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IBM Cognos Analytics Dashboard Advanced Concepts (V11.1.7)
Course DescriptionThis course provides authors with advanced concepts for building dashboards in Cognos Analytics. You will learn best practices of starting a dashboard project from scratch and will...
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$895 USD
GSA
$748.94
Duration
1 day
Course Code
U5B6292G
Available Formats
Classroom, Virtual
Course Eligible for IBM Digital Badge
Overview
Course Description
This course provides authors with advanced concepts for building dashboards in Cognos Analytics. You will learn best practices of starting a dashboard project from scratch and will learn how to use techniques like navigation paths, data groups, calculations, and filtering to enrich dashboards for enhanced end-user experience. Activities will illustrate and reinforce key concepts during this learning opportunity.
Skills Gained:
• Learn best practices for creating effective & intuitive dashboards
• Create dashboards
• Use navigation paths
• Be able to filter data in different manners
• Create & use calculations
• Change dashboard and visualization colors
• Group data categories
• Add drill throughs to dashboard
• Use pins to create custom summary dashboards
Audience: Authors
Prerequisites
IBM Cognos Analytics: Dashboard Essentials (11.1.7) - (U5B6291G)
Overview of dashboarding in IBM Cognos Analytics
- Quick overview of Dashboard essentials
- Best practices for advanced dashboards
- New addition in 11.1.7
Adding navigation paths
- What are navigation paths?
- Where to create a navigation path?
- Navigation path flexibility
Filtering data
- Local filters
- Cross filter data in visualizations
- Adding a filter widget
- Keeping or excluding data points in a visualization
- Disconnecting visualizations and filter widgets
- Filtering data in all tabs / current tab
- Module filters
- Clearing filters
- Removing filters
Adding calculations
- Stand-alone calculations
- Embedded calculations
- Calculation properties
Changing color palettes
- Types of color palettes
- Changing color palettes
- Where to create color palettes
Creating data groups
- Auto groups
- Custom groups
Adding Drill throughs definitions
- Overview of drill throughs in dashboard
- Guidelines to keep in mind
- Dashboard to report drill through
- Dashboard to dashboard drill through
- Activity: Add drill through to the dashboard
Misc. 11.1.7 Additions
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Reviews
I found this course informative. It was easy to follow and provided some good information.
The training was good but needed the basic skills of maximo before getting deep in the configuration of it.
Easy to use and exactly what I was looking for. Value for money was exceptional.
Provided good amount of material and a great instructor to teach the material.
Brandon was a great instructor. The virtual course materials and labs provided were very informative.
