leading performance management, analysis, and reporting standard for mid- to large-sized companies. One of the most exciting and useful aspects of IBM Cognos software is its powerful custom report creation capabilities. After learning the basics, report authors in the enterprise need to apply the technology to reports in their actual, complex work environment. This book provides that advanced know how. Using practical examples based on years of teaching experiences as IBM Cognos instructors, the authors provide you with examples of typical advanced reporting designs and complex queries in reports. The reporting solutions in this book can be directly used in a variety of real-world scenarios to provide answers to your business problems today. The complexity of the queries and the application of design principles go well beyond basic course content or introductory books. IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio: Practical Examples will help you find the answers to specific questions based on your data and your business model. It will use a combination tutorial and cookbook approach to show real-world IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio solutions. If you are still using IBM Cognos 8 BI Report Studio, many of the examples have been tested against this platform as well. The final chapter has been dedicated to showing those features that are unique to the latest version of this powerful reporting solution.

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Take Your IBM Cognos 10 Reporting Skills to the Next Level:
Insider Techniques from Top IBM Cognos Trainers!

In this book, two leading IBM Cognos instructors show experienced users how to create better reports with less effort and take full advantage of IBM Cognos 10 s most valuable improvements. The authors walk through dozens of detailed examples built in response to actual business reporting challenges. Their step-by-step examples illuminate everything from report design and formatting to queries and statistical analysis--and every example is designed for easy modification.

The authors begin with techniques for creating more usable, consumer-friendly reports, and for ensuring that your reports match your analysis. Next, they demonstrate how to utilize the IBM Cognos report hierarchy and data models more effectively and introduce advanced techniques for report formatting and data processing. They conclude with a full chapter on IBM Cognos 10 s most powerful new tools--including Active Reports, support for local data sources, improved charting, and advanced statistical reporting.

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Creating simpler, more meaningful reports that match the way your users process information

Quickly generating complex crosstab calculations

Rapidly building interactive dashboards that illuminate management s key metrics

Taking full advantage of the IBM Cognos report hierarchy and layout library

Comparing legacy report queries to new IBM Cognos Framework Manager data models

Overriding the standard data model to reflect the way your company organizes its data

Combining multiple queries in one complex report

Providing access to interactive reports to users who aren t connected to your servers

Retrieving complex statistical analyses via the new IBM Cognos Statistics, powered by IBM SPSS

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