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Author:   Filip Draskovic ,  Roger Johnson
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   IBM Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780132656757

ISBN 10:   0132656752
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   02 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

About the Authors     xvi Foreword by Erin Pyka     xvii Preface     xviii   Chapter 1  Creating Consumer-Friendly Reports     1 Highlight Selected Text     1    Design     2    Step-by-Step     2 Avoiding Query Macros     10    Design     12    Step-by-Step     13 Complex Crosstab Calculations     20    Design     20    Step-by-Step     21 Summary     24   Chapter 2  Matching the Report to the Analysis     27 The Dashboard     28    Design     28    Step-by-Step     29 Prompting from an Entire Hierarchy     45    Design     45    Step-by-Step     45 Additional Dimensional Functions     58    Design     58    Step-by-Step     59 Master-Detail Report from Two Separate Lists     70    Design     70    Step-by-Step     70 Configuring the Interactive Dashboard     82    Scenario     82    Design     82    Step-by-Step     82 Summary     89   Chapter 3  Understanding the Report Hierarchy     91 Layout Library     91    Design     92    Step-by-Step     92 Using the Layout Library     100    Design     100    Step-by-Step     101 Inheriting Formatting     109    Design 109    Step-by-Step     110 Inheriting Structure     120    Design     120    Step-by-Step     120 Creating the Briefing Book     127    Design     127    Step-by-Step     127 Summary     140   Chapter 4  Overriding the Data Model     141 Creating a Union     142    Design     142    Step-by-Step     143 Joining SQL and Model Queries     156    Design     156    Step-by-Step     157 Summary     172   Chapter 5  Additional Examples     175 Using HTML to Enhance Functionality     176 Final Product     176    Design     176    Step-by-Step     177 Integrating Multiple Queries into a Complex Report     187    Final Product     188    Design     188    Step-by-Step     189 Summary     199   Chapter 6  New Techniques in Version 10     201 Using Active Reports to Replace HTML Code     202    Design     203    Step-by-Step     203 Adding Local Data Sources to Reports     207    Design     207    Step-by-Step     208 New Charting Options and Active Reports    220    Design     220    Step-by-Step     221 Statistical Analysis     247    Design    247    Step-by-Step     249 Summary     268   Index    271

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Filip Draskovic has spent his professional career, which covers the past 11 years, living and breathing IBM Cognos. For the first 8 years of his career, he had been an IBM Cognos consultant and developed his skills applying IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and Planning solutions in multiple industries. Wanting to do something different, he spent the next 3 years as a Cognos trainer teaching public and private IBM Cognos courses in IBM’s offices around North America. Following his desire to constantly gain new experiences and knowledge, he is currently filling the role of an IBM Cognos client technical professional. You can find him today in Toronto’s financial district. At home, with his wife, he is enjoying raising their son and daughter.   Roger Johnson is a learning consultant on IBM Cognos technologies delivering a wide variety of courses focusing on the needs of his learners. His education experience has been honed over years of work in training software professionals, college students, and many types of technology users. After he started his career as a computer programmer, a coworker said, “Hey, you do community theater productions. You would make a good trainer.” With those words, his career took a different direction. Over the next 20 years, he never moved too far from either technology or education. As a learner, he has masters degrees in Systems Management and Education. Currently, he is researching the end-user adoption of technology as his doctoral dissertation at Capella University. He calls Orlando home, but is regularly seen around North America delivering any number of IBM Cognos courses. When he is home, he enjoys the time he gets to spend with family, and his dogs keep him busy jogging around the lake.  

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