
Explore cognitive analytics, a web-based reporting tool for developers to create, format, and publish diverse reports—from lists to maps—using SQL or built‑in queries on IBM cloud.
Launch Cardano's AI analytics tool on IBM cloud to upload, prepare, and explore data; present findings in reports or dashboards. Start a free trial and share templates with teammates.
Learn how to access cognitive analytics with a 30-day free trial, including signing in, email authentication, and using trial features for data preparation, masking, massaging, and creating and sharing reports.
Upload your custom data to Cognos Analytics, prepare it for reporting, save it as a data source, and create a report using a sample data module in the IBM Cloud.
Create a list report in Cognos Analytics by dragging and dropping product group, category, type, and product fields, then run and export to HTML, PDF, or Excel.
Explore report formatting by building a list report with product group, quantity, and sales, format sales as currency with dollar sign and no decimals, and add a bold, spaced title.
Learn how grouping and sectioning in Cognos Analytics organize data, placing a data item on top, and enabling page breaks to display each product category on separate pages.
Learn how to group data by product category to reduce repetition and improve readability in reports. Sort by sales in descending order and show per-category subtotals plus the grand total.
Learn to use detail and summary filters in Cognos Analytics to focus on branded and coffee bean categories, filter by sales thresholds like 5000, and produce focused reports.
Explore prompts as interactive filters enabling on-demand data filtering in Cognos Analytics. Discover text box, value, search and find, date, and cascading prompts for flexible, multi-region reporting.
Explore how to use text box prompts in Cognos Analytics to run searches with exact word matching, case sensitivity, and prompt buttons across product group, category types, city, and sales.
Build a three-column Cognos list report using a text box prompt to filter by product category, then run the report by finishing the prompt and selecting a sample value.
Create and configure a value prompt on product category, set bakery as the default, and run the report to apply the default while allowing changes.
Use the date prompt in Cognos Analytics to filter a report by a specific date or date range, applying operators such as less than or equal to.
Learn how cascading prompts connect a source prompt to a target prompt, using product group and product category to filter a base report and drive dynamic results.
Explore date related functions in Cognos Analytics, including add days, current date, first and last day of month, and days between, with hands-on reporting examples.
Create a master-detail list report in Cognos Analytics by nesting product group, category, and type with sales, define relationships, and use cut to remove fields while preserving the query.
Define and navigate drill through reports by linking a master sales report to a detailed report, passing product category parameters to reveal detailed data.
Build a dashboard in cognos analytics that consolidates reports, charts, and kpis into an interactive, business-driven view, using pie charts, donut charts, and drill-downs with master-detail across regions and products.
IBM Cognos Analytics is one of the largest and successful business intelligence software used for reports and dashboard development. It is a very simple and straight forward tool that does not require prior IT knowledge. In this course you will learn everything COGNOS ANALYTICS offers.
I have been teaching Cognos in a classroom environment in New York City for the past 10 years. It is important to note that close to 90% of my students got jobs and are enjoying their successful careers in Business Intelligence. Over 75% of these student had zero prior knowledge of Cognos or IT except Internet surfing. I want you to imagine yourself in that role – It will be a great journey indeed.
The course is designed to make you an expert on Cognos Analytics and all of its features. You will be able to accomplish following with ease:
Course outline 11.2.4
Introduction
- Introduction
Syllabus Outline
Module -1: Get access to Cognos Analytics
- Access to Analytics
- Upload and Prepare data
- Exploration
Module – 2: Development
- Create Reports
- Report Formatting
Module – 3: More Development & Organization
- Sorting
- Grouping n Sectioning
- Calculations
Module – 4: Deep Dive Development
- Deep dive
- Filters
- Cross-Tabs
Module – 5: Charts
- Visualization
Module – 6: Prompts
- Prompts Overview
- Text Box Prompt
- Value Prompt
- Select & Search Prompt
- Date Prompt
- Cascading Prompts
Module – 7: Functions, Master Detail & Drill-through Reporting
- Functions
- Master/Detail
- Drill-Through Reports
Module – 8: Dash-boarding
- Building a Dashboard
I have also included a module on successfully finding a Cognos Business Intelligence Job which will definitely help you finding your dream IT job.